The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-09-30
Burke.
Tie cold neutrality OF an Impartial Judge.
THE JUDGES RECOMMEND


Recommendations affecting Judicial procedure made by the
circuit judges Florida after Of days Tallahassee
fortnight deserve the respectful attention and consideration
OF the state These circuit learned the
science law large bows strongly tradition
and to precedent does the welcome sign
innovation Therefore, when the judges of great state assemble
for the Of suggesting changes in court procedure
be taken for that there enough warrant in state cond
lions to Justify Unusual event.
Judges their perspctves lawyers have theirs AMI lay
theirs They always coincide The judge being hu
unconscousy affected of procedure by
his of the condition from the position facing the Judge
The public entitled and usually has still another viewpoint
difficult point of of the judges when
they change in the law with respect to the dsqua
fication of judges ....
AS the law is party suit obtain change of
that transfer the from judge another by
~ filing affidavit signed by two qualified electors in which
allegation the judge prejudced The filing of
automatically dsquae the judge complained Of
bound that simple assign the to another
Judge.
Judges circuit may well be imagined often
Coneeivaby parties suits and their lawyers
file aav of prejudice not because they truly believe the
prudcd but because they feel That the Judge IN
question honest to suit their interests Be-
experience to have revealed such abuses the judges in
that the affidavit should not act
of but that the judge complained of
pass merits of the affidavit and that he should de-
whether the facts set out him to be eudlced or
decides that he is not preudced he should be al
lowed try By this action the judges ask to judge
they be judges. They ask to sit on their own case.
Without the slightest disrespect the judges this
1nenaon appeals the aymen while curing defect
only another extreme to the other from
abuses action and their lawyers possible abuses by
Judges ought have the to sit Judge
ent upon himself and it is conceivable that judge who is
preudcd preudiced indeed there
be where he would be eudced that he would leave
no stone unturned to obtain jurisdiction over case
The judges touched upon vital matter. Bearing in
they make recommendations and that under
system they not the legislators is we'll to
give thought the viewpoint of the judges at the
remembering that neither the legislature the
people, necessarily bound by the recommends
tons that this matter of disqualification mid
could which would better safeguard general
which would do with the abuses against judges and
also at the eliminate possible abuses by merely human
Judges
Then there the subject of jurors The judges recommend
that the making jury venres should be the duty of
board commissioners take the place of the county
issioners who charged with this Such change
should wholesome would this important in
of justice farther politics But
Judges appear far enough this direction
limited to males Why should be dsqua
fled from this? 1t obligation of good citizenship
Florida still operating under the law that applied before
suffrage the national law Women citizens They
fast becoming intelligent citizens who invest their citizen
ship high degree of conscientious devotion duty The judges
ind lack of vision and progressive spirit when
they bind Florida ougrown past recommendation
to enlarge the field of jury service to include qualified
women surely ought have the attention of the next legislature
and should the consideration of modern minded judges
The of selecting jury should broadened
judges recommend that the commissioners make
limited of qualified males this list be filed with of
recorded the minutes of
this list be seleced If the method be followed by