The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-05-21
DEATH OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE.
Mourned by Many He Joins tho
Great Majority in the Mansions
f Eternity.

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chord has been severed and Albert
Francis Judd, one OF Hawaii's most
learned and distinguished of Chief
Justices, has gone to rest for eter
nifty after his lifelong labors faith
fully wrought to their end. He died
at 7:30 last evening with the echoes
OF the church bells in his ears.
Albert L. Judd, l.. l.. D, was born
January z, 1888, and was the son of
Rev. Gerritt p. Judd, who arrived in
| 1888 in Hawaii with the SIC md b1nd
Of missionaries from Boston. The
immense influence exercised and the
valuable sarvices rendered by this
illustrious mau to Hawaii ars mat.
ters Of historical record. 1t might
almost be said that he was mainly
responsible for undertaking aud
Americauizing the system of govern
ment on the Islands.
The late Chief Juatice was edu-
Gated at Punahou College under
the abls tuition Of Rev. E. G.. Beck
with aud Rev. Daniel Dole, the fa-
ther OF our President Governor. He
completed his academical and law
course at Yale, graduating in 1858
at the aga OF twenty, aud in later
years being honored by his Alma
Mater with the degree of l.. L. D.
Returni pg to Honolulu he com.
mence1 the practice Of the law. He
travelled extensively through the
American continent aud Europe to
ripen his education and broaden his
mind.
In 1873 he was appointed Attor-
ney- General, and on February 1S,
1874, accepted the position of Sec,
ond Associate Justice of the Su.
preme Court, becoming First Asso-
ciate Justice on February 1, 1877,
and subsequently succeeding to the
Chief Justiceship on November 5,
1881, OF the death of Chief Justice
/ G. G. Harris. He retained the posi-.
tion until his death, as rendered
resignation has not been officially
accepted.
On February IS, 1899, the 25th
anniversary of the late Chief Jus.
tice's appointment to the Bench was
celebrated by banquet given to
him by the members of the Hawai-
ian Bar, over which General A. S.
Hsrtwell presided, and at which
President Dole and nearly every
member of the Bar in Honolulu
were present. The sentiments of
respect aud the expressions Of conf.
dence in his wisdom, ability and in
tegrity then expressed were endors.
ed by all, and more especially the
fact of the vast beneficial influence
he had wisely used in educating the
Hawaiian magistracy, for he was a
thorough Hawaiian scholar, aud tn 9
young lawyers of the Hawaiian race
to whom he was fondly attached.
The late Chief Justice married
early in life Miss Agnes r. Boyd,
daughter of Rev. James r. Boyd Of
Geneva, New York, and seven sons
and two daughters survive.
They are Agnes E. Judd, Albert
f. Judd, Jr., James r. Judd, Henry
Judd, who is at present in Yale Col
lege in the junior class, Charles
Sheldon Judd, Gerritt p. Judd,
Lawrence MoCully Judd and Sophie
Boyd Judd. Besides these are the
three sisters of the deceased, Mrs.
e X. Wilder, Mrs. Augusta Carter
and Miss Helen Judd.
The flags on the Executive and
Judiciary buildings were half mast
ed today, the Courts and the govern
ment offices were closed, and the
doors OF the Judiciary building bore
the sombre signs OF mourning in re-
spectful homage to the memory of
late Chief Justice.
The funeral will take place from
the family residence on Nuuanu
Valley at 4 o'clock this afternoon
and not from Central Union Church,