This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVII THE BENCH AND BAR PURPOSE OF THE COURTS--THE LAWYER AS A CITIZEN--FIRST COURTS IN IOWA--FIRST DISTRICT COURT IN MARION COUNTY--JUDGE WILLIAMS--JUDGE McFARLAND--JUDGE STONE--CHANGES IN JUDICIAL DISTRICTS--JUDGE AYRES--THE CIRCUIT COURT--THE BAR--BRIEF SKETCHES OF EARLY LAWYERS--PRESENT-DAY ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVII THE BENCH AND BAR PURPOSE OF THE COURTS--THE LAWYER AS A CITIZEN--FIRST COURTS IN IOWA--FIRST DISTRICT COURT IN MARION COUNTY--JUDGE WILLIAMS--JUDGE McFARLAND--JUDGE STONE--CHANGES IN JUDICIAL DISTRICTS--JUDGE AYRES--THE CIRCUIT COURT--THE BAR--BRIEF SKETCHES OF EARLY LAWYERS--PRESENT-DAY ATTORNEYS. In his cantata of "The Jolly Beggars," Robert Burns, the Scottish poet, describes a gathering of a band of vagabond characters at the house of "Poosie Nansie" for a general good time. In the course of the evening's entertainment a strolling tinker sings a song with the following refrain, in which the company join lustily: "A fig for those by law protected, Liberty's a glorious feast; Courts for cowards were erected, Churches built to please the priest." There may still be some "jolly beggars" who entertain similar views regarding the courts, but the fact remains that courts were not erected for cowards--were not intended to restrict the liberties of the people, but to protect them. Liberty without law, instead of being a glorious feast, would be unbridled license; a liberty that would not recognize the rights of others, and, if such a condition could be brought about, the chances are that the "jolly beggar" would be the first one to wish for some law to protect him. Much of the history of every civilized country centers about its laws and the manner in which they are enforced. "To establish justice" was written into the preamble of the Federal Constitution by the founders of the American Republic as one of the primary and paramount purposes of government. The forefathers also showed their wisdom when they divided the functions of government into three departments--the legislative, the executive and the judicial--the first to...
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