Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1901 — Impeached Judges on Stand. [ARTICLE]

Impeached Judges on Stand.

In the impeachment trial at Raleigh, N. C., cross-examination of Chief Justice Furches continued Tuesday. An Ineffectual effort was made by the prosecution to have him acknowledge inconsistencies in several Supreme court decisions, but the witness made careful legal distinctions between all cases, and the cross-examination closed without demoralization of the witness. Several prominent Democrats from Judge Furches’ county, among them ex-Congressman W. M. Robbins, testified to Judge Furches high character as a citizen and official. The examination of Associate Justice Douglas consumed the remainder of the day. He showed where many cases had been decided against his own political friends, and declared that no Republican had ever approached him officially on any partisan question.