The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-06

indeed my information Is mat the
grandfather Of my opponent as he !
first chief justice @; this county. at 1
SIS organization, WIS the first person I
in this county 10 exercise Jurisdiction |
IN probate matters. and he was not |
a lawyer The civil jurisdiction Of |
the county court IL Of appeals from
Justice courts, and minor causes In
" hitch the amounts In controversy ~
coed s2ou go and do not exceed 81
0n0 90 When you get above this,
or to land matters, the county court
has no Jurisdiction. In criminal mat
/ tiers It's Jurisdiction is confined 20
Imisaemeanors. prosecuted either by
Indictment or by information. and
complaint During the time my hon
orahle opponent has been county
court. from the district court, some
| thing oser twelve hundred rnisat-
meanor indictments ] have traced
/ the results as 10 those sent down
| from one term OF the district court
and find that of the cases disposed
I
conviction before a Jury, nine acquit-
itals and seventy-one pleas of guilty,
from which II seems that the main
activity in that department OF the
court is the reception of pleas of
guilty, which imposes no great bur
den on the judicial mind II further
Iappears that of the indictments found
in the district court for the last four
years only about Is per cent have
been for felonies. while about 81 per
cent have been for misdemeanors and
If this proportion held good while my
Iopponent was a public prosecutor
some idea can be drawn as 10 the
nature of his work as such. These
facts are given for your consideration
in determining TO what extent, in
your Judgment, does such service as
is performed by county attorney or
a county Judge, in a large. populous
and wealthy county like this, fit one,
the greater portion of whose profess
sional life has been passed in such
offices. for the high and important
position of district Judge To what
extent has one occupying such offices
and honestly discharging their duties
even an opportunity to acquire the
general knowledge of the entire body
of the law that one should have who
aspires to the position of district
Judge?
In previous debates when | have
mentioned these matters, my oppon-
ent has been disposed TO charge me
with egotism in claiming greater pro-
fessional proficiency than | concede
10 hhim; to complain that ! am at
tracking his qualifications, and 10
Iurge that whatever may be the case
in respect to civil matters he is, or
should be. more conyersant with
criminal practice than ! am
. | hope l am not egotist, certainly
e it seems 70 me that there is not muct
S egotism in suggesting that one Wh'
n has been engaged in the general prac
z tice OF law continuously for NOR
l. than thirty years should be bette
n versed in its principles than one VIII
e has been at the bar but little NOR
d than half that time and who ha
If spent the major portion Of his pro
Pc fasSiOnal life in such offices as prose
o cutting attorney and county Judge il
d 20 county like this, wherein the duue
is OF such offices practically absorb al
.e the time of the occupant However
~ I willingly concede That greater age
d or even experience, is not Away
Pc proof of superior wisdom, and whic
as is better qualified for the positio
li we seek. my opponent or myself,
.v "a question for decision by the pee
d. pie. and not by u.s. Those who kuo
In me are well aware that for man
in years have devoted myself, aimo
%. exclusively fo civil business, but it
iu also true chat before. practical
Id abandoning criminal practice 7 ha
re been an the har Boo -cuergi practc
.f- including criminal business. for
fs greater number u' |su-- than my o
he pou,ut has SOFT I.'J . Iuv license. ID
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