Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the Alabama State Bar Association, Volume 36, Part 1913State Printers, 1913 - Bar associations |
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... proper instructions or not ? I have heard a good many charges , Mr. President , that did not inform me how the matter ought to be decided , and I was deeply interested , too- how the jury knew , I could not tell . So that the Court can ...
... proper instructions or not ? I have heard a good many charges , Mr. President , that did not inform me how the matter ought to be decided , and I was deeply interested , too- how the jury knew , I could not tell . So that the Court can ...
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... proper significance . I went on to illus- trate that answer by telling him of an instance that took place during the trial of a case in Baldwin County a few months ago . It seems that a negro woman had been introduced as a wit- ness in ...
... proper significance . I went on to illus- trate that answer by telling him of an instance that took place during the trial of a case in Baldwin County a few months ago . It seems that a negro woman had been introduced as a wit- ness in ...
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... proper proportion of temperature and sunshine . I will further say that we will be delighted to have the ladies to go along with us ; any gentleman who wishes to bring a lady , it will be entirely in order for him to bring her along on ...
... proper proportion of temperature and sunshine . I will further say that we will be delighted to have the ladies to go along with us ; any gentleman who wishes to bring a lady , it will be entirely in order for him to bring her along on ...
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... proper to put in nomination for Secretary and Treasurer of this Associa- tion Hon . Henry F. Reese , of Selma . Mr. Reese : The gentleman is out of order ; it is one of the unwritten rules that nobody is eligible to that office but Col ...
... proper to put in nomination for Secretary and Treasurer of this Associa- tion Hon . Henry F. Reese , of Selma . Mr. Reese : The gentleman is out of order ; it is one of the unwritten rules that nobody is eligible to that office but Col ...
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... the duty of ascertaining and reporting to each meeting of the Bar Association such legislation as it may approve of and consider necessary and proper to carry into effect the suggestion con- 34 ALABAMA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION.
... the duty of ascertaining and reporting to each meeting of the Bar Association such legislation as it may approve of and consider necessary and proper to carry into effect the suggestion con- 34 ALABAMA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION.
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act requiring admission adopted Alabama State Bar amended American Bar Association Anniston annual meeting appointed Asso attorney Bar Association bill of exceptions Birmingham Birmingham Brickell brief cause Central Council Chairman charge Circuit Court clerk client Code Committee on Legislation Common Law copy counsel Court of Appeals criminal David Clopton Demopolis duty E. P. Morrissett elected EMMET O'NEAL enactment error examination Executive Committee filed Fort Morgan Goodwater graduates H. C. Semple HANNIS TAYLOR Huntsville John London Jones Judge judgment judicial July jury justice Law School lawyers matter ment Montgomery Montgomery motion was carried move order of business party person pleading practice present procedure proceedings profession Reese Reform resolution S. D. Weakley Secretary and Treasurer Selma statute Supreme Court thereof Thos tion transcript trial court Troy Tuscaloosa Tuscumbia Vice Presidents W. L. Bragg W. S. Thorington Watts
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Page 87 - That no judgment shall be set aside or reversed or new trial granted by any court of the United States in any case, civil or criminal, on the ground of misdirection of the jury or the improper admission or rejection of evidence, or for error as to any matter of pleading or procedure, unless, in the opinion of the court to which application is made, after an examination of the entire cause, it shall appear that the error complained of has injuriously affected the substantial rights of the parties.
Page 153 - I will abstain from all offensive personality, and advance no fact prejudicial to the honor or reputation of a party or witness, unless required by the justice of the cause with which...
Page 155 - Go in Supporting a Client's Cause. Nothing operates more certainly to create or to foster popular prejudice against lawyers as a class, and to deprive the profession of that full measure of public esteem and confidence which belongs to the proper discharge of its duties than does the false claim, often set up by the unscrupulous in defense of questionable transactions, that it is the duty of the lawyer to do whatever may enable him to succeed in winning his client's cause.
Page 156 - Lawyers should expose without fear or favor before the proper tribunals corrupt or dishonest conduct in the profession, and should accept without hesitation employment against a member of the Bar who has wronged his client. The counsel upon the trial of a cause in which perjury has been committed owe it to the profession and to the public to bring the matter to the knowledge of the prosecuting authorities.
Page 129 - New times demand new measures and new men ; The world advances, and in time outgrows The laws that in our fathers' day were best; And, doubtless, after us, some purer scheme Will be shaped out by wiser men than we, Made wiser by the steady growth of truth.
Page 164 - When Counsel for an Indigent Prisoner. A lawyer assigned as counsel for an indigent prisoner ought not to ask to be excused for any trivial reason, and should always exert his best efforts in his behalf.
Page 129 - The time is ripe, and rotten-ripe, for change ; Then let it come : I have no dread of what Is called for by the instinct of mankind ; Nor think I that God's world will fall apart Because we tear a parchment more or less.
Page 159 - ... incidental matters pending the trial, not affecting the merits of the cause, or working substantial prejudice to the rights of the client, such as forcing the opposite...
Page 156 - A lawyer should not communicate or argue privately with the judge as to the merits of a pending cause, and he deserves rebuke and denunciation for any device or attempt to gain from a judge special personal consideration or favor.
Page 156 - But it is steadfastly to be borne in mind that the great trust of the lawyer is to be performed within and not without the bounds of the law. The office of attorney does not permit, much less does it demand of him for any client, violation of law or any manner of fraud or chicane. He must obey his own conscience and not that of his client 16.