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23 Panel 1 (1945)

handle is hein.journals/panelmbu23 and id is 1 raw text is: To increase the effectiveness of the Grand Jury System FANEL A Publication Devoted to the Exchange of Views of Public Officials and Citizens in the Effort to Prevent Crime and Secure the True Administration of Justice PUBUSHED BY THE GRAND JURY ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK COUNTY, Inc. (FOUNDED IN 1913) Contributions and letters in The Panel are either credited to their authors or signed with the names or initials of their writers and the Association assumes no responsibility for the opinions contained therein beyond expressing the view that the subjects they treat of are worthy of the attention of Grand Jurors. VOL. 23 JANUARY, 1945 No. I Judicial Reform Ic Asce-;iation ALLEN WARDWELL: Man's desire for impartial jus- tice is as old as history and the central figure is the judge. How he may be chosen so that he may be free from outside influence has been a matter of discussion during the ages. 2500 years before Christ, a great Egyptian King felt that wealth was essential to the judge's position. In a letter to his son he says: Make great thy nobles, that they may execute thy laws. He who is wealthy in his house does not SAMUEL SEABURY: It is a great pleasure to take part in this celebration this after- noon, but before I get to the sub- ject under discussion here, I would like to pay my own tribute to the accomplishments of the Grand Jury Association of New York County. You have not only a platform of the things that you hope to accom- plish, but you have behind you a long record of achievement, and I have no doubt that in the future you will amplify greatly that rec- ord. show partiality, for he is a possessor Now, the public, 1 have to ad- of property and is without need. mit, has watched the operation of But the poor man (in office) does our judicial system without edifica- not speak according vo his right- tion and without delight. Where cousness, for he who says. 'Would cases come before able judges, men I had,' is not impartial; he shows of character, in this State, they are partiality to the one who holds his properly decided, and our State has (Continued on. page ) m (Cowtinued o page 2) ILuncheon Topic The Grand jury Association of New York County, Inc., long time hdvocatv of a nlw method of se- lecting judges in Ncxv York State, sponsored a luncheon December 12 at the Hotel Biltmore, for the pur- pose of arousing the Legislature to the need for imcediate action on this important subject. Speakers at the lund'icon were Samuel Saburfe former judge of the Court of Appeals; Allen W'ard- well, President of the Association of the Bar of the City of New tinYork, and Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney of New York County. Calls Meeting to Order In calling the meeting to order, SLee Thompson Smith, President of to me.ank our pogianl leames. ileb dar .Alxne erathe Association, quoted from an maytcl not proved to belprfec.dYo ardwell.which appeared in The Panel in 1928, stating in part: Co-operation The pivotal point in the istration of our government, the interpretation and application of FRANK S. HOGAN: our law and the guardianship of the We have listened with interest, I peoples' lives, liberty and property, am sure, to the carefully reasoned is the judiciary. n m o and highly persuasive remarks of The fact the partisan system Judge Seabur and Mr. Wardwell. of nominating judges has given the The reasons outlined by them con- Bench able and distinguished mer- stitute a most effective argument hers is no argument and reason for the proposed change in the sys- against a better method which will tern of selecting our judges. prevent exception. The present system breeds cyni- Concluding his remarks bef ore cism and distrust. There is much introducing the honored guests, talk about buyinsg judicial nomina- Mr. Smith stated that apathy tions and fixing cases. This is large- on the part of the public was re- ly fiction and is unfair to the many sponsible for the failure of last able and honorable judges who pre- year's legislature to take action side in our courts--as it is, indeed, when the time seemed ripe for a to many of our political leaders uhange, therefore, he sincerely Perhaps the proposed legislation hoped that the newly formed Citi- may not prove to he perfect. You zen's Committee on the Courts, don't obtain perfection where Inc. would receive the wholehearted there is present the personal equa- support of every right thinking tion. But this Lawyers' C m citizen. (Committee's objectives (Continued on page explained on page 3.) Speakers at Association luncheon were, left to right, District A Seabury, Lee Thompson Smith, and Allen W Success Depends on Laymen' s NE

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