New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-14
IN HONOR OF JUDGE BARNARD.
THE BROOKLYN BAR ASSOCIATION GIVES
HIM A DINNER.
GEORGE G. REYNOLDS PAYS AN ELOQUENT
TRIBUTE TO THE GUEST-THE LAWYERS
ASp OTHERS PRESENT.

TRIBUTE TO THE GUEsT-THE LAWYERS
AND OTHERS PRESENT.
A dinner was given by the Brooklyn Bar Asso-
citation last evening to Judge Joseph F. Barnard,
Of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial De-
partment who retires from the bench after
thirty wears of service. at the close of this year
nv reason Of reaching the statutory limit as TO
age The members of the Association to the
number Of about 200 sat down at the tables IN
the Pouch Gallery, in Clnton-ave. There were
members Of the bench and bar present from all
parts Of the District, which includes nine
counties.
At the table of honor were ex-Judge George e.
Reynolds who presided with the guest OF the
evening at his right, and Judge jackson q.
Dykman on his left With them sat William c.
Dewitt, Murat Halstead, District-Attorney flem-
ing o; Queens County; +. b. Lown, of Pough-
keepse; b. Peters, NJ. II. Hirshberg, Andrew Nc
Lean and s. H. Steele. Among the others pres
ent were Judges Cullen, Bartlett and Brown. OF
the Supreme Court; Judges Clement, Osborn and
Van Wyck, of the City Court; Surrogate Abb
bolt; w. b. Davenport, Jesse Johnson, Almet F.
jerks John II. Kemble. W. J. Gaynor, II. C.
NJ Ingraham. A. G. Mcdonald, James McKeen,
Thomas T.. Pearsan James w. Ridgway, Frank
Reynolds. William Richardson. General II. W.
Slocum Dr. II. j. Backus James ID. Bell, James
Troy, Joshua NJ. Van Colt, James c. Bergen, r.
A. Ward, w. ~ Dykman, Abel Crook General
G. w. Wingate. ]. \. Weinberg, c. j. Patterson
and John c. Mcclure
Judge Reynolds raped for quiet after the
serving of the coffee. and said: while | have
been sitting here my mind has travelled back
over fifty years to the time when our guest and
! began to study law in Poughkeepsie. We were
both fresh from college, and knew more than
known
ambitions we then cherished have some been
realized and some disappointed. Judge Bar
nard. through all the, years ne has touched my
life has been my friend and I rejoice at the
opportunity l have of testifying to my regard
for him. and express the hope that our friend
ship is mutual Judge Barnard is averse TO any
public euogy of himself but he must have
understood that on this occasion we would talk
of him.
Judge Reynolds then related some incidents In
Judge Barnards career He said his mental
processes were the shortest distance between
two points and he grasped the point OF a case
by intuition. He was Independent 10 bOldness,
and utterly abhorred fraud and wrong.
Judge Reynolds then read this toast:
Our Guest
'TIonor and reverence and the good reputs
That follow faithful service as its fruit
BE him whom living we salute"
Judge Barnard said that he had been started
in life by lawyers and placed on the bench by
lawyers. and he thought that this invitation was
the natural elimination Of long life OF intimacy
with lawyers. He wished To be permitted 10 say
that he had tried TO do his best under all circirl-
stances. The association had gone far beyond all
his expectations in this tribute. If he had lived
a life so that such body of men could express
satisfaction with his career he had not lived In
vain. Applause)
Letters Of regret at unavoidable absence we've
read from Benjamin ID. Silliman and St Clair
McKelway.
The other toasts. with those who responded 10
them. were: Judge Barnard at Home" +. b.
Lown 1--WE Welcome You from Bondage. and
Hereby License You to Practise the Great Art
and Mystery Of our Profession SANFORD II.
Steele; THE Presiding Judge and His Associates
of the General Term" John Fleming; AN Old
Fashioned Circuit" NJ. II. Hrschberg; The Sec
ond Department" J. o. Dykman; The Brooklyn
Bar" William c. Dewitt.