The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-10-07
Portrait Of the late Chief Justice

The following are the Minutes of n meeting of the
Officers of the Supreme Court and Members of
the Bar of said Court at the office of A. b.
Rates ESQ., on Friday. October LIST. 1858:
Mr.. Bates having explained to the gentlemen
present, that the object of the meeting was TO take
into consideration the ~propriety of presenting to the
Supreme Court a portrait of the late VIM. L. Lee, the
first Chief Justice of the said Court, to be placed in
the Supreme Court Room, the said portrait having
been painted in the United States;
Mr.. Montgomery was unanimously called to the
chair, and Mr.. r. G. Davis chosen Secretary.
Mr.. C. G. Harris offered the following resolution
t Uhereas, we, the Members of the Bar, and Of
fcers of the Supreme Court, entertain the highest
respect for the probity and legal abilities of the late
Chief Justice
Resolped, That we most cordially authorize the
purchase of the portrait of the Hon. William L. Lee,
deceased, painted. by Mr.. H. G. Pratt, of Boston, and
Quest that the District Attorney of Oahu. will
present the same to the Supreme Court in our name,
and move the Court for an order to place the same in
the Court Room, as n memorial of the estimation in
which his character was held by those who knew him,
best"
The above resolution being seconded by Mr.. Cham
berlain, received the unanimous sanction of the meet
ing. j. P. Griswold, Esq, then offered the following:
Resolred, "That the Justices of the Supreme
Court, be requested to order that the proceedings of
this meeting be nIaced on record, - which being sec
onded by Mr.. Makalena was also approved.
The meeting then adjourned to Monday morning,
that being the first day of the ensuing term of the
Supreme Court, and the occasion agreed upon for the
presentation of the portrait. R. G. Davis
Secretary.
On presenting the portrait, which is considered a
very good likeness and has a background of Hawaii
an scenery A. B. Bates, ESQ.,. District Attorney of
Oahu. addressed the Court in the following words:
.Nay it please the Court:
shall he p~arloned, I trust, for interrupting the or
binary course of business for n few moments. for the
purpose of asking the attention of the Bench to GER
tain resolutions I hold in my hands, which I have
been requested to present for the consideration of the
Court.
1t will be recollected that on a former occasion I
was delegated to present to the Court resolutions
adopted by the Bar, expressing their grief and regret
that the late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court had
been called to givean account of his stewardship upon
earth. Sympathizing most deeply with the Bar, the
Court, and the community Mt that timei in the feelings
then expressed. the duty 1 then performed was to me
e most painful one. i
To-day I appear before yu to perform n much
more agreeable ofice-to present for your considera-
ton certain other resolutions, unanimously adopted
by the members of the Bar and the officers of the
Supreme Court, which I will now read.
1.-THE resolutions were then read.
These resolutions manifest the respect in which the
memory of the late Chief Justice is now held by those
who know him best. Time assuages the grief of sep
aration. while it increases the respect entertained for
the character Of a just man; and though more than a
year has elapsed since we all were called TO mourn for
Judge Lee, and we may have put aside the badges of
our grief, | trust the Court win sympathize with the
Bar and its officers, and cordially respond to and
grant the motion / am directed to make by my asso-
ciates.
Now, in behalf of the members of the Bar and Of
the officers Of the Supreme Court, I would respect |
fully presen. to the Supreme Court this likeness of
the Hon. VIM. L. Lee, late. Chief Justice, and move
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