The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-02-13
RESOLUTIONS ON
JUDGE JOHN c. PUGH

Resolutions deplorng the death of the
late Judge John c. Pugh were unan-
imously adopted by the Birmingham Bar
morning in the courtroom of Judge c.
b. Smith The meeting was presided
over by President Vassar Allen, while
B. X. Fisk is secretary.
Speeches eulogizing the well-known
jurist were made by G. r. Harsh. w. X.
Terry. Alex CARRIER. Willard Drake and
several others. The resolutions were
read by z. T. Rudolph in the absence Of
George p. Bondurant. chairman OF tho
committee to draft the resolutions and
were unanimously adopted They are as
follows
John Cochran Pugh was born in Eu-
fanla Ala, in 1865. He entered the Uni
versity of Alabama when 10 years of age
and graduated from that institution in
his eighteenth year. after which he went
to Washington remaining there several
years as secretary to his father. Senator
Pugh: studied law and graduated fro n
Georgetown University. He practced
| law in Gadsden for several years. after
which he came to Birmingham and be-
| ca ME a member of the Birmingham Bar
n 1897.
| Judge Pugh was born of distinguished
| ancestry. his father for many years
| having represented the state OF Alabama
| it, the United STATES senate. His ances-
| tors were of Bevoutionary origin and
| resided in Georgia aid Alabama: they
/ we're distinctly people Of the south
! u elsh. English and scotch rish-peopls
| OF culture and refinement; people who
struggled and succeeded; ancestors who
| represented the south with all OF its ira
| dltions A summary Of his intellectual
/ power may be gathered from his early
youth when we recall that he graduated
! from the University of Alabama at the
age of IS.
Judge Pugh for more than two decades
| has been associated with the Brmlng-
| ham Bar and with the democratic party
| Of this state He served for more than
eight years as circuit Judge for Jeffer-
son county He was, man Of strik-
ng personality, scholarly attainments'
! thourhtful and deliberate In his judg-
ments. For more than two decades he
has been intimately acquainted with the
LAWYERS Of this bar and with the people
| Of this county and of this state. HIS
4 judicial acts were characterized by fair
ness and mpartalitw In the perform
ance OF his judicial functions he knew
neither friend nor Zoe. but declared me
law irnpartially as he honestly conceived
LIT He was essentially honest in dealSls
with his fellow man. both on and off
the bench: he was kind, sympathetic an
attentive: he used his discretionary pow
ors with a marked and characteristic
almost ;ntuitive-sense of fairness.
Judge Pugh was typical product OF
the present generation, one having in
herited the traditions of the south
gracefully undertook to mould it to meet
present conditions. It can be said of him
| truthfuNy that he was gentleman 81
| the highest type in dealing with all
| classes of society, man in private as
| well as public life with whom all fe't
| that a sTiare deal would be meted ous
4 at his hands He was a man who de-
spised chicanery. fraud and deception; a
4 man whose ideals were of the highest
4 tyne: a irdge that litiGants could fel'
| though they might have lost or won,
| that Justice had been done in his court
according to the dictates Of conscienee
and of right.
| In reviewing the Judiciary Of the state
| for a quarter of a century during time
when financial power and material gai7
1 have been held in such high regard
i Judge Pueh, as have all the judiciary
| of this state maintained for its people
and for the bar that high respect que
! to their administration of the AW aho
| due to its Judges. and not one nfeaen
Of scandal during this material age has
baen reflected upon the judiciary OF
their judicial acts. Judge Pugh's life /:
\ worthy of emulation. His honesty AM
Integrity. his thoughtful and polite at
| titude towards the high and the low
tleave an adamant impression.
Judge Pugh left surviving him, M
4 widow. Mrs. Inez Powers Pugh, am
three sons, John c., Jr., James Laurence
ana Alfred Powers respectively Is, il
and wears of age. To these the mem
hers of this association express thel
deepest sympathy.
| The accumulation OF weaitn is