Show JUDGE NELSON wear wan robes judge wears judicial robes for first time judge joseph E nelson conducted fourth judicial district court tuesday irk in hla his judges 9 robes in uintah co county building ile he had reserved the wearing of his robes until he appeared in the local courtroom as a special tribute to uintah county A request was made by at torney hugh W colton that the occasion be made a matter of record and the following statement was made by judge nelson the supreme court of the state of utah sometime ago adopted 4 rule by which the district judges of the state directed to wear rob robes at t thie formal hearings in court ana and that order has gone into effect 1 I have reserved the wearing of the robe for the first time until I 1 appeared in this county I 1 did it for this rea son that when this building was erected and dedicated the people of this community were kind enough to ask me to speak on that occasion 1 I was the first to use this court as a judge after it was built I 1 had the honor to speak on that occasion and for that reason I 1 reserved the wearing of that robe until this morning this is the first time I 1 have put it on it is not my rule that I 1 wear it I 1 prefer not to because it is more comfortable not to wear it inasmuch as it is a rule made by the supreme court I 1 am going to respect the ruling made by the supreme court and that is the reason I 1 am wearing it today from now on I 1 will wear it in other counties but this is the first time I 1 have had it on the judge concluded |