Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-10
LAWYERS DISCUSS
TECHNICAL POINTS
Law Institute Holds Second
Days SeSSion-Study
Legal SimpIifiCation.

Discussions of highly technical points
in criminal procedure, participated in
by leading lawyers of the country, with
view to making recommendations for
simplifying law in order that justice
might be dispensed more speedily, fea-
tured today's session of the American
Law Institute, in the Hotel Mayfiower,
in the second days program of its
seventh annual meeting in this city.
The topics under discussion under the
head of criminal procedure were pre-
sented by William E. Mikell and Edwin
r. Keedy, both of the University of
Pennsylvania, who had been authorized
by the institute to prepare the subject
with nine advisers.
The latter include Robert w. Millar of
Northwestern University Law School;
Charles c. Mott, jr., Court Of General
Sessions, New York; Joseph F. O'Con-
nell, Boston; Harry Olsen, Municipal
Court, Chicago; Rollin M. Perkins of
the Ohio College of Law; Timothy N
Pfeiffer, New York; Floyd E. Thomp-
son. Chicago; John B. Waite, University
OF Michigan Law School, and Tyrreil
WllIlams, Washington University Law
School.
Plane Laws" Discussed.
One question taken up pertained to
crimes committed in connection with
alrplaneS flying across country. It be-
ing proposed to make the law read:
ANY person who commits an offense
In or against any aircraft while it is in
hight over this State may be tried in
this State. The trial may be in any
county over which the airplanes passed
during the course of this flight.
discussion of "tortS," the subject pre-
Sented by Francis H. Bohlen, Univer-
silly OF Pennsylvania Law School. The
tentative draft as proposed covers, gen.
orally, all violations of right which
give rise to cause for action for dam
ages, whether wrong by the common
law or by statutes, and crimes, with the
measure Of damages for such wrongs.
Additional discussions on "torts" and
other technical points of law are being
heId by the general assemblage Of the
institute this afternoon.
Officers to Be Selected.
At o'clock, the institutes council
Will meet in the Mayf1ower to elect off,
GERS OF the institute for the coming
year Announcement was made TODAY
that Judge Arthur j. Tuttle of Michi-
gan, has been elected a member of the
council to succeed Henry M. Bates,
While Thomas w. Shelton of Norfolk.
Va, was elected to succeed Representa-
tive Andrew j. Montague of Virginia,
whose terms have just expired. Mem
bers OF the council, whose terms ex-
pired, but who were reelected. are:
George E. Alter, RoSseau A. Burch, H
M. GarWood Daniel N. Kirby, owen j.
Roberts, Marvin B. Rosenberg. Arthur
F. Rugg and Elihu Root, jr. Monte NJ.
Lemann of New Orleans was elected to
the council to fill a vacancy caused by
the death of James P. Hall last year.
In addition to the council meeting,
the other institute members viii par
ticipate in reception and tea in the
Mayfower at o'clock.
Received at White House.
Yesterday afternoon the delegates
were rendered a reception and tea at
the White House, where they were re-
ceiVed by President and Mrs. Hoover.
The affair was largely attended, al
though number of the members of
the institute did not know about 1t
until too late to attend, the reception
not having been previously part of
the program.
Further technical discussions tomor-
row morning and afternoon, with a
banquet tomorrow night, will bring the
convention to a close.
Speakers at the banquet will be:
Newton D. Baker, former Secretary of
War; Learned Hand. judge of the
United States Circuit Court, second
circuit, and United States Attorney
General William D. Mitchell.