The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-30

the mind of the trial lawyer in this country" he said First, to win, if possible. but by all means to get error in the record"
 MT. Mallory Fsyors Resolution.
 MT Mallory said he was going to vote for the resolution. great deal of the difficulty is due to the adminis- tration of the law, he said; but we ought not to get hysterical about 1t he said. He did not believe. however. that all the ills were due to the admin istration of the law, but that much Of it was on the public.
 MT Well. following up this thought. said he believed juries are, to a large extent, responsible for the difficulty . But, he continued, he was in favor of the resolution because, in his opinion, when the judges are convinced that a man is guilty, there should not be re- versal because of some error admit ted in the testimony. He thought no greater stride could be made than one that would put an end to reversals on technicalities.
 MT. London moved to lay the Stern- field movement on the table, because the Rushton bill had been thoroughly thought out. and affected criminal cases only, while the Sternfeld bill in cluded civil cases. The idea was. he said, to get through as much In the right direction as possible.
 Mir. Alex London asked that the mo- tion be withdrawn in order to give him an opportunity to speak on the Stern- field resolution This was done. and he. therefore, proceeded to speak in support of the resolution. Anything that tends to let the law and the jus tice of the case be settled there and then is a good thing. he said:
 MT. I. London urged that the Stern field bill be voted down in order that the Rushton bill might stand.
 whitson in Opposition.
 Carson Whitson of Talladega made a sweeping speech against the tntroduc- tion of any such legislation and said: This law sweeps away in every case a right of a defendant to appeal to the Supreme Court. It seems to me that to pass this law. if 1t be constitutional. and to make judges of the Supreme Court not judges of law but judges of the minds of the jurors, under the guise of reform, would be sad mis- take.
 MT. whitson took up the resolution sentence by sentence and said they were theories that could not be worked out in practice. He was frequently interrupted by questions and no speech of the morning was listened to with more intense interest.
 MT. Sternfeld withdrew his bill, but in doing so contended that his bill would cause a lawyer to get into the record all the facts in the case.
 MT. Brown then read his resolution which was that MT. Rushton's bill be endorsed by the association.
 After further argument on the reso- lution 1t was defeated by a vote of 14 to 13, several members not voting.
 O6icers Elected.
 The following officers for the ensu- ing year were elected: President, H. S. D. Mallory. Selma; vice-President. Mar A. Smith, Prattville; W. G. San ders, Athens; J. A. W. Smith, Bir- mingham; W. O. Mulkey, Geneva; Tip ton Mullins, Clanton; Secretary and Treasurer. Alexander Troy, Montgom- cry; Central Council. John London, Bir- mingham. Chairman; L. C." Bradley, Birmingham; E. K. Campbell. Bir- mingham; E. deGraffenreid, Greens boro: c. c. whitson, Talladega; Ex-