The sun., 1898-01-02
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AHAHAAgN AsAAAs
portant changes In the personnel and places Of
service Of tho New York Judiciary. In the
Court OF Appeals Justice Alton b. Parker of the
| Supreme Court succeeds Charles Andrews ns
| Chief Judge. In the First Judicial district,
which comprises the borough OF Manhattan and
! portion Of the borough Of the Bronx, Francis
NJ. Scott succeeds George p. Androws as JUS
! hce OF the Supreme Court, and Judge Chester
! B. Mclaughlin Of Port Henry becomes mom-
J Der OF the Appellate Division In place OF Judge
Pardon @. Williams Of Watertown, who was re-
elected in November upon the understanding
that ho would leave this city and return to work
/ at trial and special terms in his own district
tao Fifth. In the Second, or Brooklyn district,
the retirement Of Mr.. Justice Bradley from tho
Appellate Division made vacancy which Gov.
Black has filled by the appointment OF Judge
| John Woodward of Jamestown, who will take
his seat on Monday. OF the eight judicial dis
tricts into which the State In divided, there ap.
| pears to bo only ono which 10 not directly af.
! fectod by tho changes Of tho Now Year. That
| is the Sixth dist let, which embraces the south.
ern tior Of counties from Delaware to Chemung
inclusive and extends thence mp toward the mid
| die Of the State. In tribunals other than those
already mentioned, the most important appoint
| ment is that of District Attorney Olcott to
succeed Mayor Van wyck ~ Justice of the
| City Court.
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Flynn franchises, followed the decision of tho
Appellate Division hero in holding that tho
Board of Aldermen, after the enactment of the
Greater New York charter could not lawfully
grant street railway franchise for longer Pc
riod than twenty-five years. 1t was supposed
that some franchises would ,be granted within
this limitation, but mono gotthrough.
Simplicity and sincerity characterized the cere-
monial in Brooklyn on Friday in which the
members Of the bar Of tho Second Judicial De-
partment expressed their esteem for Justice
ment from the bench Of the Appellate Division,
on which he has been Q tower of strength ever
since his appointment By Gov. Morton in tho
autumn OF 1895, to succeed Judge Calvin L.
Pratt who died In August of tha. year. The
only speaker in behalf Of the lawyers who
crowded the Appellate courtroom was former
Judge George u. Reynolds, whose address was
tion expressed with dipnitv and feelIne and IN
the most perfect taste Alter brief and appro-
priate resnonse nv the pres,dinp Justioe tho An.
pellate Division adiourned and tbose nresent
had an opnortunitv IN great Judge Bradlev and
eay good.by. He coca back to his home In
Corning with the good will and profound respect
of every one who has known him in this part of
the State.
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aeclaretiohs concerning Inc oeseherec! Oh tne
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oor Ok INC Appen@.e DIVISION N this uepefe
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affirmed by the Court of Appeals: but we did not
know then that the Court OF Appeals handed
down no oninion of its own but affirmed the
Judgment upon the opinion of Mr.. Justice Pat
terson in tue court below.
Some very interesting facts concerning the
English inns of court were stated in lecture
recently delivered in London BY Mr.. w. Ralph
Douthwaite. They related more especially to
Gray's lnn.of which the lecturer ts the librarian.
Its name is derived from the Lords Gray Of VII
ton, whose mansion it once was. The precise
time when Gray's Inn became an institution for
the accommodation and instruction OF law stu
dents is not known, but 1t was probably about
the beginning OF the fourteenth century. From
the fourteenth to the beginning OF the sixteenth