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

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| the Second Judicial district met at
the court house yesterday and pas
sed resolutions of respect to the mem
ory of the late Judge w l.. Maginnis
and It was decided that the same
should be presented to the Second
| District court that they might be
spread upon the minutes of the court.
| The committeeman who presented the
resolutions to the court at p. M.
were Judge Fl. II. Rolapp, Judge John
E Bagley and Rolla s. FaTnsworth-
| The resolutions follow:
Judge Rolapp Presents Resolutions.
In presenting the resolutions TO the
court Judge II. II. Rolapp said:
May 1t please your honor; The
| state of Utah has lost one of its prom
inent citizens, the Bar association
| has lost one Of its valued members,
and ogden City has lost one of the
| pioneers and master builders OF It's
present greatness and OF It's future
destiny. for that matter.
Judge w L. MaGinDis is dead For
twenty years these walls have wltnes-
sed the results Of his untiring efforts.
For your honor and your predecessors
upon the bench have been enabled 10
mete out equal anl exact justice TO
the people OF this community largely
by the assistance of that great lawyer
For twenty years we, his brethren. have
admired his valiant defense OF the
rights of those whose cause he under
took to espouSe, and we have noticed
his clear analysis of the facts and
his great knowledge of law, For
twenty years we have learned to love
Judge Maglnnls because of the stall
wartness of his heart and because of
the love that he had for his profession
and because of the fact that he was
ever gentleman Ever ready to work
In the interests of his clients. yet he
was always courteous to the court
and TO opposing counsel and to wit
nesses, and / don't think there ever
was a pToyocation so great as to en-
tice Judge MagiDniS TO forget that
he was an officer of thls court and to
act with that genial, courteous truth
fulneSS which was a distinctive char
actcristic of Judge Maginnis. don't
think there ever was a court that he
willfully or even uncautiously mis-
led as TO the principles cf the law OF
jury that he mislead as TO any facts.
To the younger members he was
a leader and an eXemplar, especially
TO those who took up the profession
for the love of it and for the good il
might do mankind, and TO the older
lawyers he was not only our peer, but
he was one to whose thoughts and
ideas was always given the utmost
hood md thp
So we feel that great man has left
us. man we could not we'll spare. In
pursuance of that feeling the Bas asso-
citation met here this morning and
passed resolutions in memory of their
brother who had passed away, and
we now present to this court the res
clutions passed by the association for
official recognition by your honor, and
with your honors permission | will
read these resolutions:
we, the committee heretofore ap.
pointed by the president OF the Bar
association OF this Second Judicial
district to draft resolutions on the
death of a former member OF this as
soclation, come now and present our
resolutions as follows, to-wit:
William l.. Maginnis was born at
Somerset, in the State of Ohio, on the
4th day OF November 1853 he spent
his boyhood in the State of Ohio,
where he studied law, at the age Of
twenty-one years. He there practiced
his profession. to which he devoted
all his energies and ability, until the
possibility Of moro extended field
oil usefulness presented itself in the
FAR west, which induced him to leave
his native state, he went to Colorado
where, for time. he engaged in news.
paper work. On October 18th 1886,
he was appointed Chief Justice of
the Supreme court Of the Territory
OF Wyoming, by President Cleveland
and Immediately thereafter he took
the oath Of office and entered upon
the discharge OF his duties He con-
tinued member of the court until
the expiration of his term of four
years. After his retirement from the
Territorial bench OF Wyoming. he
came TO Ogden, Utah In 1890, and en-
gagged In the active practice of his
and. during the second
of President Cleveland
he was appointed Assistant United
states District Attorney OF the then
first judicial district While Judge
MaSinniS held no official relation TO
the courts OF this state since their
creation, yet, during all the period,
he has practiced before the bar of al.
most every court In this and surround
ing states. His activities covered al
most every department. OF the law, His
intellectual yleor alertnesS OF mind
ana great natural powers, faithfully
disciplined and completely developed.
expanded by large requirements, kept
vigorous and alert by strenuous exer.
else. applied 10 noble uses. marked
his long and conspicuous career In his
profession His faculty for lucid
statement and cogent reasoning was
ever brought by him to the support
'i his ever" cause Therefore be 1t
"Resolyed, That In the special ouall-
ties which mark him aS a consummate
forensic advocate and lawyer, the
structure OF Judge MaeinniSs mind
ind It's discipline combined the Wild.
'st and most circumspect comprehen.
SION OF all facts of legal import: how
ever multitudinOus: a luminous and
penetrating insight into the intricac-
es and obscurities of the most com.
>leN relations; and power of reason.
which produced the many admirable
exhibitions OF his faculties at the bar
'nd on the bench, which, during all
d his legal career, have served In the
administration of justice and attracted
he attention of the profession and of