The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1910-06-09
J,Ml.s a. MARTIN
\ Deserving Tribute Ia M0FthA
SON ot termont By New Work
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4 Deserving Tribute to Wosht
sem ot Vermont b, New Work
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Legal biologists would eall him q
thfow back llr datcs from that
better period in American Law when
place upon the btneh was Won By
character and knowledge. and pulls
or purchase never figured He h
the typical country jurist Of forts
years ago grounded ia the last
item Of the law, courteous aud sim
pie, but never forEotful % the dlg.
nifty OF his office Ne Is an old
fashioned American that the lrdern.
bench may We'll be proud of just
AS the flower OF New Norks bar 20
day respects James l.. Martin, who
Is hearing the sugar trust eases. the
greatest graft prosecution OF
generation He wasn't known out.
side Of -his circuit when he came
to New York To-day when ho
speaks the world Of lawyers listens.
sixty-fonr years old, kindly and
democratic and genuine. no man
within recent years has left such an
imprint upon the cynical and bril-.
liant bar Of New York as he.
He attained honor In the first
hearing of the sugar cases Then
he demonstrated That he know tho
law and was prompt In it's uphold
ing. But few outside of the i'm
mediate circle Ia constant attendance,
upon the hearing mad recognized Il
Then he charged the jury, and his
exposition of the law bearing upon
criminal conspiracy win be quoted
for generation 10 come ia tile
estimation OF the most successful
attorneys IN practice AT the NcN
York bar, Ordinarily the judge
charge Is welcomed with lowering
pencils by the attorneys on either
side, At every opportunity they mole
for use In demanding Ia
retrial. When Judge Martin redo
his charge the lawyers sat with |
useless pencils between their fingeIs |
BY and by they began to close thdl |
notebooks. Then they put thdI |
pencils away When he concluded |
every lawyer on both sides weht |
forward to the bench 10 congradi |
late him upon the most mastorly eh |
position of law In their recollectina |
Not an exception was noted Oh |
either sideand this In trAl |
marked by its bitterness. and ~
which the most persistent fight3i |
OF the bar were engaged.
But ii is not alone In his knoWl |
edge OF the law that Judge Marun
has engaged liking and respect 4
Is SO thoroughly, so delightfully."- M
man. He went to ball game, abe
'ame home hoarse from roofing
only to discover that some alAt
.hief had nipped his watch while !
watched the bases He Is apt Il
stop on his way out after court L.
hank the telephone girls for tie
courtesy they have shown him Nj
las displayed an unusual considerh
ion for the jurors in the suga
,ases.
Il will not lock them up" "
ent. "A man should not be penal
zed for doiug his duty
Under the high window AT tic
ourt IS left elbow sits lads
many of the courts ses
ions. She Is Judge Martins wifi |
like himself Vermonter born
md bred. and interested as he Is
II the days work. II doesn't need
he occasional glance and smile to
rove that they are emotionally be
ind the times. With shops and
heatres a-beckoning, she prefers
D spend her visit to New York IN
er husbands court room II was
he, perhaps, who inspired that gift
real Vermont maple sugar, pro
uced in Judge Martin S own bush
} the attorneys on either side Of
ne sugar eases, though II was
ndge Martins quiet humor that
ictated the little note that accom-
aned it--"A proof that the court {
nows something of the sugar bus q
ifh6 IlIlhtil.
A real New Yorker in his posi- ,
on would hardly hide his light I'M
er a bushel OF Judge Martin !,
othing can be learned from Judge !,
artin. He will not give phot- !
graph for newspaper use, Find
u an artist sketching him, he de- c
ared with a smile that he would
)t interfere, provided that your Y
letch does not look like me; II d
does you will be in contempt Of n
'urt. a.
He conducts his court here as :,
: would In that vacant store room ,
Vermont which occasionally shclt
$ the federal circuit~With precise 0
the same dignity and simplicity h
lawyer is never asked % read h
ecedent he cites. for the court -
lows ii by heart. But the court
'esn't say SO He only asks that a
e citation be handed up. 10 be :,
ad at the courts leisure. That =
ayes face" In the profession Even :"
o fact Of which Judge Martin Ia
ost proud must be learned from
hers After nine years as United II
ates district attorney at Brattle
70 he was named as federal cir
II judge by President Roosevelt
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