East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-22
Tales of the Oden Days Given by Chief Justice Mcbride in
Memorable Address before the Pendeton Bar Association

poned in when I was investigating the
= matter and | mentioned it to him ask
, ing his opinion. EEe said: "Nell, |
never had but one case of that kind,
and ;hat was in Tillamook County
There being not convenient jury room,
| allowed the jury one night to use
the court room for its deliberations.
Somehow a bottle of whiskey was
Smug&led in and on being informed
Of the fact | began an inquiry with
view to finding out and Furnishing the |
guilty party. | called up several
JurNmen and inquired, and while they !
admitted that the bottle was there and
| that they drank of it none of them
! would admit that they knew how it
| got there. Finally | asked one jury
| man if he saw the bottle and he said
| that he did. ! then asked him if he
knew how it got in the court room and
he said, mo, not exactly. but l saw
one of the boys go around behind
that pulpit where you sit and he came
out with the bottle and said, well,
Boys, let's all have a nip of Judge
Boises whiskey.'" "And," said the
judge, II concluded that the investi-
cation had gone far enough" :
Joseph G. Wilson, another of our 4
early judges, and compiler of the !
first volume of Oregon reports, was 4
another able jurist who combined 4
brilliant talent with an Irresistible 4
sense of humor. l got this anecdotc I
from the late j. w. Whalley who 1
claimed to have copied it from the i.
journals of the court where it appear -
ed in Judge Wilson's own handwrit- >
ing. 1t reads substantially thus: .
In matter of the contempt of
NJ. Baker an attorney:
''On this day the court having sus- | =
aimed demurrer in the case of Jones
IS. Smith, One NJ. Baker an attorney ~
]f this court and an attorney for -
plaintiff in said case remarks in an ~
tudihe voice in the presence of the
ourt That is a hell of a ruling ~
the court deeming said NJ.
'aker in contempt imposes upon him -.
fine of twenty dollars and there 81 90
pom said Baker in a loud voice and i!t :,
I the presence and hearing of the u.
ourt remarks, The court may fine @u
nd be damned, and the court, deem Nii
lg him still further in contempt, i'm oIi
osed upon him an additional fine of no
dollars, which fine said SD
aker then and there pays to the
ERIK and departs from the court room 'h
a state of great apparent disgust" 'il'
After his retirement from the bench ""
ldge Wilson engaged in the practice
law in The Dallcs and was elected 49,,
Congress and died while occupying ["'
at position. He was a faithful and ~
Tented public servant His son, Hon. -,
'ed w, Wilson. upholds the family, w.
aditions and is now the honored ,iS
dge of tho Seventh Judicial District.
| recall also my friend Judge l.. L. ''''
cArthur, who I believe was a resi- as
mt of UmatilIa County at the time W,
his accession to the bench. He ,,''
as fine, scholarly man, an able .,,G ,,
dge and a gentleman of the old 49, vii,
hool. He was on the supreme =
nch when I was admitted to the
n and subsequently our personal
latioDs became very close. In his
ath I lost very near and dear
END.
Justice William j. Lord was very ON