Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-01

N----N@A~~-@@l A@~<@7s was full of geniality and had always a hearty greeting for his friends While not brilliant, Judge Holbrooh was of that type of man who meets the dificulties of life if not with in- difference, at least with a degree ot
 fortitude, taking things. as is said in common speech. as they come. His memory to many of those who survive him. and whose privilege fl
 Twas to know him in his lifetime is a
 fragrant one.
 DAVID YOUNG
 Among the first possibly the first ot 1.-the judges of the police court, was
 David Young, at the time when the lcourt room was in the east end of the Breed building, then known as Breed
 hRlMM@o named for a former mayor o1
 Norwich, John Breed, who owned it.
 Judge Young who bore also the title
 of Colonel, from some early militia
 service, seldom practiced in the courts but contented himself with his police court duties and office practice. Some
 of our older residents may remember
 called, was in the basement of the west end of the Main street fire sta tion. The Judge was portly man. ol great dignity and a terror to evil doers, though it may be said that large majority of the cases presented | own court, rather than sent to the | higher one, the superior court.
 There was said to be such uni | formity in the penalties which he i'm posed as to earn him the soubriduet od s.Old Seven Dollars and Costs" but however that may be, he held court with great soIemnity, with the assist ance of that fine old man, John Ben son who acted as a sort of grand
 marshal, until justice had been dis. pensed to all the offenders presented for trial.
 Judge Young also, by virtue of his ! office of justice of the peace, acted as coroner in a number of cases, among them, the Bowen Muzzy case above mentioned. In his habits he was me thodical to degree, and could be seer daily, with great regularity, walking te and from his house to his of11ce \ he having lived in what is now tho residence of Dr. Brewer, and had his office in what is now known as tht
 Tarrant building.
 s. T. c. MERWtN
 | Captain Merwin, who served gal llantly in the War of the Rebellion | was, as his full name, Samuel Trac5 Colt, indicates of good Norwich an cestry, and while of a retiring dis I position and exclusive in his friend. ships, was a man of fine educationa W1Q0 AOcA0Ah6 eAAA VI courtly address.
 For a number of years he was judge Eof the police court. where he presided with dignity and fairness. While h' held the admiration and regard oi many members of the profession, ye his natural reserve caused him to form lbut few friendships. and Col Ripley Twas perhaps, his only intimate. Ec- centric in dress and manner, Captair
 Merwin was to his friends at all times the genial gentleman. but after his re- tiring from the bench, he became z sort of recIuse and was seldom seer | except going to and from his off1ct land rooms, and his untimely death self-infiicted, brought to an early clost a bright and Interesting life.
 IJoHN c. KELLOGG
 II Judge Kellogg was another membel | of the bar who presided over th' destinies of the police court for a con siderable period of time, and acted al T well as a trial justice of the peace | While of slight stature. he was witl his long, neatly trimmed beard, { ipleasing figure, and was quite active Il politics, having been a staunch re publican.
 The judge had many friends and as sociates, and in those days when th' different cities and towns had yearl, fire parades, Judge Kellogg was ofteI II a position which he always filled witi great credit to himself and to th' I pleasure of his audience. He too, To Ia number of years had an office in th' I old Bulletin building, his beautiful lhome being on Laurel Hill avenue. WILLIAM L. BREWER
 Il William L. Brewer, for many year clerk of the superior court for thi nd uynn r-ozi6Nnoa ll ] the old Brewer homestead on Wash ington street, deserves more than ;
 mere passing notice. for he was. in hi Il time, one of the prominent figures his town! A portly man of rubicun'
 visage, his geniality was his promi nent characteristic.
 Tn his time the superior court hal sole Jurisdiction in the county, tn lcourt of common pleas not haVinl then been established. MT. Brewer duties were therefore, many yet. h always preserved the same serene de
 meanor to his visitors and to hi friends, the same jolly, hearty manne Itfat always characterized his inter course with them. Mir. Brewer whil a democrat, at time when democrat were rather a scarce article in Nor wich, took an active interest in civi affairs and was, we believe, on one Q !, the occasional political upheavals o his time, a member of the court 0 common council
 He was never in active practice a , | an attorney, but had an intimat
 knowledge of law, which his expert
 ence but sharpened. A rare story , teller, he appreciated a joke on him , self as thoroughly as though put upo , another, and it is difficult to recall hi visage except as 1t bore upon 1t smile. Mir. Brewer was high in tn
 Masonic order, fond to degree of hi 7 home though bachelor, and died a : he had lived. a warm m-hearted, uprfgt | genial gentleman.
 JAMES 8. corr
 General Colt, as he was afway known and called among his fellow
 linen, was for years a prominent figur s in professional and social circles in Nor wich. An active alert figure, he car ried himself at all times with militar bearing, as he had right to do. fc he was one of the many gallant soldier which Norwich furnished to the north ern forces during the Civil war. Several times severely wounded sl action, he attained the actual rank ( major and was afterward brevetted
 President Johnson for bravery, throug 1.-the several ranks Of lieutenant-c -colone
 colonel and hrigadier- general. Whil . he never engaged in active practice : his profession, he was for two year 2 | fx1dOa 0f fho eifv C0ffrf where