New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-18
TRIBUTE TO CnIEF-JUDGE CHURCH.

MEETING OF THE NETWORK BAR-SPEECHES AND
RESOLUTIONS OF REsPECT-ACTION OF THE BAR
OF KINGS COUNTY.
A meeting of the Bar of this city to pay
tributes respect the memory ofhc late ChcfJudge
sandord f. Church. Of the Court OF Appeals. was held
Yesterday afternoon In the General Term OF the
Supreme Court The chambers W re crowded at an
early hour and the aRsembige included many OF the
most prominent members Of the Bar Among those
cnt were Garrison " Potter A j. VanderpOcl, Henry j.
Clinton Joseph Larocque, Judge Cowing Judge ]. F..
DAILY PfesidngJu,ticc Davis. Judge Van Worst, Judge
Van Bruut ChicfJudgc Curtis ChiefJudgc DAILY Judge
IarrcmOre cx- Judge John X. Porter eXJudge Henry
E. Davies Judge Choaic Judcr Van HOcsca. Surrogate
Calvin, Elbridge 7. Gerry, Professor Theodore W.
Dwight, ex.Judgc John N. Barbour. cx-JudGc Josiah
sutherland Charles NJ De Costa Hamilton Cole,
Judge Blatchfori A. &. sullivan. Edwin W. stOuchton.
Justice Lawrence, Justice DOnolGc, Justco Barrett,
Recorder emyth. aud John T.. Durrill.
On the motion Of Mr. Larocqne. Prcsdlng-Tu'ticc
Davis was selected chairman, ChcfJudrc Curus,
Chief Judge DAILY. Judge BatcfOrd. Judge Choate, Re
cOrdcr smyth and Surrogate Calvin as Independents
A. Vandcrpoe. after speaking Of the ability, iuteg
rity and earnestncss with which the dead Ch"fJu,tico
bad performed oil Tie duties of Office whether legislative
or judicial presented resolutions giving expression
tie feelings OF the NewYOfk liar az to his character
Frederic Coulert said that short time ng" II be-
Bis duty to present the case ~ Bdho, the Italian
murderer to ChicJudce Churoh and to ask him that II
penalty Of the law he should say 50; and Mr. Coudcrt
believed that the last net CheJudGe Church did. while
his still trembling perhaps with tho act Of
writing his name, the very last lines be- addressed
generous and kindly lines In favor Of that tia IAN boy
O:her addresses were made by cXJudgo John
X Porter. GARRISON ~ Potter, exMlnstcr Slough.
ton C1-JudgO Henry l.. Dawes. rX-JuiRe George
$. Munger, a. 5. Sullivan and Erastus G.. Benedict.
Justice Davis gave kctch OF Judge Church's early life
when he became acquainted with him, ana sumo ~ the
incidents OF the friendship which finally resulted IN
their coparlncr-hin hs lawyers NJ Albion y. \.
Judge Church. he sRid was not Thoroughly wcll-rcad
lawyer. because he never hard reader; hui he
had hard common sense that nineteen times on; Of
twenty would guide nun IN his advice uf clients without
authorities. lie preferred the position Of advu-
Of the law. While D.strirt. Attorney he NJ nj
most always tried the CRIMINAL cases himself
II believed the evidence showed prisoner be IN
uocrnt he would tell The Judge so IN court but woe L.
popularity that carried him forward III every ambition.
1t could not tuthuly DO said that his death AZ this
time and IN the manner II occurred, unfortunate
The resolutions were unanimously adopted ana Jus
uce Davis named Us the members Of tho Committee Of
the Bar To Attend the Funeral :. l.. Na5h president
Bar Association Charles Tracy. president Of the Law
Institute; A. J. Vnnderpue :. b. BOwnell, Francis W.
Cilnord A. Hand. Henry l.. Clinton Elbridco r. tirrrv
L. W: Briggs. George Munger, Luther i. MARSH Wnl-
Green, Fireman j. Fithan. l.. l.. Deluteld, Richard
OGOrnan.
OF the death OF ChlefJudge Church. In nearly all Of
them short addresses tnlogistic Of HIM made by
those who 1rOYed tue adjournment.
meeting Of the Bar of Kings County was held yes
terday afternoon IN the supreme Court room. Judge
Eraslus Cooke presiding. 10 take action reference to
the death OF CnetJndgc Chnich. Among those present
W re Judges Nelson amt McCue, Henry G. Murphy,
General Ben dDin +. Tracy, General Phlp +. Crunkr
exJnetcc GreenwoOl Patrick Ready. Assistant Ds-
ricl Attorneys Wornbrrg nnd Onkcy, ana others Re
marks were made by Colonel John H. Bergen. ChIrf
Justice CO.cOf Iowa, and General CrOOkr, aud Mr.. Muir
ply aud General Tracy appointed to icsolu-
tons. The Judges or tho Courts requested 10
adjourn May Is, the day Of Judge Churchs funeral.
The meeting adjourned lnlil to-day.