Evening star., 1922-04-27

once. Further. the report says:
"Twenty-six Of the said attorneys
gave Judge Moncure unqualified ap-
reservations, two declined to express
opinions, and one refused absolutely
to commend except in two instances
that is, that Judge Moncure constant
" attended to tho business of the
court. and. that no evidence OF dis
honesty had been found; therefore
the jury must conclude that Stuarts
charges are not sustained and are
dismissed for obvious reasons"
False Newspaper Reports scored.
The fury also sets forth the testi.
mony given by . Washington news
paper man. and says that the wit
ness testified "that the articles were
purposely colored, magnifed and ex-
aggerated. so as, to make good and
exciting reading matter. and that a
campaign was inaugurated purely
increase Of circulation"
Regarding the charge of loose, care
less and irregular practices and
fraud, the jury sets forth that they
examined the bar committee and SUBJ
committee's reports. continuing. the
covered the nee by one law Arm OF
the affidavit form in preparing the
bIll Of complaint instead Of using the
deposition form OF questions and an
swers." and they add. To the lay
mems mind this 10 hairline distinc;
Further. the report says: I'm sup
port of the other charges of loose and
careless practices. we are handed
BY the Bar Association COMMITTEES
fourteen cases to examine, all : of
which contain clerical errors such az
would be liable .,I to happen ins any
were satisfactorily explained to the
jury" -
Fraud Charges Reviewed. =,
Regarding the other charge Of
fraud having been committed In OBJ
tanning divorces. the Jury says that
1t has no way Of obtaining any evil
dence other than corralling the s07
complainants and examining them
and their witnesses as to the truth
or falsity Of the testimony given in
they regard this as impractical. Fur
ther the report says: "The fact that
there were s07 cases. instead Of
twenty-five or fifty cases. does not In
itself show fraud on the part of
either the complainant. attorneys or
the Judge. but 1t does show q de-
plorable condition of domestic affairs.
and from the testimony before this
Jury this condition of domestic in
felicity has been evidenced in the
divorce courts Of other cities to a
larger extent than it has been in
Alexandria. Va"
CONTINUING. the report says: Tn
determining whether or not the re-
Quirements Of the law have beer COM
piled with by the litigants in these
S07 divorce suits granted by the cor
poration court between May, C1s2o.
and February, 1922. we have had to
study law froms the attorneys = who
torneys told the jury that the law re-
quired first that at=least sone of the
parties to a suit must be domiciled
for one year in Virginia .andsa resi-
dent of the city or county in Virginia
where the case' was filed. Twenty
seven attorneys recited thatl domicile
was matter of intent and that.any
his intent to stay year'or'365 days
continuously or return and leave sew
eral times, or only occasionally dur
ing the year, whichever. he's ssawa> At.
and II his intent was a trueN one he
would come under the law. acquire
days stay therein with proper dec
ldeatiea ldent ,yinsinia yGnld Raks the Dey res
with this Interpretation of the law
before US. we can easily. see how ithe
immigrants from other estates vac
Quired domicile and residence in our
state by. either>continual or sintermit-
tent habitation with rooming house
keepers. We. therefore. cannot" find
thai. that, tn the iettersRf the law has seen
1--WE are informed that the laws of
the state of Virginia are open to the
world and are not intended for native
born Virginians exclusively. provided
the statues Of the state are complied
with. AS the lack OF morals and in
tegrity seems to be the tendency OF
a part of the present generation. and
as immigrants may still come to US,
we recommend that the present Iaw
ofsdomicile and residence be changed
to read SO that actual physical and
continual residence be. required Sfor
365 days or nights before any one can
acquire domicile and residence. and
that 'the period required sbefore any
divorce suit scan be matured .after
Ming in the court must be sat least
one year. until these changes can
be written upon our statute books we
recommend that the court issue a rule
putting them into effect, and that the
court appoint an amicus curae, or at
torney for the court, ito see that the
attorneys and witnesses for all liti-
gants in all divorce suits live up to
the letter and spirit OF this interpre-
tation of the law, and that the ONCE
OF amicus scurae be rotated among
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