The San Francisco call., 1906-07-02
MORROW RIGHTS
WRONG REPORT
GivesReason Why Judge
ship Proposition Was
Defeated.

With reference to the proposition for
the creation of an additional United
States District Judge for the northern
district of California. which was re-
Gently turned down by Congress.
United States Circuit Judge Morrow
said in an interview yesterday;
In a recent report from the judiciary
tives upon bill providing for the ap-
pointment OF an additional United
States District Judge for the Northern
District of California, comparison was
acted in this district with that of other
large and populous districts throughout
the country, IS shown by the Attorney
Generals report for the year 1905. The
Federal Judges and officers and mem
bers of the bar were very much sur
prised to find that the Northern Dis
Ing a smaller volume of business in its
Circuit and District courts than the
Southern District of California.
An investigation was Immediately
made here sfter an examination OF the
records of the office of the Attorney
General in Washington, and now II
transpires that the report of the At
torney General for the year 1905, In re-
ferring to the volume Of business trans
acted by the United States Circuit and
District courts for the Northern Dis
trict of California only shows the busi-
ness of the District Court here and fails
to include the business of the Circuit
Court which is very considerable, and
the omission of which has caused the
Northern District Of California to COM
pare unfavorably with other districts
throughout the United States in respect
to the number OF cases commenced and
terminated.
tee stated that during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1905, there were COM
menced in the Northern District of
California 54 criminal cases and 9S
f1fxr II In, fnf %
were during the same period 146 cases
terminated In the Southern District of
California during the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1905, there were commenced
making total of 323, and during the
same period there were terminted 279
cases. 1t appears: therefore. from the
Attorney Generals report that there
We're commenced in the Southern Dis
trict III more cases than in the North
ern District, and there We're terminated
134 more cases in the Southern District
than in the Northern District"
This statement included both the Cir
cult and District courts of the South
ern District Of California and other dis
tricts and was supposed to include the
Circuit and District courts of the
Northern District of California but in
fact did not include the business of the
Circuit Court. The report should have
stated that there were commenced in
the Northern District of California dur
ing this period 54 criminal cases and
ass civil cases, making a total or 486.
and that there were terminated during
the same period 576 cases. thus show
ing that, instead of there being a less
number of cases commenced and ter
minated in the Northern District of
California than in the Southern District
of California there were commenced in
the Northern District of California 165
more cases than in the Southern Dis
trict. and there were terminated in
the Northern District 29T more cases
than in thefSouthern District OF Cali
fornia.
The Attorney General has been re-