The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-21
BANK STATEMENT.
LAWYERS REMEMBER
JUSTICES BIRTHDAY

Members Of the Richmond Bar yes
terday morning interrupted the Po-
lice court session long enough to pay
tribute to Justice Crutchfield, who
now is serving his twenty-sixth year
on the Police court bench. The law
yers after surprising the justice with
a handsome gold and silver loving
cup retired and the court session con-
tiuued. The occasion was Justice
Johns sixty-ninth birthday anniver-
sary.
The address. accompanying the gift.
made by Captain a. b. Guigon though
brief was expression of the esteem
in which the justice IS held and OF
the good will of the lawyers toward
him. The cup bore the inscriptions:
ITO the Honorable John j. Crutch-
field. police Justice of the city of
Richmond; A tribute of affection and
esteem from some of his friends of
the Richmond Bar" and "lSss-An
Upright Judge-1913.
Among the lawyers honoring the
Judge we're; Gilbert K. Pollock. Fl.
NJ Smith, Jr, George E. Wise, Louis
o. Wendenberg, Commonwealth At
torney Minetree Folkes and II. S.
Bloomberg
The presentation address, a copy of
which is being preserved by Justice
Crtuchfeld in the docket book on his
desk, was:
Terror to Evil Doors.
ITO the Hon. John ]. Crutchfield:
Some of your friends OF the Rich
mond Bar have come today to tender
their affectionate greetings on this
anniversary of your birth and to pay
respectful tribute to quarter of a
century spent in the service of this
community. For twenty-five years
you have sat on this bench and dis
pensed handed justice to rich
and poor, and high and low, alike
without fear and without favor. For
a quarter of century you have up
held law and order and have kept In
check the criminal and lawless ele-
ments OF this progressive city. For
this long period you have been a ter
ror to evil-doers. while at the same
time you have listened with patience
to the wrangling of litigants and the
pleadings of the unfortunate and dis
tressed. and as the years came and
went they have given you the wisdom
of added experience and have taught
you to temper justice with mercy.
Though your daily duties have
brought you into closer contact with
the seamy side OF life, you have come
klLIou6Ii IL al dho Win"
out reproach, and with your cheer
full optimism undimmed and I'M
diminished.
Giving Youth Chances.
stern and unyielding in the pro-
lection of the people from lawlessness
and crime. you have never forgotten
to sympathize with the errors OF youth
or failed to give that one more
chance which may mean repentance,
reformation and redemption.
And of late 1t seems to us the
browning glory Of your carer has come
to you when you are called upon,
mellowed and softened by the passing
of the years. tc preside~ over that
glorious product OF modern civiliza-
ton, the Juvenile court, where child
hood is shielded from the rigors OF
the law and Is taught the lesson of
upright and useful manhood and wo.
manhood.
I'm all these years of arduous duty
faithfully performed. you have earn
ed and you have received the graft
tude. respect and the affection Of this
community which we. as lawyers who
have been closely associated with you
and know your trials and your
achievements. undertake today to
voice. We offer you our heartiest con-
and the loving cup of
good cheer for you and yours"