The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-16
ATTORNEY SLADE
FIGHT ON
ALTERED RECORD

! New York, Dec. 16.-In spite of Da-
vid SHADES protests that he and all
concerned in bringing Rae Tanners
charges against James w. Osborne
had been prosecuted by District At
torney Marshall, and that the inter-
Iineations in the record Of the Stafford
trial were there before it was submit
ted to Judge Hough, the Circuit Court
of Appeals yesterday sent back the
bill of errors filed w tn it, that the
District Court could investigate the
charge of doctored records
Judge Lacombe cut short MT. SHADES
oratory sternly with the remark that
he had not been admitted to practice
+ before the Circuit Court of Appeals
and had no standing there.
/ The matter came before the Circuit
Court of Appeals through appeal OF
| the case of Franklin D. Stafford, once
clerk at the Kensington hotel, Plain
field, N. J. He had been sentenced-to
nine months on Blackwe1Ps Island for
perjury in swearing that James w.
+ Osborne accompanied Rae Tanner to
Plafnf1e1d. District Attorney Marshall
before Judges Lacombs, Coke, and
Ward yesterday, said he had found
certain objections, pencil1ed into the
record of the case, as fled with the
] Circuit Court of Appeals, and asked
/ that the bill Of exceptions be RENTED
Eto the lower court for investigation
and such other action as it may con-
slider proper under the circumstances
David S1ade of Slade & Slade, coun-
| sci for Rae Tanner and Stafford, said:
Ordinarily I would not have OPP
posed a motion of this sort, but I am
personally involved as a member and
officer Of the court, and the court is
the custodian of the good name OF
every attorney practicing before it.
E'The statement that the bill was
changed after it had been signed by
Judge Hough is absolutely unwar-
| ranted. It is a part of the pounding
and prosecution which has been in
dicted on me continuously since March
16, because I had the courage to bring
suit against a friend of Mr.. Marshall
My brother, myself, and my inxestf-
gators, as well as my client, and two
of her sisters, have been indicted, and
I have been bounded, pounded, and
prosecuted, until I have neither peace
of mind nor peace of soul.
t'I am going to ask not only that the
court cause an investigation of this
matter, but that also, with the aid of
the court, be allowed to make. in
| curry into an entirely different mat
ter
Mr.. slade went on to say that he
knew his brother, benjamin, who de-
Tended Stafford, had taken exceptions
which had been omitted from the rec
ord. and he declared that the pencil
interlineations had been inserted long
| Se--~OAA ~ cOOSS
Hough and passed upon by him ats
Hanover, N. H.
He was telling of ., visit he paid on
Tuesday night to District Attorney
MarshaI's office, or, as he put it, 1.-The
enemy's camp seeking to defend his
life and liberty when Judge La
combe broke in, pointing out that Mr.
Slade was not on the rolls OF the APP
pellate Court.
Il shall comply with the request of
the district attorney and send the paA
pers back to the District Court" the
judge added.
LAS an officer of the District Court
will your honor hear me a little long
ker?' asked Mr. Slade.
I'VE have heard lou long enough
and have RENTED the matter back to
the District Court was Judge La
combe's retort.
Mr.. Marshall said afterward the next
step for him would be to move that
Judge Hough have an investigation
made. IF his contentious were sus-
tanned, part of the Stafford appeal
would be wiped out. ~
ut will be for the court to decide
concerning possible punishment of
whatever person altered the records. -
he added.