Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-29
COURTS TO RESUME SESSIONS
OPENING OF THE FALL TERM
WILL OCCUR TUESDAY.
Heavy Dockets in All the Branches.
Plans of Appellate Tribunal.
Davis Case.

The summer vacation of the District
Supreme Court is practically over. Tuesday
next will witness the assembling of the
chief justice and his five associates for the
opening OF the October or fall term or
court. In the corridors of the city hall,
which have had deserted appearance
will again be seen arriving justices, law
yers, jurors and litigants, and the buzz or
exchanging greetings will be heard. The
court rooms all but one of which Lave
been out Of use for three months, VIII re
sound with the me-honored Oy2Z. Oyer
of the court criers as they formally an
nounce the opening of the session in the
several courts.
There will be no change of presiding
justices. Chief Justice Clabaugh and JUS
tees Anderson. Gould and Wright are al
ready here and Justices Barnard and Stat
ford are expected to arrive tomorrow.
Little or no business beyond the co"mal
opening of the courts and the examination
of jurors will be transacted tuesday. as It
rarely happens that a complete panel OF
jurors is secured at the first examination.
A large docket of cases awaits each Justice,
whether he hears equity, civil or criminal
business. Twenty-nine causes are Set for
hearing in October before Chief Justice
Clabaugh in Equity Court No. l. and
thirty-two before Justice Gould IN Equity
Court No. 9. The difference is accounted
for by the fact that three more cases were
left over from the June term IN Equity
Court No. than in the other equity branch.
Seventeen cases on this docket are for
divorce. Justices Anderson and Wright
face calendar of 534 civil cases, Tie DIS
position of which is to be divided between
them.
In the criminal courts in add ton to the
important cases of Mrs. Bradley Castor
Philip. the handbooks. the bucket shops
and the ice trust, there are to be tried
about seventy-fve persons now in jail and
easily as many more who are at liberty on
bail.
Court of Appeals.
The Court of Appeals will also meet for
the October term next Tuesday, and the
clerk has already assigned him the first ten
cases on the special calendar for nearI lg
that day. The first case is the appeal of
William Davis. the New York DO 1kma ker,
who was convicted of violating the
against setting up gaming table by
making books on the races at Benning.
Chief Justice Shepard of the Appellate
Court is in the city and Associate justice
Robb Is expected tomorrow The other
member of the court Associate Justice
McCOmas, will not sail from Europe until
October o. and is not expected in Washing
ton before October IS. Justice McComas,
while In Paris, and on convalescing went to
the German springs, where, it is under
stood, he suffered a relapse. He has, how
ever fully recovered and expects to sail
next week. AS Justice Robb has also been
In poor health, it is not improbable that the
court may determine to hear no cases until
the arrival of Justice McComas. AS that will
be late in the month the hearings may be
postponed until November.
That course, if adopted, would not dis
please many of the lawyers, who owing
to vacation apathy, have left the prepara
ton of briefs until the last moment. The
delay would perhaps upset the plans OF
United States District Attorney Baker,
who had hoped to secure opinion by the
Court of Appeals in the Davis case before
the opening of the fall meeting at Bennng.
The court, however, is empowered to ask
one of the justices of the District Supreme
Court to sit to complete the full bench.
Such course may be adopted and the alb
sence of Justice McComas have no effect
on the courts disposition Of business.