Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-11-12
THE SUPREME COURT.

We have again full Supreme bench and a
good one The eath of Chancellor and Chief
Justice Harris last July left the judiciary
crippled and as the King was absent at the
time long interval elapsed without this I'M
portant position being filled. On Saturday
last, Mr.. A. L. Judd, First Associate Justice,
and Vice. Chancellor, was elevated TO the Office
Of Chief Justice and Chancellor; Mr.. H. Nc
Gully Second Associate Justice was made
First Associate and Mr.. b. II. Austin was ap-
pointed Second Associate Justice.
Mr.. Judd is a native of tho Islands no was
born in Honolulu on tho 7th of January, 1888,
and is now in his fortythird year. After at
tending the best schools il Honolulu he went
to the staios and entered Yale College in 1860
and graduated two years after. He then ell
tered tho law school at Harvard College, grad
uatng in 1864 with the degree of LII. b. He
returned the same year to Honolulu and be-
gan the practice of law. He was elected to
the Legislature from South Kona, Hawaii, in
'6S aud from Honolulu in 1872, having been
defeated for the latter position in the interval.
He was made Attorney General in the Cabinet
of King Lunalo and in 1874 was appointed
Second Associate Justice by King Kalakaua,
and afterward, by the resignation of Chief
Justice Allen, was made First Associate JUS
tice, which place he filled with credit until his
recent appointment to the highest Office in the
Kingdom, except that of King.
The Hon. Lawrence McCully, who has now
succeeded to the important position of First
Associate Justice and Vice Chancellor of the
| Kingdom, is a native of the State of New York,
and graduate of Yale College. He has been
| resident Of these Islands since the year ls54.
On tho lst of September, 1855, he was ap-
pointed Police Justice of the town of Hilo,
Hawaii, which post he occupied until his res
gnation. April |, 1857. March IL, 1859, he
was admitted as n member of the Bar of the
Supreme Court, and soon after visited the
United States for the purpose of further stud-
les il, the profession which ho had chosen
Returning to his adopted Island homo he acted,
during the incumbency of Hon. s. II. Phillips
Attorney General, as Deputy of that Office
discharging the duties with marked ability
and acceptance. On the reconstruction of the
Bench Of the Supreme Court, February LIST
1877, no was appointed Second Associate Jus
tice, and the lapse of nearly five years incuin-
bency has proved the wisdom of the selection
Judge McCully possesses not only the qualih
cations of u legal education combined with
naturally logical mind, but he has had the ad
vantage Of much experience in the practice o
our Courts, and is moreover we'll versed in th
Hawaiian language and acquainted with th
characteristics of the people,
The position of Second Associate Justice o
the Supreme Court, made vacant by the ad
vancement of Judge McCully, has very ap
; propriately been filed by the elevation frou
the Bar to the Bench of the Hon. Benjamin
. Halo Austin, formerly Of Buffalo, N. Y, bu
! who has resided and practiced in Honolulu
since April, 1880. Judge Austin, while n
longer Young man, has, however, arrived n
that period in life when the judgment
. ripened by experience, ia cool and mature-h
will be fifty in January next. He has been i
, full practice az lawyer for over twenty-f fv
years, having boon admitted as pracitions
, in the State Of New York in 1853, and subse
quently in the United States District and Cil
cult Courts of New York, and also in the Su
n preme Court Of the United States. He is
n brother of s. l.. Austin, Esq. Of Hilo, (wl
/, was formerly Circuit Judge of that Island
r and has his family residing here.
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