Litchfield enquirer., 1865-11-30
George Wheaton.

l ,&A SA6OsW A0eS0A. A This venerable and respected 1nembero of the
 bar of Litch6eld County, died at his tesidence
 in Cornwall, on the evening of Fridag, of hst
 week. He completed seventY-fve years in
 June last, and was remarkable specimen of { well-preserved mental and physical vigor in advanced iife His position and character des mand more particular notice than we have now time to give. He was born in East Ha- ven in this State, in l790. and before he had
 attained the age-of twenty years- he became a resident of Salisbury, where he taught school
 and pursued professional studies with the late Chief Justice Church. who then practiced law
 in Salisbury He was admitted to the bar at the March Term of the County Court, in 1913, and immediately took up his residence in Corn wall and commenced business as q lawyer there. and that was the place of his constant residence during his life. It is believed that he attended every term of. every Court held in this County after his admission up to the last September term. As a lawyer, he was distin- guished for close, severe and searching study into every part of his cases, and it is believed
 that no case was ever ruled against him for any error or blunder of his--no writ or declaration
 was ever suffered to go out of his hards, until it was perfected beyond any necessity of amendment. He was quick to discover the
 mistakes of opposing counsel, but7byno means ,,fo ,ntav IL
 brethren. He was not gifted with remarkable degree of fueacy of speech, yet there was some-
 thing in his arguments especially in the latter
 part of his career which would command de- liberate attention and it was interesting to ob- serve how the members of the bar would gath
 CT around him and listen to his arguments from
 Jury till he inshed-something original, quaint racy and pungant was always expected from
 him, and the hearers were never disappointed
 in that regard. He was remarkable for the faithful manner in which his cases were pre- pared for trial, and not only knew his own side of the cause, but was pretty we'll informed what he had to meet on the other side. No question
 of law was so profound or obstruse but that he could understand it and present his views of it to the Court intelligently and with good sense. He was not very extensive reader of law works, but his mind was we'll stored with sound elementary principles, and he possessed a re- markable aptitude in applying them to the infinitely varying phases of cases as they arise in practice. He was wise safe and prudent counsellor. not urging the prosecution of an unjust claim, or encouraging groundless de- fence. ~a- sa soE .-ar j. l+af'a Hs
 He had been for many years the senior mem- Der of the bar, and his presence in the Court House was always welcome to his brethren.-- He was genial, affable and kind hearted in so- cial intercourse, and very constant in his friend ships. His presence will be! greatly missed in
 the community where he resided, where he had become patriarch and counsellor. Deep and earnest grief pervaded the minds of his neigh bors, when they heard that he was no more. and the very large gathering of the citizens of Cornwall, and of his professional brethren who attended the solemn exercises of his burial on Sunday last attest the high appreciation of h's position and character, and their respect and
 affection for the memory of their departed fel- low citizen. f +a4 a'4 @F .a@9@,+i -