New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-03-22
Lawyers Gather TO Discuss City
Court at Request Of Two.
JUDGE CAffNEY LEAVES EARLY
Attorney Danbcrg and Judge Hunger
ford Not Agreed in Statements to
Reporter Regarding Who Issued
Call for Meeting

| New Britains proposed city court
was the subject of informal discussion
of members of the New Britain Bar
association at a meeting in the police
court room this morning.
! There was considerable speculation
regarding who had the authority to
! call such a meeting and it developed
! that it was called by Attorney Emil
| J, Danberg at the suggestion of Judge
! T. b. Hungerford. At least this in
| formation was given to Herald re-
porter by Judge Hungerford, although
Il minute later Attorney Danberg, who
had just arrived, told the reporter
that he knew nothing Of the meet
ing, having heard from another law
yer that there was to be such a
gathering. .a
Those who attended were Judge
! Hungerford, Attorney Danberg, Judge
! B. F. Gaffney, Attorney Joseph G..
| Woods, Attorney A. w. Epson, Attor-
ney Fl. P. Roche, Judge John II.
kirkham, Attorney Charles H. Nit
chell and Judge George w. Andrew.
In the middle of the discussion
Judge Gaffney asked: by what au-
thority is this meeting called?
Judge GafYney Not Satisfied.
Judge Hungerford and Attorney
/ Danberg volunteered the information
| that they were members of spe-
cial committee appointed by the COM
mon council to draw up a plan for
! a city court and that they believed
! it a wise move to consult their brother
attorneys as the council had rejected
the plan recommended by Judge Hun
gerford and Mayor Quigley had We
| toed the plan adopted by the coun =
t ell and recommended by Judge James
T. Meskill, Corporation Council j. E.
! Cooper and Attorney DanberS. Judge
Gaffney then asked whether the
meeting had been authorized by this
/ committee The answer was in the
I negative and Judge Gaffney replied:
We'll. I don't know what I'm do
/ ing here and put on his hat and
! went out.
! Judge Andrew Sighted
] Previous to the opening of the
| meeting Judge Andrew. who as clerk
! of police court, was completing his
| work after the session of police court,
! said he would get out of the way and
! not interfere with the meeting. lie
! said he didn't know whether he cared
J to remain as he had not been notified
! of tho meeting. He was prevailed
upon to say in the room.
No one seemed ready to take any
stand until Attorney Epson moved
j that Judge Meslill appoint a commit
! tee of three to confer with the special
/ committee of the common council in
an effort to form a recommendation
| that will be satisfactory to the coun-
| ell and to Mayor Quigley. No one
seconded the motion
Judge Kirkham offered sugges-
| ton to which there was no objection.
| He advised that the council commit
tee meet with Mayor Quigley and
Senator George w. Klettt in an effort
to come to some understanding. AS
there was nothing more to be done
the meeting dissolved although it had
! not been formally called.
What Effect Will Veto Have?
What effect Mayor Quigleys veto
will have on the judgement of the
committee on cities and boroughs
which is considering New Britain's
charter amendments is a matter Of
conjecture. Attorney Danberg told
his brother lawyers that the cities and
boroughs committee had taken up the
report which was vetoed by the may
or at it's hearing last Friday.
The meeting today evidently did not
meet with the endorsement of all law
yers 1t is said that all were not not
flied of the gath cring.