New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-22
OBITUARY.
JUDGE G.. p. SANFORD.

Judge Charles F. Sanford, of the Superior
court after protracted Illness of than two years.
died yesterday at his home % West Fifty
o'e hree years ago he began TO be troubled with
Nos disease which rendered the performance OF his jul
ccia duties very difficult and he was compelled to
give them up entirely even entire rest did not STAY
,he disease which soon deepened into paralysis which
nrst deprived him OF the OF his limbs and afterward
OF CONSCIOUSNESS. For more than year he has been
hOverng between life and DEATH sometimes regaining
sufficient consciousness to talk with the members of his
family and then sinking low that his death was hourly
expected. Last Saturday he had sudden relapse and
did not rally afterwlrd He died about o'clock yeser
day afternoon.
Judge Sanford was born in New-Haven in 1927. His
father was prominent merchant In that city and the
family was OF Old Puritan stock that made its home in
Connecticut many years before At the age OF sixteen.
aiter an unusually thorough preparation at the Hopkins
Grammar school, he entered Yale college. Natur-
ally of social disposition, he was very popular
among his classmates but this did not prevent him
from taxing high stand in his class and he carried off
number OF college prizes Among his classmates were
he aie Justice barnard OF the supreme Court in this
Sly, Thomas H. Livingston, n pro nineut New-0reans
IaWyer' and b. Graft Brown He began to teach after
ne was Graduated, nut he did not Ike TIE work, anu at
me END OF three months up and entered the Yale
mere ne came TO NewGOrk and entered the law Office
OF Nessrs Butler Eyarts. In the surfing Of ls49 lie
continued To act as the managing clerk for the firm until
dS2T, when lie opened his own law Office at No. II
y.
L0oney OF Nashville, Tenn lie was subsequently assoc
cated at various times with Henry Brace. with Lewis
Is aud Charles I'll. WuOuruit and tterYard with Charles
II. Woodruff ana T.. Randolph Robinson, under the firm
name OF sanford Robinson a. Woodruff He a very
attractive speaker; OuC he preferred argument before
judges to advocacy before Jury. Tle fierce antagO-
nl-m of jury practice had ID it something dstaseful
his modest and somewhat dliident disposition. This
one OF the things that led him To avoid criminal
practice, and seldom appeared in defence OF
office lawyer he ranked very high and attained great SIC
cess The DetOrestManii viii contest, involving over
100000, auI the suits against the Camden ana Am
boy Railroad Company, inVOl, NJ about 100000, were
among the prominent cases IA winch he appeared ana In
which he showed hi, peculiar c;a abilities.
In The autumn OF 1875 Mr. Sanford received the united
Republican aud AntGaumany nomination for Judge OF
the Superior Court Opposed TO bun was John J. Freed
man, the regular IImmauy candidate, and the contest
was ytry animated one. He was elected by majority
OF over / 1000.
As a judge curing the few years in which he was able
faction by the patience and ability with which he
ana ms WORK. lie handsome man, and with ms
Waite hair ana beard and dlgued manner the bench
he seemed to furnish the ideal OF judicial bearing
Ills loss was very Hecny lcJ when Al4 Illness Obliged
him to give up his work II not only that this
threw additional duties upon hi, cU-laDOrers In tt
COURT but they missed, they frequently nave SAID. his
genial cJmpaniOnsp the regard tnat the other judges
mad for MIN has shown during his sickness by tue
fnithtuHtss and cueerulnCss with which they have
voluntarily pei in order that his family
might not be deprived OF h. -llary by his removal
meeting Of the members of the bar will be held IN few
days 10 take appropriate action In regard 10 his death and
20 express the respect entertained Tor ms memory
The funeral will probably take place AZ No. - West
Futy Cuud--t, on sunday al p. m. ue KEY DI.
Henry C. Potter VIII conduct the services The body VIII
be taAcn TO Now-laven Monday Tor mterment in tue
family vault.