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Show A MODEL JUDGE. Chicago, 10 The Liter-Ocmh' 'a VVashington special says the testimony taken by the House judiciary committee, com-mittee, in New Orleans, during recess, re-cess, regarding Judge Durell, is very damaging to that otlicial. Among the important points of testimony f.re the following: In regard to' the "midnight order," as it is termed, issued by ln-rell, ln-rell, by which tho Mechnnjc'a Institute, Insti-tute, the place of meeting of the Legislature, Leg-islature, was. Seized, it came out that the order was issued on Duron's own motion, and without the knowledge of either of the attorney's acting in the matter; in other words, Durell made a motion for this order before himself as judge, and in the latter capacity issued issu-ed it. It also appears that Durell made two orders in regard to one of liia familiar friends, for the purpose of throwing tho chief business of bankrupt bank-rupt cases into his hands. The first order was directing that in all bankruptcy bank-ruptcy cases this special friend, named nam-ed Norton, should be assigned, eicept : where tho creditors appointed some other person. Lest tins appointment of other persons should, alter a time, take tho business out of Norton's hands, it was further provided in the order that he should act as assignee in all the latter class of cases. 'When trouble arose about excessive fees,Du-rell fees,Du-rell made another order, to the effect that no complaint about fees or papers, pa-pers, looking to procuring a remedy for excessive foes, should be filed unless un-less fifty dollars was first deposited. This, of course, greatly lessened the formal complaints about the rates fixed fix-ed by Norton. There is much evidence evi-dence tending to connect Durell with Norton's excesses, and on this the case for impeachment ml muinly rest. |