The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-08-06
SULLIVAN IN ANANSWER
LAWYER MADE STATEMENT
ANENT JUDGE CRITIC
Claims That Jurist C.. e. Dean
Is In Error Regarding Town.
ley Appeal

st. Paul, July 30.-Denial by Judge
e. G. Dean Of motions for new trial
for A. C. Townley and Joseph Glide t.
president and organization manager
of the National Nonpartisan league.
convicted at Jackson last summer or
disloyalty charges, will be appealed,
Thomas V. Sullivan, one of the league
attorneys in the case, announced.
Judge Dean censured the conduct OF
counsel for the defense during the
trial, and in a memorandum accom-
panying the decision, characterized
Attorneys George Hoke, George Nor
din and Thomas w. Sullivan as "uni
formly insolent and extremely obnox-
ious."
Sullivan Statement Issued.
Attorney Sullivan issued state
ment today in which he charges
Judge Dean with reckless disregard
of the truth" and asserts he shows
"a woeful lack of knowledge relative
to procedura usually followed in
Minnesota by all judges"
The statement continues:
1.-THE arrangement made with ref
erence to the submission of the pro-
posed case and the motion for Q new
trial based thereon in behalf of both
Mr.. Townley and Mr.. Gilbert, was
made solely with the idea of best
serving the convenience of Judge
Dean as well as of Mr.. Nicholas and
the attorneys for the defendants.
Every courtesy was shown Judge
Dean and Mr.. Nicholas. After many
months of delay on the part of the re-
porter, who was i'll, in furnishing the
transcript of the record, the propos-
ed case and notice of motion for new
trial was submitted to Mr.. Nicholas
in December, 1919.
About month later Mr.. Nicholas
having meanwhile examined the pro-
posed case, which was lengthy, turn
ed the same over to Judge Dean with
q stipulation signed by the attorneys
for the respective parties that the
case might be settled as proposed.
At the same time Mr.. Nisholas deliv-
cred to Judge Dean notice of motion
stipulation for submission of the
same without formal argument.
This argument for the submis-
sion of the motion for a new trial
without argument met with the
hearty approval Of Mr.. Nicholas and
with no objection whatever by Judge
Dean. Indeed Judge Dean was dis
unctly informed that II after exam
lining the motion he found that there
were any points with, reference to
which he desired either an oral argu-
ment or written brief, the attorneys
for the defendants would he very
glad to make such oral argument or
furnish such written briefs upon be-
SO advised by the court.
This agreement for the submits
usual in cases in which as in this case,
the disputed points have been VIC
exhautively argued during the cour3a
of the trial. The handling of this
case SO far as the submission of tn,
motion for new trial is concern I'd
was not at all different from the pro-
cedure followed generally by lawyers
practicing in the courts of Minnesota.
"The charge that it was discourte-
GUS to the court to have submitted
the motion without elaborate argu-
ments Is wholly without Justification.
"This new instance of unfounded
criticism of the manner of conducting
the defense in this case simply
makes all the more manifest the fact
of a studied attempt on the part of
Judge Dean to discredit those who
are seeking an orderly impartial re-
view of the trial of case over which
he presided"