The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-03
a PLEA FOR BETTER
CONDITIONS IN JURY SERVICE
Mr. Iheme f1onleys Eloquent Address to The Bar ssodation-- The NorhC Caro-
ina Lowyer--Oh Methods OF Study Endorsed.

week.. was an eloquent analysis and
appreciation of the North Carolina
E~I. a plea Tor the old landmarks
.I Blackstone and Coke as studies
..apaTatory to the practice and q
1.-ughtfII reference to the need Of re-
...u ia the administration Of the iurv
...-In.
HI. Manly particularly urged the
.r--agr Of laws which would do away
ra vicious exemptions from jury
..te and called attention TO the abuses
HIcH follow upon the failure Of coun-
authorities to make up the jury
.e in conformity with the laws al
...lE existing apo the subject. In
.~a Of the apparent difficulty Of OBJ
aiming county commissioners who viii
..II-clontiouslY perform this high
duty. he recommended for such conn
...s as could stand the expense the
utstIIege of appointing a jury com
uJ.siou, whose sole duty it would be
~. iuteIIigently and thoroughlv ra-
.a" ana purge the lists from which
jurors are drawn. Also he called at
r~utIon to defects in the laws govern
ing the challenging of jurors and dis
eussed interestingly new and success
tul methods Of dealing with this vexed
question.
The material portions of Mr.. Manly's
r>ceilent address, with his remarks
tInj recommendations concerning
jurors and jury service in full, follow:
The North Carolina LAWYER.
! desire, on this day, to presenr
10 you u few ideas on the subject OF
the North Carolina lawyer. Indeed
/ feel more at home with him than
with anyone else. I know him bet
ter, and love him as do no other
5pecies of mankind; g%laddened as
have been in the warm glow Of his
= and as often chilled by his
adversary attack-ever the steadfast
advocate of his cause, confidential IN
a4Sociation. until ~harnessed for the
ught-then !, we'll. each must bear
himself.
'There is to me a boundless inter
est IN the North Carolina lawyer; the
source from which he springs; the
rnyironment of his bringing up, and
the position which he has quietly as
.umed in the growth Of the State,
nave united in making him a dis
ulctlVe character worthy of consid-
ration. He comes of the people.
partakeS Of their origin, inherits their
conservative views of all essentials Of
n%ationai life. and their significant
measuring up to every exalted action,
when in their calm Judgment, some
definite action becomes the demand OF
the hour"
Mr.. Manly referred to the large per
cent of the ~natiVe-born in the popu-
lation of the State, their conservative
character, slow in change and stead
IaSt III determination, and said:
'IFrDn Slch q nannla of S11ob wall
defined characteristics, comes the
North Carolina lawyer; the legitimate
product of those forces surrounding
his origin. and of those traits mould
ed by his sphere of action. In gen
eral reputation. he has ranked par
passu With the State. no higher than
the commo estimation has fixed its
positions; yet we know that in the
course of years, since the dawn of
American Jurisprudence the opinions
of our courts have been regarded in
countries beyond our borders, have
become interviewer into the jurispru-
dence OF these United States, and that
tn" North Carolina lawyer has stood
IN supreme excellence. To the re-
tecttng student of social conditions
and of the vital part which jurispru-
dence holds in the upbuilding of the
state. this professional eminence is
not only a deduction possible to be
made. but is the logical outcome of
the conservative element from which
the lawyer derives his character. In
The history of government. there is
no vital movement in which he is not
AN important factor. The lawyer
represents the majesty of the. law de-
handing it's rights against alleged of
lenders; he represents the innocent I!
and seeks redress for their grievances:
aud again. on behalf of he criminal
charged With hideous crimes against
society. he appears and demands that
every fOrmality of the law, which the
" tSdom Of organized government has
defined for a fair and impartial trial,
DE in all things. complied with. He
represents the cause of the affuent,
Who seek under the laws of their
country protection of their rights, and
again he comes into the court in the
PERSON of the poor and oppressed. and
iu the name of justice, requires of the
mighty the surrender Of it's ~ill-gotten
gains, and that the wrongs of the
strong hand be set right.
In the acquisition of knowledge.
The lawyer knows no source to which
Die must not apply, and drains wis
dom from every fount. In the APP
parent awakening incident to this era
"f progress, he must keep apace With
Iue WOndrOuS age. and in the highest
Development of every art and science,
Ie must be its companion. His prac-
teal life takes up indeed every species
IF knowledge. AS said by a noble law
YEP OF England:
The sparks of all the sciences in
the world
Are taken up in the ashes of the
law
THE one distinctive character ele-
nrht of the lawyer comes from the
"&aI restraints placed on his acton
'~""NrNer broad it's scope; so IN the
"Hifpool Of social unrest. or in the
It'd VHgarieS of political u~pheaNaI'
.E The force of his training, ana
1'"m every motive of professional
good name. he becomes the advocate
81 order and the conservator OF the
Stale + X
\ the lawyer is in the fateful
''c5"ne of unrest. so he performs ms
I"rt in the calm and tranquil state
In our own land. we have II Is
t'H', had our battles in the past, ana