Suffolk University Law School - Lex Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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i F Bill Pidgeon tells an interested jury just why they should return a verdict for his client. Arthur G. Coffey handing documentary evidence to acting Clerk of Court, Albert Curran, to be marked and identified as an Exhibit, while opposing counsel, Malcolm G. Heggie, and presiding Judge Guy V. Slade, look on. A l 5 f Dean Frank L. Simpson, sitting as a single justice of Suffolk Law School's Supreme Judicial Court. Attorney Charles B. Garabedian, Clerk of Court, is shown handing a document to the court.

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same formality and dignity which terizes the courts of the Com- alth is practised in Suffolk Law ls court system. In this scene, the sheriff is harkening the court to order. Says he: Hear ye! Hear ye! All persons having anything to do before the honorable the Justices of the Superior Court, give your attention, draw near and you shall be heard. God save the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts! trial is about to get underway, but fore the Clerk of Court, Attorney n P. Burrell, swears in the wit- -attractive Miss Beatrice Butler iture barrister Alfred A. Dobrosiel- ski. This is a jury waived session with Professor Guy V. Slade as Presiding Judge. othlng but the truth Miss Beatllce the plaintiff is now on the witness and is narratlng what appears to be mcing story, and one which has ap- tly touched off His Honor's sense of 91n'to tell the truth, the whole truth, I . a u .y Q 7 - v humor. Counsel for the defend- ant, James E. Morrison of Bel- mont, is resting his head on his hand, doubtlessly redecting on how well the pretty witness is minimizing her counsel's risk of non-persuasion. Of one thing we are certain, that is, Miss Butler is not being declared a hostile witness.

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'. Q ',, L7 'lf'1 Dan Carney testified he didn't remem- ber, but Counsellor Shep Maniff is suc- cessfully refreshing Dan's recollection. This is a jury trial session with Professor Raymond T. Parke presiding. -i I pray Your Honor's judgment, says Wes Archer in this scene to presiding judge Professor Donald R. Simpson. Counsellor John McKeil is quite anxious to get that document iletter written by Al Curranj into the evidence, but Wes declares that it is irrelevant, im- material and incompetent. Wit- ness Al Curran is breathing heavily for fear his affectionate billet-doux will find its way into the record, and the world will then know! Professor Donald Simpson charging the jury while student counsellors take notes. No stone is left unturned in Suffolk Law School's program to prepare and equip the law student for actual practice. Three exacting, but interesting years, made this scene possible. In future years we will look back on these days as golden ones to be cherished and not to be forgot- ten. However, the inn that shelters for the night is not journey's end.