The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-11
JUSTICE R. H. ROY
DIES IN BROOKLYN
Health Broken by War Work
and Arduous Campaign
for Election.

Justice Robert II. Roy OF the Supreme
Court died yesterday in his home at 669
Jefferson avenue, Brooklyn, at the age
Of 81.
His health began to break on election
day last November. following the ardu-
GUS campaiga which he made as a can
didate for the Supreme bench. Although
he took the oath Of Office after election,
his health had been such that he has
never been able to assume his duties
His health also was undermined by his
work In connection with the Red Cross
and the Liberty Loan drives in which
he had assisted prior to the fall political
campaign.
For 1--WE years before his election to
tho Supreme Court Justice Roy was a
County Judge in Brooklyn. He was a
deacon OF the Central Congregational
Church. OF which he had been n member
for ten gears. Funeral services will be
conducted by the Rev. DR.. S. Parkes
Cbdman. the pastor.
Although Justice Roy was born in East
Twenty third street Manhattan. he had
lived in Brooklyn since childhood. His
father was a carpenter, and until the
time of his marriage at the age of %. he
lived in a modest house on Stockton
street in the Bushwick section. moving
from there to his jefferson avenue home.
As a boy he started to learn wood
carving in a Manhattan furniture fac
tory. He abandoned this work and
learned branch OF the bookbinding
trade, which he followed long enough to
earn money for his tuition fee in the
night classes OF the New York Univer-
sity Law School where he finished the
two year course in one year and gradu-
ated with honor. He worked in a law
Office days while attending his law lee
lures at night
Justice Roy passed his bar eXamiRa-
lions six months before he was 81 and
had to walt six months before admis-
sion. He was appointed later an Assista n
| United States District Attorney and held
| the office for four years, when he en-
| tered private practice as head of the
| law firm of Roy. Watson & Manner. with
| offices in the Temple Bar Building.
| When John +. Clarke was elected Dis
| trict Attorney OF Kings county he made
Mr.. Roy an assistant. Two years be-
| fore his term expired he resigned to be-
come counsel for the County Clerk. He
was appointed Judge of the County
| Court IN March. 1914. Justice Roy was
n former director of the Y. VI. c. A. and
the Society for Improving the Condition
| of the Poor. He was a Mason.
| Justice Roy leaves widow. who was
| Roy. and two daughters. Miss Jean Roy
| now in the Castle School Tarrytown
and Mrs Adair Reid OF Manhattan.
The funeral will be held at o'clock
| Satui Say afternoon from the Central
| Congregational Church, Hancock street
and Bedford avenue. the Rev. Or. 3
| Parkes Cadman officiating. The service
will be attended only by members of the
family and personal friends. The honor
airy bearers will be Supreme Court JUS
| tees Frederick e. Crane. Abel r Black
mar. Lewis l.. Fawcett. Judge r. l. Gar
! vim of the United States District Court
| Judge Charles J. McDermott of the
| County Court Surrogate Herbert b
| ketCham Of Kings county. John II. Nc
Cooey, Charles Parsons, w. III. Muldoon
Charles w. Reiches. +. W. II. Crane
Armon l. Squires. X. II. Watson, Ed
ward p, Lyon. Hubert Boyd and john
| T. Barry.