Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-01
IN THE COURTS.

year. placed on a par with the CIT
cult courts of appeals in the states. &c
ginning today. the former VIII be pra''i- !
cally the court of last resort Tor 'le
greater part of local litigation. Only CON /
stitutional questions will entitlc litigants ,
to appeal to the United states Supreme |
Court.
Since the first Of the year ia" cases
have been dockcted in the Court OF Ap-
peals The dockets have been cleared
with the exception of twenty-siN cases on
the general calendar. eleven on the spe-
cial calendar and thirty-one on the patent
appeal docket. OF these Twenty-Five are
now ready for argument and VIII De
/ heard i'm January The remaining cases
have not been docketed suiicientis ions
to permit of their assignment for hearing
under the rules. the time for printing the
records and filing the briefs not Yet nav
| ing elapsed.
| The year 1911 was notable one in the
| District Supreme Court There were IN
| stituted several new suits involving large
amounts of money. Some OF the proceed
| ingS attracted the attention of the entire
+, country and at least two Of the suits were
heard of throughout the capital OF Europe
! The attempt of Daniel ]. SullE. the Tor
mer cotton king of New YORK. 70 preNeu,
the attendance of John Hays Hammond
| as special ambassador Of the President az
! the coronation of George Y of ENGLAND
last June was published broadcast
throughout this country and in London.
The effort to keep the special AMBASSADOR
at home was made in connection WITH
damage suit to recover Sl5tn.Uo. filed b!
Mr. Sully against Mr.. Hammond and
others earlier in the year. Mr.. Sully
charged a conspiracy to ruin his repu'a-
ton as an international cotton expert
The Hope almond suit was read ahout
in many European capitals. and especially
in Paris. This suit, which is still pend
ing. and is likely to be tried early IN ,, me
price, it is alleged. Evelyn Walsh Nc
Lean, daughter of the late Thomas :;
Walsh, millionaire mining operator. ana
her husband, Edward b. Mclean. dsre esl
firm of Cartier. jewelers. Of New YORK
and Paris. The diamond is sad to nave
once eraced the corsage OF Marie An
: to;nettc and is alleged to have brought
, nrsousht notoriety to its subsequent
owners, including Lady Hope. now known
as the actress May fohe. from Mho ss'.
husband the gem received the name 10y
| VIII CHI it is now known.
The most celebrated case OF the year
, from a purely local viewpoint was the
: Hutchins case. in which Mrs: Rose Keel
ing Hutchins. the young wife OF SulsoI
Hutchins. the financier. now seventy
1 three years old. sought to have her nus
band adjudged insane. Mrs Hutchlns
asked and secured an increase OF mel
after the insanity proceedings had beer
aba ndoned and she had sued for the re,
moval of the trustee now In charge o,
o her husha nd s property. which is valued a.
between s3.oOOO0 and 100000 In the
interval Trustee Dante asked the coui
e to aid him in the administration or hi'
: trust, and the two proceedings now com
! bined are awaiting disposition py on'
court The trustee gave a bond OF SID
l ono and filed an account which Is no"
e pending before the auditor of the court:
The effort to secure universal transfer:
- on the street cars was ah9 r,.i, III, ma, Dc
|
S cided last week by finding by Jusuc'
d Wright that the determ nation or I'M M
matter rests with Congress. and IN
courts are without jurisdiction IN th'
nremises. An appeal from this ruling
$ TWO physicians bills of large proper
Y lions were called to the attention OF th'
J. court Each asked for 5000. one re :,
e ceived a verdict of s27.463. from Whici
q the defendant will appeal The otnel
: case has not been reached on the trla
s calendar DR.. Joseph j. kaveney. ioe q
q nhysician, was awarded the Verdict y
=. 81. 4fi3 against the American. Secnrit!
q and Trust Company. executor. Tor an e e.,
:, elusive attendance Of three years on r.'
"a late John Z. Herrell. local nanker, -. -
Il trust company. as executor of the estal
of the late Thomas F. Walsh. was sue
for $4,000 by DR.. Wainwright or New
York for three months medical atten
ton The doctors bill was for Soo.ouo
hat he received SSH.' on account.
damage suit for S2.O.WU. brought u.
n Dethief c. Hansen. New York lawyer
"a AGAINST Thomas F. Walsh and others 10
i, alleged conspiracy was ottu Staefor,
II to the lawyers claim. Justice ota.io'
1t directed A verdict for the defendants
p .1otion for d new trial is pennlne'
,e Labor circles throughout the n'te
" States We're interested IN lIle - So.
:. the contempt proceedings against Sa,iu'
to comners John Mitchell and Frank MOT
g rison. labor leaders. following the se.tlh
;. aside hy the United States Supreme Cour
:, of Jail sentences of twelve. nine anu 81
4, months respectively, imposed on the me
~ hv Justice Wright. Gompers and ms as
" sociates pleaded the statute OF limitation
&c and charged that the court had waite
ar an unreasonable time 10 prlns pi 80.
e e :ngs against them. They asked TOT
u hearing of the charges in open cour
IN This request was only partially granite
;" bv the court. which heard last Saturoa
. the committee of lawyers who are prose
( outing the alleged contemnorS. Other te:
s. timony to be taken outside the Jurisdit
re ton will be heard by Albert HaFpe
ie United States commissioner.
l. The acquisition of the land lying b.
tween the Capitol grounds and lnlo
IL station was begun by the United State
% through condemnation proceedings
IL commission comprising George Truesdei
Michael / Weller and Thomas II. Mckt
ne was selected to appraise the land Star
n ton c. Peelle and Reeves l. StricKiat
represent the government before the con
n condemn the land for Meridian Hill Par
NJ returned a verdict, confirmed by u
en- court at S49O.OOa after nearly s3oUo
NC rhe award had been voluntarily remittt
a. By Col Henry F. Blount. Secretai
us FISHER has not yet assented to the awar
oS but is expected to do SO at an ear
date. l..
, In 1911 the death sentence was III
! nosed on woman for the first time
| the history of the local criminal court
| Matte f Lomax colored, was conEictt
! of killing her husband. Cecil LomaX, al
lie was sentenced by Justice Wright 10
Us on the sallows July 81 Pending an a.
l., neal the execution was postponed III
IN November 20. The appellate court
p firmed the conviction. and PreSldett Ia
We allowed a reprieve until next Fepruar
er The woman is said to be dying OF COZ
De sumption. ,,,,o.,
=; The only other death sentence impose
~ during the year was on arthur oounso
d coIored convicted of the murder OF Joi
- -, Ofenstein. Johnson's death was sci II
en- July 81. the same date as first arrang'
a., for Mrs LomaX. An appear was note
"a and as the Court of Appeals mas not
{" decided the matter the execution mas BET
mt forward to February IA.
ID. The decision of Justice Anderson tn
- iury may qualify its verdict In a ca
Is Of first degree murder by adding wit
,a ont CAPITAL punishment" may nave aid
' ~ in establishing for 1911 the record OF
u ~ nxecutions This question when fr
n ~. roised by former United States Attorn'
uS Raker was overruled by Justice WriSf