The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-27


/ % arts should be abolished and their;
/ work performed by the probate court
who should be a lawyer and should
have Jurisdiction in civil matters. say
up to one thousand dollars, or to
some substantial amount.
For Public Defender.
Mr.. Kagey pointed out that ten
states in the Union 90 not require a
/ bond in attachment and asserted that
it is an injustice for Kansas to deny
this remedy to the man who is too
poor to give the bond. He urged also
that there is much room for improve-
ment in our criminal procedure, and
suggested the employment of public
defenders.
we provide q public prosecutor
give him inQuisitoriaI powers, and al
low him all reasonable expenses in the
conduct of his office" he continued.
| When a person is suspected of a
crime the prosecutor is expected to
/ bring about mis- arrest, and to do
| forget or put aside that old maxim of
Anglo-SaXon jurisprudence that the
defendant shall be presumed inno-
cent until proved guilty, and if he is
( a poor man, we deprive him not only
of his liberty, but inflict upon him for
| counsel an inexperienced legal fledg-
ling who is appointed by the court to
defend because of the constitutional
/
ed by counsel. No matter now dill
gent the court may be to protect his
rights. he has had opportunity be-
fore the trial to see or confer with his
counsel or to subpoena his witnesses,
and his trial is a mocl1ery, and a trav-
esty upon Justice
THE idea of a public defender is
gaining ground, is morally right, and
its Capitalization into a law is per-
haps not far distant The state owes
| it to the poor who are unable to en-
ploy counsel 20 provide a competent
public defender, to pay him for his
services, to give him the same inquisi-
torial and other powers as the prose-
cutor, and in addition to this, should
provide pay for witnesses fer the de-
Tense in all criminal cases."
Moxcey Talks.
T. A. Moxcey, of Atchison, delivered
an address OF THE Lawyer Outside
of Court" late this afternoon. His adj
dress was followed by a report of the
committee on uniform legislation and
amendment of laws read by S. H. AL
len, of TopekiE chairman of the COM
mittee. In the evening an annual
address will be given by Edward J.
White, of st. Louis, general counsel
for the Missouri Pacific receivers. His
subject wiiI-4be state and Federal
Control of Carriers
! The second session will open at
1880 o'clock tomorrow morning with
| an address by Gilbert H. Firth, of
Emporia, on Trust Estates in Kan
sas." Next will be an address by c. L.
/ Hunt, of Concordia, on THE Bulk;
! Sales Law
Shukers on Free Justice"
The first address of the afternoon
4 session is by Charles D. Shukers, of
/ Independence, on Free Justice" fol-
lowed by an address on "A Corpora
tion's Contracts. and the Courts by
/ George T. McDermott, of Topeka. The
meeting will ,then adjourn. In the
evening the annual banquet of the as
/ ISOLATION will be given at $50 O'Clock
! Mason, Of Garden City, will act as
| POSTMASTER. The election Of officers
will follow Mr.. McDermott's address
in the afternoon.
Charles Blood Smith, Topeka at
torney slated for the presidency, was
in the supreme court rooms bright
/ and early this morning and shook
hands with every member who came
in.
Miss Nellie Cline. daughter of Polk
Cline of Larned, and one of the few
practicing women attorneys in Kansas,
appeared on the scene early. Miss
} Cline never attended law school in her
life and by study in her fathers office
acquired enough knowledge of the
law to pass the state bar examination
three years ago.
''Sufe, 1 like the law said Miss
Cline. 'It is like the newspaper bust
ness; those who follow it generally
starve part of the time but they can't
get away from it,
DO you think it is a place for
/ woman o. .,.. 81. ..s-- .-.
That's what they all ask Give me
something new to answer
D. A. Valentine has been secretary
of the association eighteen years. He
probably has the widest acquaintance
among attorneys of any man in the
state.
That Smith family was we'll repre-
sented this morning. There's F. Du-
mont Smith, Eustace Smith of Hutch
inson; Charles Blood Smith; Charles
w. Smith, the governors parole clerk.
Clark A. Smith, Cawker City; Omar
Smith, Cawker City; w. r. Smith of
the Santa Fe; W. W. Smith, former
state senator and now court bailiff
Eustace Smith is a new member of the
legal Smith family and is a son of f.
Dumont Smith.
Among the Wichita attorneys pres
ent are Senator Tom Noftzger and
Senator Chester ]. Long.
Leavenworth is well represented.
Lee Bond, former county attorney; B.
F. Endres, member of the lower
house; Floyd Harper, county attorney.
and Humphrey Riddle, a young attor-
ney are, among those representing the
Missouri river town.
DIDN'T CUT MEAT PRICE
Live stock Convention Urges Duties,
Citing Failure of Free Trade
El Paso, Jan. 27.-The National
Live Stock association in convention