The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-12
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simply to bring % or 80 witnesses from
New York to testify in the Eastman
case, now on trial in Rutland county
and Senator Belknap hoped that there
were laymen enough in the senate to
pass the bill
Senator Kingsley congratulated the
senators on their change of heart and
declared that the bill, if passed, would
le an outrage and disgrace to the state,
as ii would give immunity 10 all the
crooks and yeggs in the state of New
York who might be summoned as wit
nesses. The senate refused to reject
the bin by q vote of II to II.
Shortly afterwards favorable re-
port by the judiciary committee on
S. 46. the uniform conditional sales law,
was tipped over by the senate and re-
fused third reading by vote of II
TO Is.
The senate passed II. 10, the chiro-
Practic bin by q vote of IS to Il. As
lit stands, the hill permits chiropractors
who have been in the state for six
months to continue praeticing by show
| ing diploma from a reputable school
of chiropractic.
The senate rejected s. II, relating to
establishment and jurisdiction of
courts and receded from its amend
ment to III. l3l, relating to the forma-
ltion of savings banks and trust
of the conference committee on s. 5,
relating TO salaries and fees of town
| clerks
S. Al, appropriating a certain sum for
cooperative extension work in agrlcul-
ture, and home economics was made a
special order for tomorrow.
! Mr.. Austin of Highgate opened the de-
bate on III. PSI in the house. He reviewed
the so-called common law, lauded its
merits, told how for 500 years it had
been recognized as the law of England,
and had been adopted completely in every
state in the union except Connecticut and
Vermont.
/ Mr. Tracy of johnson led the debate
1 for the opposition. He said that mis-
trial of case in county court should not
be held as final trial, that the legisla-
ture Of 1912 had seen fit to put check
upon the attorneys of Vermont. Before
| that law was enacted, said Mr.. Tracy, the
i state was bound hand and foot so that it
lcould not prevent defending attorney
from arguing case as he saw fit, regard
/ less of the evidence in the case.
4 Mr. Alexander of St. Adams city IA
ivored the bill and said that he had too
much faith in the attorneys of Vermont
to think that it was necessary TO "have
a rope around their neeks," as the gen.
tleman from johnson had suggested. He
also had confidence in the superior judges
ito handle cases in court so the attorneys
would not oyer-step their rights If they
We're so inclined.
Mr.. Writer'S of st. Johnsbury favored
the passage of the bill. He said that il
lany such thing as the gentleman from
Johnson had intimated had ever taker
place in the courts of Vermont the judge
i would have said to the offending attor
/ new, you are fined 500 and YOU can e
, to jail and stay there until it Is paid
Such action could and would be taker
lby d nudge, maintained Mr.. Writers, To-
the action of an attorney in arguing {
t case against the instructions of the pre-
siding Judge would be nothing less thar
t contempt of court. Mr.. Writers read tn,
opinion OF the supreme court in the Felci
case, the opinion tending TO show tha'
i the supreme court thought the law o
1912 in regard to criminal cases oppose'
: the common law. and therefore, it wa
not a good law. Mr.. Writers maintained
e that the hands of the supreme eour
: had been tied in this case by the legisla
: ton of 1912 He closed his remark
with an appeal to the legislature to up
hold the common law and the principle
t for which our nation has always stoo'
!, by. passing this bill and its companion
. bill.
!; At this point, Mr.. Clark of Addison
e moved that debate cease, but the motion
: WAS lost by vote of III to 81.
| Mr.. Buttles of Brandon ably presepte
t the side OF the opposition to the Bill
: He maintained that there should be Blu
e one trial in criminal case, but that tria
e should be a fair, complete, just and i'm
Partial trial and that no criminal shout
e be allowed to shield himself behind tn
law when errors in the trial were founf
!, Mr.. Taylor of Hardwick opposed tn
bill from the standpoint of the publ
0 good. Mr. Blood of West Wndso
e thought jury of L good men could b
g trusted to decide case the first TIM
h Mr.. White of Woodstock said that if tn
supreme court had expressed itself as no
c in favor of the criminal law as passed
n 1912, he would vote for this bill.
K Dir Estea of Montpelier spoke a
e length in favor of the common law an
Ie for the passage OF the bill which the
went to a vote with the result above not
o ed,
The house yesterday afternoon wer
le into committee of the whole and hear
the facts and arguments of counsel Q
the Anna Felch murder case, This wa
n notwithstanding the constitutional !
P hibition against going back OF II
courts in cases of murder and felon
& and came about because the house j
y dietary committee had reported o,
. favorably H25l and .H252, two iii
!. that. if passed and signed by the go
~ ernor, would legislate the Fetch -eai
~ out of the courts. Mrs. FeIeh was a
y Quilted in Orange county court, but II
~ state took advantage of the law while
q permits an appeal to the supreme cou
:, = on questions of law and the case W;
=, sent back for re-trial The woman
- lawyers, Hale X. Darling of chels'
q and A G. Fay of Barre, hold tn;