The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-01-06
GENTLEMEN OF THE BAR OF THIS
COUNTY PRESENT JUDGE MASON
A GoLD-HEADED CANE.
GIFT MADE AS MARK OF THEIR
HIGH PERSONAL RESPECT AND
APPRECIATION.
Eminent Jurist Acknowledges the Gif.
in Letter to Pressntation Committee
{ in Which Some Important Features
of His Work On thu Bench Hare Are
Referred To.

As mark OF their high personal re-
spect. and Of their appreciation OF his
judicial services, while presiding in tne
Circuit Court of Harrison County. dur
ing tae term Of Office, which aas jusl ex-
pired, the gentlemen Of the bar of this
county have presented TO Judge John
w Mason. gold.headed cane, suitably
inscribed. In acknowledgement OF the
gift, Judge Mason has addressed tine fol.
lowing letter to a committee of the bar
II nave received from the members
of the bar practicing at Clarksburg,
through you, beautiful and valuable
cane. note with sincere qualification
your generous expressions of high es.
teen. Having terminated my official
relations as judge Of tine circuit, feel
tnat may accept this mark of personal
regard from the bar with propriety. 7
big to assure You tnat greatly appre.
ciate your kindness AMI most sincerely
reciprocate your expressions of nigh
regard.
Our relations during the four and a
half years 7 was permitted to preside
over your court, were Of Inc most pleas
ant character, Nothing occurred during
this time with any member OF tha bar.
which | would wish to forget. II is to
me, however matter Of deep regret
tnat the time ! could ,levots to your
county was 50 limited taat could not
do justice to tne-vast business whicn /
was called upon to transact.
During these four and nalf years
we have settled some important legal
questions. We have learned that land
may be partitioned horizontally as wen
as perpendicularly; that a person may
BE- convicted of larceny when Inc prose
cutor mas been deprived of his property
by trick and conspiracy; taat slot ma.
cninss are gaming devices; that a, dry
hole is not of itself an abandonment OF
nm oil lease; that an oil rig is a sstruc-
ture, within the meaning OF the law
providing for mecnanics' liens; and we
shall soon know. by the Supreme Courts
action in cas- now pending in tnat
court, upon an appeal from your court.
whether or not the owner Of coal
mine, who owns all tle coal, with the
authority to remove all of it. NAV 10
50 witnout providing sufficient support
to prevent the everything surface being
injured. These and many other ques.
tions raised and determined during taa
time was with you, are Of Importance
to the profession, and win be recognized
long after We who propounied them
are forgotten
u personally have fcarnad what d
blessing it is for court to have the
confidence. assistance, cooperation and
forbearance Of learned, intelligent and
generous bar; that the founders of our
judicial system acted wisely waen tney
provided that causes snouli be present
cd to the court by gentlemen learned in
the law. and thus lessen the labors Of
tne court. While my work at your bar
mas been far from satisfactory to me,
vet it would have been mucn less 40.
nad not nad the generous assistance
Of The bar.
PLEASE convey 10 the mrmners of the
bar OF your city, my highest regard for
one and ALL