Putnam patriot., 1917-03-30

0TeSn IS Wltn us ana we are uetiSnteu to have him here, I will ask Judge Green to speak to you"
 Judge Green said in part: "First l wish to thank the toastmaster for his kind expressions. I am always glad to hold court in Windhsm county. The members of the bar are so agreeable and so good generally. Also 1 get oil easier here in the way of work. The lawyers seem to have pacific ana peace making tendencies
 Judge Green illustrated this by the manner in which cases were disposed of in the session iof court that closed Wednesday.
 alt is especially pleasing to meet you on this occasion, continued the speaker, "but think you ought 10 meet occasionally whether you have got ready to push some judge of the bench or not. It would be we'll to meet al other times to eat and drink a little, You would .know each other better and appreciate each others merits more. 1 think there Is lack of getting together among the lawyers in the state, with the possible excep ton of Litchiield county, This may be partly due to the fact that In that county when court Is in session the lawyers have to remain over night"
 "This occasion has not only the 1 nra ri of iah hsttt hpg aH Hu the pleasure of welcoming JudgeShum. way and congratulating him on his long and successful career on the supe- rior court bench and his promotion to the supreme court and, when that Is over, the less arduous duties of state referee"
 "Words commendstory Of judge and what judge should be have been written by Shakespeare and Socrates. Shakespeare says, You are a worthy judge, you know the law, your exposi tion has been most sound.' Socrates saic that four things belong to judge: TO hear courteously, to answer wisely, to consider soberly and to decide im- partially These attributes | believe are all attributes of Judge Shumway."
 "In his twenty-four years on the bench no doubt Judge Shumway has seen many strange things and some amusing things. Nine times out of ten 1 believe the jury comes to the same decision as the court would rem der. Sometimes this Is not so and the reason would be equally queer with the decision. Once there was man accused of murderlng his father and mother. The evidence was conclusive as to his guilt. The jury were out longer time than seemed necessary and the judge called them in and ask ed them If the court could instruct them in anything. They replied that they thought they understood the situ- ation and retired again. They returned with verdict of not guilty. The .dge was astonished and did some thing unusual-he asked them how they arrived at such conclusion l the mans guilt. That's just it, said the foreman, none of us had any doubt but we thought there had been deaths enough in the family so gave the pris- oner the benefit of the doubt" l (Laughter) Judge Green then told another amusing story and was greeted with applause as he sat down.
 In introducing the next speaker, Attorney General Hinman, the toast master said: "We are proud Of him. Without making any comparisons l will say he Is as good an attorney gen. ersl as Connecticut has ever had and as good as any other state in the nited States has,"
 MT. Hinman said in part: "It wss with pleasure 1 accepted the invita-. tion to be with you on this happy event and to partake of enc of Land- lord Rogers fine dinners. It seems doubly fine after the Capital lunch and with the present high 'cost of iiv. ing, eating meat one day and potatoes the next"
 | nI believe in what Judge Green said of the desirabiIity of social intercourse of the Bar. have thought for long time that we have been lax in such soc eiability and that we gre missing 1t in not getting together oftener.",
 "A third important reason why l am glad 10 be here is to extend person. ally and in behalf of the western wing 1 of Windham county our coEgratula- tions, best wishes and greetings to Judge Shumwsy on the deserved pro motion that has come to him.
 "I have noticed in Judge Shumway's decisions that they have seldom been reversed by the supreme court. It de- notes cHeful thought and unliring study of the problem. IL Is not honor, not emoluments that attract members of the bar to the bench but an oppor- tuniiy to study those fascinating prob lems that come to ,ihe lot of judge, especially to a justice of the supreme court.n