Report of the First[-thirty-first] Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association, Volume 15Virginia State Bar Association, 1902 - Bar associations |
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Page 170
... less pretentious friends of the inferior courts . When we speak of the nisi prius judge we refer , of course , to the judges of the common law and equity courts , whether denominated circuit , district or superior courts . Like the ...
... less pretentious friends of the inferior courts . When we speak of the nisi prius judge we refer , of course , to the judges of the common law and equity courts , whether denominated circuit , district or superior courts . Like the ...
Page 174
... less than marvellous , and speaks volumes for that esprit de corps of our bar which prizes these judicial honors without regard to the meagerness of the compensation . In an age when the commercial spirit threatens to ignore all ...
... less than marvellous , and speaks volumes for that esprit de corps of our bar which prizes these judicial honors without regard to the meagerness of the compensation . In an age when the commercial spirit threatens to ignore all ...
Page 175
... less than $ 3,600.00 , and in the rich and populous States they ought to receive at least $ 5,000.00 per annum . All thoughtful men agree that to insure an effective and satisfactory judiciary the tenure of the office must be long ...
... less than $ 3,600.00 , and in the rich and populous States they ought to receive at least $ 5,000.00 per annum . All thoughtful men agree that to insure an effective and satisfactory judiciary the tenure of the office must be long ...
Page 177
... less learned and equipped than the supreme judge , and that the public weal would be better subserved by having him even an abler , firmer and readier man than the appellate judge ? If such he always were , it would prove the most ...
... less learned and equipped than the supreme judge , and that the public weal would be better subserved by having him even an abler , firmer and readier man than the appellate judge ? If such he always were , it would prove the most ...
Page 181
... prisoner at the bar . Whatever criticisms have been indulged in the past on the failure of juries to reach exact justice , it is at least true that their recorded errors number far less than those which the HON . JAMES B. GANTT 181.
... prisoner at the bar . Whatever criticisms have been indulged in the past on the failure of juries to reach exact justice , it is at least true that their recorded errors number far less than those which the HON . JAMES B. GANTT 181.
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