The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-29

He was exceedingly staunch and en-
ergetic in stating his propositions 10
the court and to the Jury, he was al
ways full Of force In all the argn..
ments that he used To the court ana
to the jury. and yet / think he &C.
cepted defeat little better than most
OF the gentlemen who practice at the
bar He never seemed for any length
OF time AT least to retain any bitter
ness because OF defeat, and took up
his next cause with as much hope and
energy as he had given 10 the last
There Is one characteristic OF
Judge Maginnis which not only the
members of the bar. but all OF us,
could well emulate, and that was MS
terseness Of statement If you Will
recall the arguments you have listen
cd TO made in this court by Judge Ma
ginnis. and in my Judgment some or
the ablest arguments that have been
made here. at least since my advent
here, were made by him. you Will re-
member they were never very lengthy.
that be never lndulged In repetition,
but selling the point in issue he so
clearly and precisely placed II before
the court and the jury that 1t was
not necessary to repeat IL in order TO
be sure that Il reached either the lay
mind OF the Jury or the professional
mind OF the Judge.
ut was not the habit of Judge Ma
gInnIs to prepare his cases with the
same painstnking care as some other
lawyers. but once engaged in the trial
of a case he excelled all his brethren
in his alertncss to seize the opportun-
itp In hfo ortrlrpagg nf 0pFCnnfInn in
his ability TO seize hold of the adyant-
age and make il lnure TO the benefit
of his cause.
Il think, too 1t IL pleasant to re-
member that Judge Maeinnis adyocat-
ed the cause of the unfortunate in the
court room perhaps a little more viii
lingly than the cause OF any one else.
AS has been remarked here and as
Of course we all know, his cases were
very often cases of injury TO the per-
son OF his client. and he was peculiar
ly fitted apparently for presenting that
class of Il case TO the court. He seem
ed more at home when he was plead
Ing for some poor, helpless widow,
whose husband had been killed or
pleading for some unfortunate who
himself had been MANNED. than he
heiS pn tue bDpuSllS Sluts
This was doubtless but one of the
many exhibitions OF his natural love
of humanity. which characterized not
only his conduct here in the court
room but in the world outside
All OF you remember of course how
kindly and how generous he was in
this court room, ] cannot recall
single instance in which he was ever
discourteous either to his associates
or to witnesses or to the court Itself.
Toward the court itself be had some
thing of that old courtly bearing which
Is perhaps not so characteristic of the
younger men as it Is of the older men
in the profession / can in my mind
eye see Judge Maginnis entering the
court room and finding the court in
session and SO hastily removing his
hat that the very act itself denoted
the veneration he had for the tribunal
which he was entering. Not that there
was anything solemn about him as he
conducted his case. On the contra.
ry, he was generally smiling. He
seemed TO bring into the court room
the very sunshine itself and how
dreary as we perform these sad rites
does 1t now seem without him
Never did | suffer such anguish in
the court room as | did on the few
occasions during the last few months
when he appeared here What 4 pitt
full spectacle 1t was to see the ravages
OF disease eating away the body that
enclosed such a gigantic intellect and
such noble soul How pathetic 1t |
was to see his inability TO express In |
words his thoughts, which were still
as clear as crystal for his mind con-
tinued as alert and energetic as ever |
Yet. from the patience. accomplishing |
and unassumlng, which he displayed, |
from his hopefulness, boundless and |
supreme, which he showed in the |
midst of all his pain, what lesson We
all may learn.
i did not know him so we'll out of |
the court room as within il. socially | |
met him little. and of his church work |
nothing at all. Yet seeing him in the |
performance Of his every day duties.
came to realize that he was in all |
his actions governed by a nobility of
purpose which could only spring from
an intense respect for and veneration J
Of the great Creator or us all and from
an abiding faith In and love for his
fellow man
Besides taking the action requested
Of me, it is ordered that as a further
mark of respect this court stand ad-
tourned for the term"