Again. it is not an infrequent occurrence during the examination of witnesses for counsel disagreeing as to some line of testimony. to present themselves informally before the circuit judge. when he happens to be sitting in hisprivate chambers. to settle some point of difference between them as to procedure or the taking of proofs. And this. of course. can be done with less interruption to the proceedings. less waste of time to the counsel. and in consequence less expense to the litigants. if the judge is to be found in the same building as that in which the testimony isbeing taken. This port is also the principal focus of immigration. and. while I do not profess to know anything with regard to other Federal districts. I infer that the number of extradition cases is larger here than it is in most of the others. And there is. of course. by reason of its large population. a very large number of criminal prosecutions in which the commissioner of the circuit court sits as a committing magistrate.
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