The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-12-16
A MEMORIAL MEETING.
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Attendance un The session ~ Members
~ The uat Present Remarks
Made.

The Bar Association mot al 90 O'Clock
this morning NJ the opening " the
Supreme Court 10 take appropriate &C.
ton on the dea ~ Judge Bickerton.
/ On the bench sat. Chief Justice Judd.
Second Associate Justice Frear. Fnsi
Circuit Judge W. Austin Whiting and
Second Judge J. Alfred Magoon. The
following attorneys aud members Of the
har were present.
President ;. -. Dole. Minister n T.
Cooper, Attorney General W. O. Smith,
Matshal Brown, A. s. llartwell. l.. A.
! Ihurston. ". S. Edinga j. l.. Kaulu.
kou, kaeo, Geo DE Ia Nergnp. L.. a.
Dickoy A. Rosa. Enoch johnson. w a.
Kinney, j. X. kaulia, W. L. Wilcox.
Ella Ielekunihi, NJ Kenloha. y. y.
Dole. A. W. Carter, g.. Creighton, Geo.
a. Davis, Antoine Perry. a. S. Hum
phrcys, s.. a.. NJ Robertson, W. T.
Stanley, s. X Kane, J. VI Mousarratt,
W, H. Wright, a. g. Corea, Sheriff
Andrews and Captain Lindsay of Maui.
When the court was called Attorney
General W o. Smith arose and. after n
few remarks, offered the following reso.
luton, forwarded by the resolution
committee of which he was member.
WHEREAS, II has pleased God In His
wise providence 90 remove the Honor
able Richard Frederick Bickerton. First
Associate Justice of the supreme Court.
bY death. he 10
heoired, That while we bow in sub.
missive resignation to the loss which we
nave suffered in the removal 10y death of
Justice liickcrton from high office as
/ O. D.
10y record our appreciation Of his unfail-
ing courtesy and his conscientious ami
faithful attention To- the responsible
duties of his position.
"Ihat we hereby express 10 the family
Of the deceased Justice our sincere CON
dolenCe and our sympathy with them,in
their sad bereavement;
Chat this resolution be spread upon
the records OF the Supreme Court and
that copy Dee forward TO the widow
of the deceased
In presenting this resolution Mr..
smith said.
May it please the Court, we have
known our departed brother for many
years, and our relations with him have
been pleasant. Ia thinking OF him and
Of his life bis relations with ms and ours
with him there is no one quality which
has left q deeper impression on my
mind than his unlailng courtesy.
Justice BckertOn was "a gentleman az
heart.
IL Is fitting on occasions Of this nature
Tor us to pause and remember bat we
each of us IN our turn must leave all
these associations, all these relations
which are so dear to Us aud mn st
appear before that higher CoWi.
While the decease of our brother was
not unexpected, death always brings
more or less of q shock. We mourn f,r
the departed We will long remember
Mr Justice Bckerton. and it is with
feelings of tine deepest sorrow ! take
pleasure in presenting this Resolution
prepared by the Committee Of the Bar.
Mr. Cecil Brown:-May in please the
Court on behalf of the Bar / would like
90 second the Resolution read by the At
torney General and to say that the late
Justice BickertOn in all his dealings
with the bar, his dealings in all his rela.
tions with the people who came before
him were, as set forth by the Attorney
General, gentle in every respect His
handling of cases at nisi prius | know
has been talked Of and he
complimented upon his handling
those cases more especially.
We also mourn for his family, but we
have this satisfaction that we know that
his life here as a jurist, as a Judge Of
this Court, was such that no man can
say anything against, and it is therefore
with pleasure that the Committee of the
Bar has presented these resolutions.
Mr.. Hartwell May 1t please the Court
| should like to express my emit eaccord
with the resolutions and with what has
been said about Mr.. Justice bicksrton.
| knew him first when manager Of the
kalala plantation, having the pleasure
of being entertained by him on one oc-
lsion. / observed him as he came in
aud out of tins community for many
years, as well as after he became police
magistrate and justice of this Court
In an isolated community like this, in
which it is said that the tongue OF scan,
dial is more than ordinarily free to wag,
do not recollect ever having heard any
thing against Mr.. Bickertons integrity,
impartiality and fair dealing.
Mr.. Charles Creighton.-lf your
Honor please so much has been said
that may almost say that the ground
has been entirely covered, but desire
to say few words IN order to express
my sorrow at the loss of Justice Becker
ton, gentleman whom L knew well
and intimately not only as Jurist but
in social life. AS Jurist met INN
first, my first acquaintance with him
being when he was ON the Police Bench
of Honolulu. have seen him under all
circumstances, when he was Ill and I'M
der the most trying circumstances, and
| must say that have never seen him
fail in that courtesy and gentle treat
ment to members OF the bar for which
he was noted.
Judge Whiting,-brethren would
add few words in regard to one whose
loss we all mourn. / cannot say that
he was life long friend, but for my
Hawaiian life here he was triend from
going on fifteen years. His suffering at
times was acu.e 9u. ne nole ~ VII et.; t.e