The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-03

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for ii will encourage him more than al
| the college honors he may have gained
| His duty is to be respectful. courteous
and considerate and while that cannot
be demanded from the judge on the
| bench by the lawyer with his first
case, yet the strong and fearless judge
| viii say that kind word and make the
| suggestions
Who among us have not felt al some
| time in our lives like telling the pre-
| siding judge TO go straight TO that
| place where We are taught to believe
| there is an inexhaustibIe supply of sui
| phur and birthstone? Lawyers have
| been removed from the court room for
| looking straight in the eyes of the
| judge to see if he means to give him
"a square deal" which the bar have
| a right to demand of the judiciary.
| Such instances are rare and both bench
| and bar soon forget them and they are
| in most instance due to the weakness
| of our natures and to the beast" that
| is in US.
The power to punish for contempt in
! the hands OF a just judge is never
used for the bar is his friend and firm
supporter at all times. In the legis-
lative hall in times of excitement and
danger he can rely on the loyalty and
support of the members of our pro-
fession. We may quarrel we may for
get, in the heat of controversy, that
we must respect and obey. but we will
surround an injured or oppressed judge
like the life guards their general at
Waterloo.
Court room While the court was in ses-
sion, and it is an incident I shall never
forget. The counsel in the case before
the court was an eccentric but able
man: the Chief Justice said to him.
displaying some temper. Sir, l wish
you would confine yourself to the rec
ord the counsel, forgetting himself,
replied. I thought 1 was talking to a
gentleman" whereupon the Chief Jus
tice said You must withdraw that re-
mark and apologize to the COURT
whereupOn the counsel said May it
please the court l said. I thought l
was talking TO gentleman, l think
so Sill your honors
The bench should not be made a
school for unframed lawyers to gain
experience nor a shelf for played-out
politicians. The bar owes this to it
self and to the people to recommend
men of experience and ability for judi
cial positions, men who will seek for
the Right in a case and decide it ac-
cordingly / should advise all members
of the bar never to ask a judge how
his health is for 1 once asked the ques-
ton of a justice whose residence is not
far away and he flew into a passion in
stantly and told me it was none of my
- business and 1 narrowly escaped
being assaulted in the bargain. I think
they are disciples of Methuselah.
Even to those who never reach the
bench the profession of the law and
the duties it imposes are of the high
est. 1t has a fascina ton that keeps
man stirring and struggling all the
years of his life and while we can
scarcely hope to begin a career of
anxious prosperity till after thirty.
surely all of US who have attained that
age after a youth of robust study and
manly pleasure with firm friends and
a good character have no right to COM
plain of the world and let US all unite
in being loyal to the bench, and I say
palsied be the hand or tongue that will |
do or say aught to disturb the friendly |
relations that should always exist be- |
tween a strong bench and bar.
JUDGE KINGSBURY.
The Speechmaking was concluded by |
Judge S. B. Kingsbury, who read an
interesting paper entitled, AUDI AL |
teram Partem." The paper was fic- |
ton in which he constituted a court |
with Chief Justice John Marshall as |
presiding judge. the twelve apostles as |
jury, Bob Ingersoll, Phoebe Cousins |
and Aaron Burr as counsel, with Satan |
as defendant. Among the witnesses
We're George Washington. Ananias, r. |
w. Breckons, Benedict Arnold, Nero |
Justice Frear. Geo. Davis, Chester |
Doyle. and others. AS to Doyle, Judge |
Kingsbury, related the following:
Q. Do you know Satan?
A. Yes, / know him well.
@. Do you believe him guilty of the |
crimes he is charge with?
A. Yes, I got a confession from him, |
everything.
The paper was elaborate in the ar
raignment of Satan. or evil. and the re-
suit of the trial was, of course, a COM
pete victory for good.
H.