Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-17
RESOLUTIONS ARE
PASSED HONORING
JUR|ST'S MEMORY
Brother Lawyers Pay Respects
to Record of Former Vice.
lChancelIOr Pitney.
Especial to the Nswark star.l

MORRISTOWN, Jan. 17.-Following
the drawing of the Morris county
grand jury today and the charge by
Justice Charles w. Parker, President
Alfred Mills, of the Morris County Bar
Association, appeared before. the court
and, after telling of the death of Vice
Chancellor Henry c. Pitney, requested
that a page in the minutes of Circuit
Court be set aside to Mr.. Pitneys
memory and the resolutions adopted
by the association inscribed upon 1t.
Secretary C. Franklin Wilson read
the resolutions. Justice Parker ex-
pressed the deep personal esteem and
love he felt for the departed jurist,
and asserted him to have been prob
ably one OF the best-known judges In
the United States, and certainly In
this State.
When first appointed" said the JUS
tice, Mr.. Pttney's o of duty In the
Chancery Court carried him as far
South as Camden, and consequently he
became weli-known in that section of
the State. Later, when other vice.
chanceIlors were appointed, he sat In
Jersey CITY. His work for the most
part was confined TO the northern part
OF the state.
A Consistent Halter of Shams.
Sometimes his intense hatred OF
sham and fraud and his honest desire
to administer justice in the case led
him to take action that was criticised
by he more conservative members of
the bar. The law is conservative and
lawyers become hide bound In the ira
dltions guiding the administration of
the law, the result OF the experience of
centuries of the best wisdom of jurists
best able to formulate the rules. Still
there are cases when Ii becomes ad
able to bring forth the out of date prtn-
cipies and turn upon them the bright
light of modern times as a test. So
sometimes Mr.. Pitney's decisions
caused comment, and he must leave his
judgments to the test of modern times"
Justice Parker told how. as president
Of the County Bar Association, Mr.. Pit
ney spoke In behalf OF the association
In welcoming him to this county when
no was assigned to Morris county, and
said thai he would never forget the
warmth of that welcome.
1T ia we'll for Morris county that 1t
has had SO strenuously honest a lawyer
as an exempie to be looked up to- said
the justice. and closed his remarks by
granting the request of Mr.. Mills.
Former sheriff In Foreman.
Former Sheriff Charles A. Baker is
the foreman of the grand Jury, as
sworn In this morning. The other mem
bers are former Assemblyman Richard
J. Chaplin, Mt. Arlington; Willis d.
Dutton, Morris; Guido C. Hinchman,
Dover; Joseph Harris, Rockaway; Leo
Robinson. Mendham: Frank d. Abel.
Morristown; Robert Richards, Dover;
Claude II. Miller, Rockaway Township;
Joseph s. Faulkner, Passaic: Alvah L.
Reynolds. Madison: Martin Cook, But
Ter; Lewis X. harrison. Wharton: Mo-
BILE Vanness. Montevllle; John Chap
man, jr., Morristown; Martin B. Car
roll, Randolph; Gilbert T. Welsh.
Washington; Gilbert H. Lunger, Net
cong; Elsie B. Dawson. Boonton; Ezra
r. Ferris, Chatham; Harry Vanness,
Pequannock; William F. Appleby,
Chester; Willis A. Seward, Mt. Olive.
The only case of Importance was
that Of a homicide. the perpetrator hav-
ing not yet been discovered, and until
further investigation was made the
case would not be considered by the
grand jury.