The record-union., 1896-03-07
JUDGE ARMSTRONG'S MEMORY
Honored by the Members Of the Bar As
SOCiatiOn.
Resolutions Adopted Yesterday-Re.
marks Made by Judge Catlin
and Others.

There was large attendance of mem
bers of the bar in Department Two of
the Superior Court yesterday morning,
where Judges Johnson and Catlin sat
in bank to receive the report of the COM
mittee appointed to draft resolutions of
respect to the memory of the late ex-
Judge John Wesley Armstrong.
The committee, composed of S. Solon
Holl, A. L. Hart, Clinton L. White, w
A. Anderson and r. NJ Clarken, Pre-
sented the following memorial, which
was unanimously adopted:
THE committee of the bar heretofore
appointed to present resolutions ex-
pressive of their sentiment upon the
death of the late Judge Armstrong pre-
sent the following, and move the court
to cause the same to be entered in the
proceedings of this court as enduring
testimony of the estimate of the bar
upon the character and worth of the
deceased:
Resolved That the members of this
bar, practicing in the Superior Court
OF the county of Sacramento, are deep
ly afflicted at the loss suffered by them,
by the court and the community at
large upon the death of an eminent law
yer and jurist, an nonored and re-
spected citizen and a constant and val
ued friend. The deceased has given
to the world an illustrious example Of
a self-made man; with limited educa
ton received in his youth, he has, by his
indomitable energy, industry and per-
severance, won for himself an hOnora-
Bile position on the front rank of his
profession, and when he was called
upon to assume the duties Of the high
office of a Judge of this court he was
able to bring TO the discharge of those
duties great learning, untiring industry
and answering integrity.
s'Resolved, That the members of this
bar fully share in the just public esti-
mate of the life and services of John
w Armstrong, and join in the general
grief for his loss. A close observation
of his character and his labor, and of
his relation with tais court and the
bar. as we'll as the disfcarge of his du-
ties while a Judge of this court, bears
witness to his faithful conduct in the
discharge of those duties and leaves
valuable example to after times.
"ResoIved, That these resolutions be
presented to the Superior Court of Sac
ramento County, to the end that the
same be entered in the proceedings of
said court, and as enduring testimony
Of our sorrow for his departure, and Of
our estimate of his character and con-
spicuous worth as a lawyer, jurist, citi-
zen and public benefactor and that a
copy thereof be presented to the widow
and family of the said deceased.
(Signed), S. Solon Holl, A. L. Hart, C.
L. White, w. A. Anderson, r. NJ.
Clarken."
Brief addresses were then made by
S Solon Holl, Alvin J. Bruner Claw
partner of the deceased), w. A. Ander-
son, J. c. Ball and Judge A. P. Catlin.
All paid tribute to the sterling charac-
ter Of Judge Armstrong, his ability as a
lawyer and his impartial services while
presiding over one of the departments
of the Superior Court.
Judge Catlin, speaking from the
bench, said the court was in full sym
pathy with all that had been said re-
garding the late Judge Armstrong. He
was an eminent-and justly eminent
member of the legal profession. Judge
Armstrong was his immediate pre-
decessor on the bench, and the speaker
had known him intimately for many
long years. He did not think that as
Judge Armstrong advanced in years
there was any apparent deterioration
of his mental vigor, but on the contrary
a continual improvement. He could not
recall the memory of any man he had
ever known who was a more devoted
student of the law than Judge Arm
strong.
At the conclusion of Judge Catlin's
remarks, which evidently came straight
from the heart of a sincere friend of the
deceased, w. A. Anderson moved that
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