with co-defendant Mack:
Then I asked him, did you voluntarily take this groceries out of the store or did you steal this grocery and he admitted to the fact that he had taken the groceries, but he was not in it by himself. At this time he pointed directly to Mr. Sidney and he says, he helped me take the groceries. At this time Mr. Sidney turned around and punched Mr. Mack, struck him in the face, of course, and called him a dirty liar.
The prosecution's last witness was Frederick S. Cornelius, an officer with the Anchorage Police Department. Officer Cornelius testified that he was called to investigate the situation in question at the S & F Foodland. After an on-the-scene investigation, Officer Cornelius arrested co-defendant Mack and requestedII. Meandering into the Twentieth Century. . .H. Creating the Judicial Council

Beginning at least in 1924, an active State Bar Association encouraged establishment of a judicial council to be "charged with the duty of ascertaining the state of judicial business, gathering statistical information [on] the work of the courts, examining rules of procedure, suggesting changes in administration, studying work of law enforcement officials and suggesting improvement, equalizing trial work, revising rules, and considering complaints against courts and their officers."(202) In 1926, Chief Justice A.M. Christianson called such a meeting of all Supreme Court and district judges.(203)

This first judicial assembly took place in Bismarck in May 1926. The State Bar Association heralded the

great advantage in having a permanent official body organized to make a continuous study of the organization,