Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1906-04-04

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! NAV '~r 800 w. ~9nnCt justify
! tho 49, - N7~aoroph in that
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/ 81 N~nt for
! mo :, - ~ "o-~ion ~ tho
manner in -hich he conducts himself
! in his int -~--r=n r-i+h w. CC?t~,2 He
/ may be rcrest and cap"b!e, an yet
| he ma @ ut " 90 - to ~;,.' y
uallv irter; urt the business Of the
| courts in which he prs ctices; CT he
| 7rav 3 ? systematic aod continuous
! course Of conduc render it impossi
BILE for tie cou IS to nr9~erve their
| se'fresrect md the respect of the
: public en7 ~ the same tive permit
/ An attorney who thus studiOusly and
svstnr7 +ira7lv attempts to bring the
tribunals C iueiice into public CON
tempt is an unit person to hold the
positio, al everc-~e he privileges Of
an officer # these +~ihunn7G An oDen
notoricu7 "nf pubic irqult to the
highest i1'''oi~T tribunal e the State
for which attc~ney o~rtuI,q nf0us'v
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tifv to ~oeu=al Of that tribunal to
recognize fir2 in the future as one of
its officers"
I IN r. Co~nor - VT. go, the re-
sDon1er+ 20 f-e? for Ironically stat
i ing to ~ ice Of the peace, Z think
| this mao +r~te wiser than the Su-
prone COW" Hedfeld, c. j., said:
| The counsel must submit IN . JUS
tice court as wei as in this court,
! snd With NO sqme formal Tesnect.
! howel er difficult. it may he either
here - tNOre.."
we 20 r0t Sea that tho rp'atOr has
| any al ernative eft him but the sub
| mission to what o no doubt regards
as p misrepresentation of the law. both
on the part Of the Justice and of this
| court And in that respect he is in
| condition ve-v similar to manv who
have failed to convince others of the
soundness Of their own views. or TO
became convinced themselves o fthetr
falacy"
IN Mahoney V. State, t. n F. ISL.
ar attorney was fnnd $50 for saying
81 want to see whether the court is
| right Or rnt ; want II know whether
| ara going to be heard in this case in
the interests Of nv clleEt or ~. =
and making other insoient statements.
In Redman v State % Ind the iudee
informed counsel that question wa :
improper and the attorney replied:
IF we cannot examine our witnesses
he can stand aside" This Iangua GO
was deemed offensive and the court
, prohibited that particular attorney
. from examining the next witness.
In Brown v Brown Nv Ind. 72I. the
lawyer wae taxed with the cnst of the
( action for filing and reading petition
. for divorce which was unnecessarily
gross and indicate. .-
In Mccormick v Sheridan 30 p. -
7s Cal "A petition for rehearing
stated that how or why the honorable
; commission should have so effectuaily
and substantially ignored and disre-
. | ga-dnd the .ncontradicteJ testimony
we do not know. 1t seems that nei
Their the transcript nor our briefs
,, could have fallen under the commits
, sioners observation. A more disin
! genious and misleading statement OF
|, the evidence co-ld not we'll be made
It is substantially untrue and uuwar
ranted. The decision seems to us to
+ be a traversity Of the evidence Hell
i. that counsel drafting the petition was
I guilty of contempt committed in the
, face Of the court. Notwithstanding I
! disavowal of ,disrespectfnt intention
A fine Of $500 was imposed with an 81
tentative Of serving IN, jail pa ,...,..,....
a The Chief Justice speaking for th'
!. court in State v Morrill,. Is Ark. s1(
said: s.,i.l-.as'
:, III it was the general habit of thu
community to denounce. degrade. ant
. ! disregard the decisions and Judgment
y Of the courts. no man of seH-respec
< and Just pride Of reruta in w,",l re
t main upon, the Dench. and such oai!
e would become tae ministers of ID,
!. law as were insensible to defamation
: and contempt But happily for thu
e good order Of society men. an espec
t. Tally the people Of this country. ar
o generally disposed to respect an'
d abide the decisions of the tribunal
S ordained by government as tie CON
mon arbiters of their rights. Blu
: where isolated individuals. in viola
S ton OF the better instincts Of human
a nature, and .aisregardfuI Of law an
/, order, wontanly attempt to obstruc
# the course Of public justice by disre
e garding and exciting disrespect TO
j. the decisions o. its triEnna 5. ever
e good citizen will point them out a
n proper subjects for legal anmadvei
sion. q , -Fa
/ A court must naturally look hrvt t
e. an enlightened and conservative oal
u governed by a high sense OF profes
!. sional ethics and deeply sensible .
d they always are of its necessity
y aid in the maintenance OF public {
,r pect for its opinions"
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