The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-01-09

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GLIDING q not too strict observance Of
the, rules OF procedure and evidence,
condition has arisen which he feels
keenly and which he Is determined TO
correct insofar as possible. He feels
that Huntington has suffered pecul-
iarly and has been made what he calls
"a dumping ground or a sort Of an un-
fashionable Reno. There are some
states which require only six months
residence to establish the right 10
sue for divorce, while a year is re-
qu!red in West Virginia, but there
are other features of the West Vtr-
ginia law which make conditions
even more attractive, especially to
than they have been in Nevada: One
of the practices to which Judge Gra-
ham strenuously objects is that OF
foreigners some of them not citizens OF
the United States, he says, who, com
ing here from far on countries, find
it cheaper and more convenient to
secure divorces than to send 20 the
old countries for their wives. This
is a practice which he gays he Will
not countenance.
Another custom which he attacks
is the one which involves
COLLISION between the parties, to df-
vorce suits He says that he has in
formation which leads him to believe
that it is common practice for hus-
bands to furnish their wives with
money with which to prosecute di-
vorce suits and that husbands often
furnish their wives grounds for di-
yorce in order that the burdensome
bonds of matrimony may be :evered
Because of the collusion which he be-
lieyes to have been foisted on the
court and because he believes that
there should not be a hundred di-
vorce DEGREES granted in a. year in \
the court of Cabell county, he will
make 1t his rule to grant divorces to
injured parties only, leaving the
bound, .byeh4s or her MARI
rage VOWS.
"Hes talked straight out to the law
yers yesterday and laid down some /
rules by which. he declared they must I
be governed In the future.
"Hereafter. before q divorce decree
viii be granted the lawyers in di-s
yorce cases must allege all of the |
acts necessary to the success of |
heir causes and these facts must be |
clearly proven
Dispositions must be regular, taken |
n the manner and form prescribed \
oy law and the questions put in &C
,ordance with the rules of evidence
which are enforced in cases tried fntl|
he law court Judge Graham says
hat some lawyers in taking evidence |
n divorce cases ask leading cues
ions, designed to produce certain n
answer and ne declares that he viii |
Tot consider such evidence when pre-
,anted to him unless a new rule b.
he supreme court of appeals COM
,eis him to alter his decision.
gHe further stated that he cues
Toned the right OF the plaintiff in II
divorce case to have process served 1
n any county other than the one IN 1
which the suftSfs brought
zone OF the most sensational state
nents he made was in reference to
lotaries public. some of whom, he
says, -.lla ysess certified ;FeposttioniSs the 4
living Of which they never heard.
He says that they GET the witnesses
cgether, swear them, and afterwards
certify to the whole as having been
aiken in their presence.
.nThe statement of the court Great
3D. something of a sensation among
members Of. the bar. One lawyer said |.
hat Judge Graham would not have
he authority to strike out evidence.
wen though the questions were lead
ng in character, if the suit be un-
opposed or if the counsel for the de-
ense should not see fit to take adj
yantage of the technical error"