The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-16
WILL LEAVE HERE
DURING THIS WEEK
Will Preside at Term Of
United States District
Court in New York CITY
During the Month of
September and a Portion
of October.

Judge W. s. Sheppard of this city
| has been designated by Chief Justice
Edward ID. White OF the United States
supreme court to hold court In New
York city and he will leave for that
city during the middle or latter part or
this week, resting for few days be-
fore he takes up his duties
1t is the first instance possibly in the
history of Florida where "A federal
judge of the state has been designated
to preside in New York city, and the
honor is one which the judge as well
as his large number Of friends should
we'll feel proud
Since August OF last year Judge
Sheppard has been holding court al
most continuously, for besides attend
ing to his own district he has been
com PEELED to preside in Judge Speer's
district In Georgia, in the Southern
district OF Florida and also to hold
court in Alabama. Starting ont last
August he went to Montgomery for "a
short term. From there he 1ourneved
| over to Huntsville, thence to Macon
and then to Savannah. He then went
back to Macon, then over to Naldosta
and after concluding a term Of court
there came to Tallahassee in his own
district. He did not remain long, but
went down to Tampa, thence to Jack
sonville and was then compelled to
return to Georgia, holding court in VAL
dosta, Albany, Macon and Augusta
He then convened court in Gainesville
and from that city came to Pensacola
for the session of court here.
WILL RETURN OCT. 10.
Judge Sheppard will hold court in
New York city during all of Septern-
ber and a part of October, returning
to Pensacola about Oct. 10.
The designation as received by Judge
Sheppard from the chief justice is as
follows:
s.TIon William r esg,e,orard T,,.t-,o+
Judge, United States District Court,
Northern District of Florida, Pensa-
cola, Fla.
Sir: The senior circuit judge of
the Second circuit having certified that
on account of the accumulation and
urgency Of business in the district
court for the Southern district of New
York it is impracticabIe to appoint and
designate sufficient number of dis
trict judges of other districts within
said circuit to relieve such accumula-
ton and urgency Of business and your
consent in writing to be designated
and appointed to sit in the district
court for the Southern district of New
York during the month OF September.
beginning the 1st Of September, 1914.
and ending September 3Oth, 1914. and
for such further time as may be re-
quired to complete unfinished busi-
ness, having been duly signed and ex-
hibited to me, and the senior Circuit
judge of the Fifth circuit having Ger
tilted in writing that the business Of
the Northern district of Florida. will
not suffer by such designation, now.
therefore, pursuant to the authority
vested IN me by Chapter l, Section Jg.
Of the judicial code, as amended by
the act of congress, approved October
3. 1913, InaSmuch as in my Judgment
the public interests SO require / do
hereby designate and appoint you to
hold q district court within the second
circuit and in the Southern district or
New York during the month of SEN
tember, 1914, and ending Septenber.
Goth, 1914, and for such further time
not exceeding ten days as may be re-
quired to complete unfinished busf-
ness, and to have and exereise within
the said district to which you are, so
assigned the same powers that are
vested in the judge thereof
EDWARD D. WHITE
Chief Justice of the United states"