Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31


Did you ever make Talley and
Hayward receivers?'
| Absolutely no"
! Did YOU ever favor them -
Speer Cites Presidents.
1T is in the pecords that / wrote
1 one referee who asked me if it would
be proper to appoint my son law,
and / told him to refer to the record.
/ had never heard that the fact that q
lawyer happened to be related to a
| Judge disqualified him from practic-
ing. My friend Judge S. B. Adams,
who just left the stand, practiced for
number of years before his brother,
| Judge A. P. Adams, on the Superior
bench The son of Justice Harlan
practIced before his father. and the
son of Judge Newman practices be-
fore him"
Did you have ,.nythng to do with
the employment of Isaacs and Hey
ward?"
Never"
Did you have anything to DO with
the forming of the partnership"
Nothing"
Did you ever ask Mr.. White Il
make Isaacs and Hayward attorneys
in case?"
Never in my life. ! have in ca SEES
where I felt that highly specialized
legal skill was needed suggested SO ne
| certain law firm that ! thought best
suited"
Alderman Liquor Ally
| Judge Speer was asked about the
rupture with District Attorney Aker-
man, of which the latter testified In
Macon. He charged Mr.. Alderman
with being allied with the liquor in
| terests, and that he (Akerman) hdd
endeavored to nolle PROSE- several in
ternal revenue cases that the judxs
thought should be prosecuted. Tive
of these he said, were houses of de-
| bauchery, where liquor was sold Il
aid in prostitution Alderman took tbs
stand that the cases should not b,
tried" said the judge. said the!
should. They have not been tried no
have they been nolle pressed.
did you ever have any other diff
ferences with Mr.. Akerman?"
Yes, it was in some railroad at
| fairs. There We're twenty cars oil
the Atlantic Coast Line that wer
dangerous to life and limb. The Gov
| eminent was seeking to right this
| Mr.. Akerman was trying to serve TIVE
masters. l reminded him of this ant
he got very indignant"
Were there any other instances p
81 have never believed Mr.. Aker
man was faithful to his trust in thu
prosecution of the naval stores trust
1t was so noticeable that wrote
| letter to the President, calling his at
| tention to it. | have here d yer!
| fiattering reply from him and a let
ter from the Attorney General, thank
| ing me for my jealousy and Stain,
| the affair would be corrected"
Judge Speer was asked about NOR
rowing money from King, the lat
clerk of court. Without hesitating h
| said:
Yes, | borrowed the money. ] haa
just returned from a term in Con
gress. My salary was $4,000. l wa.
needy. Mr.. King knew 1t and offere,
me the money at a low rate of in
tereSt. 1t was after that Mr.. KIM
was called upon to perform his frs
official task in court He made sucl
| a miserable failure that | made som
and after court he said he would com
pei me to pay it. He asked me 70
the money and / Immediately fur
nished it,"
Several have said you had use
court officials as family servants"
Il have had the most kindly an
| friendly relations, they have bee
most faithful When they finishe
their work at the court they woul
go to my home and perform som
light services. For this | gave Their
their board and housed them on m
place"
Denies Servant Charge.
The judge entered into a sweepin
denial of the statement of Mr.. Aker
man that Mccoy was a servant in hi
house. He said the man was his CUES
and his companion, and there wa
nothing in the world that could sub
stantiate the charge.
Judge Speer was next asked abou
the charge of Barnes that the judg
had asked him:
What do l get out of II ?"
81 had just related a little incidei
to him in the life of Lord Pitt and hi
. malevolent mind construed it the
way" was the reply.
at has been said here that tn
word by consent was written in tn
Beach Manufacturing case"
, II wrote that word myself befor
the order was signed by me-"
ut has been said you spend littl
time in the district
] III you win examine the record, yo
= will find | am in open court 200 day
? in the year. II you will add the nun
e Der of holidays and Sundays. you wi
find am about as active as mo,
e judges"
e Charges Race Prejudice.
| MIR. Fielder complained that in II
CLANCY case you were extremely dis
9 courteous"
mir. Fielder was making impropc
argument He was stirring up RAJ
prejudice, and when the District A.
torney appealed to me | stopped It."
He made the charge that the juI
was improperly drawn"
81 want to say that when came Z
|, the bench in this district ! found q
juries made up almost exclusively
ofessiopal jurors; great numb
= were negroes. who were purchase bl
o purged the jury box. and to-day
want to say that 10 court in the I'm!
ed States has a higher type OF il
= rors"
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