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Show ARCHAIC COURT R RULESTo RULES RULESTo LES To the intelligent inteUigent layman I11nan layiiian } " the rules of prccedure procedure procedureIn prccedurein in Amcnc American Amerte'in Amertein ' n courts are so antiquated as to be POSl- POSl posi- posi POSlth posithely posi positively - tively thely th elJ ridiculous Iidiculcus As the St Louis Loms Star so aptly sa3-s sa3 s says says"Our savs"Our savsOur - "Our Our " Our absurd rules of ot evidence , , our decisions on ontechmcalities ontechnicalities ontechnicalities techmcalities technicalities , slow down and pervert pertert pcn crt justice , and andtoster andfoster andfoster toster foster cnme Cl1me crime and lawlessness " Consequently there is a gro\\ gro growing gromg \ mg lack . of respect respecttor respector respectfor tor or courts C1Jurts and ' foi 1'01 101 for laItself law la\\ la \ Itself Most people pf'ople pfople ' behove bellcve believe and andnot andnot andnot not without reason , tIn tint t lawsuits la\\swts la swts lawsmts \ naturally nstuJ'aIly nstuJaIly ; ' imohe itnohe itnohetrickey imohetrickey involvetrickey trickey and sharp practices on the pal pait part t of manv maIn many la\\- la law- law layers lawyers law lawyers \ - yers Even E\en E en Eten \ the bench is not nhva always s exempt excmpt from su- su suspicion suspicion su suspicion - - spicion that many cases are decided on tcchnicnhhes technicalities technicalities.rather technicalitiesrather . , rather thin th\n th n than ' \ upon facts and aud desire to mete out even- even evenhanded evenhanded even-handed even handed - handed : justice ustice Continuing Contmufng the Star says"What says says"What "What What " about these pleadings pleadmgs that ramble on fOI for forthousands fOIthousands foithousands thousands of v , words cords ords , wherein e\ e et every eery \ ery point must be bestated bestated bestated stated just so or the case is thrown out of courtf court ? " > Ate Atethey Alethey Atethey they necessaiy necessalY necessary ? In Eng3ind EngJ'md EngJmd England ' , after thp the great law re- re reform reform re reform - - form of 1873 1871 , a rule \ was vas as adoped that nQ no case should shouldbe shouldbe shouldbe be thiown thlown thrown out of court for anj any anv alleged alIpged want of fornl form fornlm formto formm m to a pleading The result was that English Ertgllsh Eisglish pleadings pleadingsonce , once thousands of'tords of \ ' words \'tords 'tords tords cords long Ipng 1 ng , , now take up about a adozen adozen adozen dozen lines in the plaInest plainest'of plainestof i.o io . ! ' , ( ( plain English EngIish Pleadmgs Pleadings Pleadingsas Pleadmgsas as v . we se e know them I ' em have disappeared from the prac- prac practIce practice prac practice - - tice of law in m England The result is that all English Englishla'wsuits Englishlawsuits Englishlawsuits la'wsuits lawsuits ' reach a . final decision declslOn in 111 from tv.oeel.s two tv.o tvo too . \ weeks \\eel.s eel.s . to tofour tofour tofour four , , months There is confidence in the courts , and andthejudges andthe andthe'judges andthejudges thejudges the ) . ' + sudges have 11ae " , the time to attend to criminals cnmmals in the thesame thesame thesame same same , , > speedy fashion " 1'tiAnyone 1tiAnyone i ! ' ( Anyone yone " with "ith ith a sense of humor can find quite a abIt abit abifr.pLentertainment abifrpLentertainment bIt ' pLentertainment Qf.entertainmcnt Qfentertainmcnt , . . by spending spendn'lg spendnlg ' an hour in an Amer Amer- AmerIcan America American - ica ican , courtroom \ where here pleadings pleadmg's pleadmgs ' are being bandIed bandIedaboutWBut bandiedabout bandiedabou aboutWBut about ' Bul But if one stavs stajS stays too long'his longhis long/hIs long hIs long'hts longhts ' ' / amusement win will winturh willturfs willturn turh turfs to disgust isgustL . " . |