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Show THE COURT'S ESTIMATE. I Some months since Alviras E. Snow, an at- I torney of this city, filed a sworn answer in a suit I brought against him, In which he charged a judge of the Supreme Court of this state, Judge Bartch, with direct and shameful dishonesty. When the case came up for trial before Judge Hall, Snow I refused to testify and tried his best to prevent I testimony on the other side. But the facts were I brought out which established not only the abso- lute untruth of Snow's answer, but established I further that at the time Snow had sworn that he B (Bartch) had said and done things in a certain I place, Judge Bartch was not within 300 miles of I the place. Judge Hall promptly ordered the an- I swer to be stricken out on the ground that it was I manifestly false, altogether scandalous and a di- H rect insult to the supreme bench of the state. But Snow's gall remained and he appealed I from Judge Hall's order striking out the answer The case came up for hearing the other day. Judge Baskin wanted to disbar Snow, but Judges H McCarthy and Marineaux, after threshing Snow H around in a lively manner in the body of the de- H cision, finally limited the penalty to denying to I Snow the privilege of practicing law for sixty I days. It is a most remarkable decision. It Is H equivalent to advertising that in the opinion of the bench, a direct, shameful, and absolutely false ar- H raignmont by an attorney of one of the judges of H the Supreme Court is not a serious matter at all, H one really that does not seem to extend beyond H Police Court methods, or deserve any more severe H rebuke than is administered to a chronic drunk- H ard. H We suspect that nothing like It can be found in the records of all the courts of civilization. H A few more such decisions would cause the H public to estimate the court at about what it H seems to estimate itself at. H |