The Washington times., 1922-03-11

been addicted to the use Of LIQUOR.
Stuart said that Like Judge Bar.
ley, 1 quit" but that was back in
Judge Barley, who was reading m
article about himself In The Wash.
ington Times at the time Stuart
made the reference, came from be-
hind the newspaper and flushing
said,
THAT remark was gratuitous."
Pipe Annoys Court.
Stuart declared he had no apollo
gies to make. Judge Barley was
greatly interested in the revival con,
Quoted in Alexandria some years ago
by Gypsy Smith. Since that time ne
has taken an active interest in reli-
gious work.
Stuart's cob. pipe, which Moncurs
told the committee had given him
many an uncomfortable hour. was
brought into the case again yester-
day. Stuart said he regretted that
his pipe had annoyed the court and
added the promise that hereafter he
would smoke only cigars or cigar
cites when he came into Moncure's
presence.
Explaining the charge of Mon
cure that he had spent too much
time in the courtroom when he
should have been at his own office,
Stuart said that II was necessary to
frequent the court to study "the Pc
culiarfties and oddities of the Judge"
Ordinarily, Stuart told the commit
tee, a lawyer could prepare a case In
his office and have some idea of
what the courts action would be
should certain points of law be raised.
In the case of Moncure, he said. no
such conclusions could be reached
because the judge had his own brand
of Substantial justice" to mete out.
Stuart denied he had told Moncure
he often carried pistol when he
went into the court of Judge Chinn,
of Westmoreland county.
THE only time 1 ever found II
necessary to carry a pistol into court
was when came to Alexandria" he
said. He declared that Moncure had
used his position to whip him into
line" and had held big stick
over me-" g..
Deceived Own Self.
Stuart branded Moncure's state
ment before the bar association COM
mittee as "the Mary l.. Baggett de-
He charged that under the cloak
Of religious piety he had tried TO
camouflage the issues and let the
lawyers pull the wool over his eyes"
Every charge against Moncure as
published in The Washington Times,
Stuart declared, ''is established by
the records, and Judge Moncure can
not deny it."
He declared that when Moncure
says he knew nothing of the divorce
evil he tells something that is not
true"
Moncure. he declared. insults the
intelligence Of the committee when
he said he had no suspicious Of
wrong doing.
1T only took three or four
irregular divorce cases in Judge
Chinn's court, before he knew about
1t and put a stop to it" Stuart told
the committee.
The normal number Of divorces for
Alexandria would be fifty or sixty.
Stuart said. When this number was
exceeded, he declared the Judge
should take a hand in the patter.
Moncure's explanation Of the
charge that he had expressed the
hope that the day would come when
divorces would be as easy to get rs
any other court paper, was that he
was discussing at the time an article
from a magazine, said Stuart.
The article In question dealt with
the divorce laws of France, Mon
cure said. He told the committee
that when q couple wanted to live
apart they both appeared before a
Judge, took certain oaths and lived
apart for two years. At the end
of that period. they reappear before
the Judge and II Of the same opinion
still the decree is made final.
Stuart interrupted the proceed
ings to declare that in Moncure's
court It Is fast getting to the
point where a divorce decree is as
easy to get as II Is to file a deed.