Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-07
SUPREME COURT
HOLDS MEMORIAL.
FOR LATE JUDGE
Judge Barnes Speaks at Serv-
ices in Memory of Supreme
Judge Hamer; Sinclair
Tells of Life.
From a Staff CORRESPONDENT.

Lincoln, Jan. 6.-(Special.)-M
mortal exercises were held this
morning by the supreme court in
commemoration of the life and serv-
ices OF the late Supreme Judge Fran
els G. Hamer,
Judge Barnes spoke a few words
along the line of his association with
Judge Hamer on the bench, and
Judge Sinclair of Kearney told of
his life and work as a citizen and
Jurist. Closing the ceremonies,
thief Justice Morrissey said:
TO me Judge Hamer was more
than a brother at the bar, or an
associate upon the bench. He stimu-
'ated my youthful ambition to be-
come lawyer, encouraged my early
Efforts in the trial of causes, and
was my indulgent friend and CO.
worker to the last. Others have
spoken of him as the lawyer. the
lurist, the pioneer. concur in all
they have said, but | prefer to re-
member him only as my friend.
The great Napoleon said the test
Of friendship was the ability to love
our friends with all their hearts,
, Judge Hamer met the Napoleonic
test. Free from petty vices himself,
he was considerate of those less
strong. If | may paraphrase his
own language as applied to another,
ne carried in his soul a food of love
and tenderness, and of balm and
charity for bruised and wounded
hearts. He stood for the poor, the
weak, the fallen and distressed, and
/ loved them all"
Present Resolutions.
The committee appointed to draft
resolutions presented the following,
signed by Norris Brown, Lee A.
Estelle, John B. Barnes, John l..
McPheely, H. NJ. Sinclair:
On august 10. 1918. Honorable Francis
q. Iiasher, our beloved brother and friend.
died IT his home in Kearney. at the age
of rs years.
Judge Hamer was a pioneer citizen and
lawyer of the state and had been unin-
terruptedly engaged in the duties Of his
profession for almost fifty years. His
practise was perhaps more varied and
covered wider fields than that of any
OF his contemporaries. His clients came
from every walk in life and whether
their liberty or their property was In
volved. Judge Hamer gave them the ad-
vantage of an ability and integrity of
the highest order. His predominating
personal characteristic as a lawyer was
his persistence. He never quit nor
At.-.t, -iAL
client until final and unappealabl BILE
Judgment had been entered.
AS a judge he served upon the bench
Of this state for nearly twenty years,
first as district judge and subsequently
to the time Of his death, as an honored
member OF this court and during his
judicial career he served the cause of
Justice without fear, without favor and
Without reproach.
Notwithstanding his professional duties
called for unusual and constant labor,
still Judge Hamer devoted much of his
talent and energy to public affairs taking
/ broad and democratic. rather than a
PARTISAN view. of all political questions
At no time did he ever shirl or evade in
The slightest degree the duties Of citizen
vhip. ~
Judge Hamer had home ifs Of hap
oiness and sunshine resting on a'domestic
fidelity natural and sincere.
Therefore Do II Resolved, mat III
he death OF Judge Hamer the bar has
Iost one of its most active and able men,
oers that the bench has lost fair and
,ble Judge and the commonwealth a
oval, upright and useful citizen.
Be It further Resolved, That these
resolutions be spread upon the
records of the court and that copy be
transmitted by the clerk of the court to
she widow and family of our departed
brother.