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‘oLty -El, who had presented himself as the: Moorish Aneri- can Consul at Brooklyn, Nee, had made representations to Chief , Justice Maltbie over an inecifent occurring in a, police courte + "In accordance with the custom of his comtry and the ten= eta of his relirions' faith," Chief Justice Niltbie wrote in his letter, "he(the ldooriah-.uwerican) wore a fez at the court peas done 7” The result was a yevere reprimand diructed to. Jpisn: for what was Te garded as a disrespect toward the courte Undoubtedly this wa: due to a miswmiceratanding on, the part of the court officials and the Honorable donsul “El ) has no desire to magnify the inol- dente * "Mere are, however, a considerable number of membors of the Islemio faith, citizens of Morocco, within the State of Connecti= out, and he 4s anxious that the judges ef our courts understand. ~: that no disrespect is intended 4f one of them wedrs his fez in court; that instead of disreanect at 4s rather ea mark of respect, ==, because the maim custom of wearing the fez 4s a part of the cere= gmonial usage of the faith."