Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-01-14
Address of Daniel Roberts, Esq.
commemorative of the Hon. MILO
L. Hennctf. in fhc supreme Court,
nj Burlington. January %. 1869.

:
ID the court as follows
Nm Il ,letse qoul houor As the or
ran Gf the Chittcnden county bar, b,
their direction, present To yonr consider.
alton certain proceedings and resolutions
of the bar in commemoration OF the death
IF Judge Bennett rs follows
At IA, ting Of ihe Chittenden county
= i,ar t,lian. All the Clerks Office. July o
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'''IN OF 'l' non d'1' - % 1"e''' '"e
Hon DAVID \ SmalIey was called to the
hair, and -. following resolutions, pre-
-cnt.I bra committee ii H. bar, con-
-j-tia- Of Dniel Roberts, L. . EagIc-6y
nnd WmG >aaw. Esqr- were unani-
lo5u-lv. a1,rta3
Re,a,rsi rea- 81 tl.e death Of our
.tf.r brother. thr Jl5a Milo l.. Bennett.
.Nf- State Hs- ie-f.o5ie ,,.hn for many
,...r. .t,..4...l f..srllfuffx. served h.
lutarf4 ami .1. lal I6nnr,5l,. e.,n-
.,.....l l.s.I.au Nltlr. l.ar l..,i4iat.@. and
.g1 indies + li...rv
W.. haa.g #.- sl,.m4r.. a.a I.h,,ian-
fau-t4sru-. rnrl sad honest Asvyer
.ul ipJ.e uE... ltaaes lor twenty wears
g#1u t.a h4ai a- illustrated ia ~.
recorded opjuia.-. have added lnrys.v /,
liu. regut i.et S',:.u1tla iiIrtsu,.u t.r,c-
dor lcernius. :'.i5ta, inta,snsl, ire. ANA
purity.
We i.na A',a l5r tho purit5 ot & IL pr
ytte life. "a IBIS stern lhergncp t, the
ri InIpl,- 81 t'ttue aud "t public ord 2.
itss4t = ii- We tender f. the sur
svio- members II Judst Beunc;t's family
uur Le#riF -ymN.thv ;ar thair personal
' hcrcayeu. at, and 'has, in respect f. bis
ni.mary, he ~, in u body, viii attend
his funeral, wearing the customary badge
~ mourning, ana That Mr. Roberts, III
urhAt o. the bar, b. requested to read
these resolution ~ the occasion, as tcs-
bhh'hR' 10 tar PunH' and 10 the friends
~ tne de- a12ed OF oar sorrow and re-
poet
HfSplls". lA"t tAe-e resolutions be pre-
eonted - the Chtttonden county court,
#Ith ar@quesi that they be entered upon
'"e records 90 tae court.
Al further meeting Of the bar OF Chit
trnIau county. h.Id on the 18th dav nj.
p...,,t... isGs :.
q. ,1..e uaf t1e states Attorney,
VT, ,'"2p1.Is, 70 requested - present TO.
~ -'Gir"'li' S'"i'' at ll9 next session IN
',''' county M, i'>'lu'.o4a ADOPTED 9py
- ca - ~ y" t''J % "t'9' L9o2' IN
'e''ti'" 10 'a' uoi'h 81 Judge bennett,
'N' e., me- W, i'sN 'H 'H'cLtd upon tue
'.'"'"N ~ 'ht' ''"r''
Although these resolutions OF the bar Of
this county have already been made public
hy tho reading II them at Judge Ben
uett.a funeral, hy their publication in the
newspapers, and by their presentation to
-
seemed to the larquito beftting that they
should b. presented to that court OF
which he was 81 long a ,coaspicuans mem
Der.
Milo H. Bennett y,4s horn =. .cl.,-
Connecticut; graduated . ya,l on,
IA 1911, and ~, ~ -to oilege
Reeves Law .,erwards at Tapping
prot school. l9 conn nenced his
.-lonal life at Renninr ton, in this
S.,+o and there married . nd buried his
erstl wife. Ailer a year or two he removed
~ Manehostnr, whore lio continued in
practice until the spring OF 1870. during
this period hoWas Tor three years State ;
attorney, and Tor ilNc years Judge OF pro
bate IN the sprluS OF $50 lie removed
10 Maine, ailursi hy the speculation in
pine tnd-, WIN proceed financially DIS
a.trous to him, IS . many others lie
was accustomed with kind OF grim
humor, to deduct from the reckoning OF
his age the Two years he lost IN Name.
In the IAN Of lS3S lac was, | may say, re-
called from Maine hy his professional
brethren in Vermont, and more especially
through tho friendship and respect of his
classmate at lale, Judge Samuel 5.
Phelps, who was thcn about to retire from
The bench u assume seat IN the nlted
States Senate lie was elected Judge OF
the supreme court In place OF Judge
Phelps, in 1888, and renamed upon the
bench 81 the supreme or circuit court
FROM that date, with the exception OF one
year, until the year le79--ln, all, ~ years
Of official service.
To YOU who knew Judge Bennett per