Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-11-02
HONOR JUDGE KING.
Portrait of Late Justice King in
Court Room.

Portrait of Late Justice King in
Court Room.
Simple exercises marked the
hanging of portrait OF the late
Justice Arno w. King Of Ellsworth
in the court room of the county
court house last Wednesday after
noon. The exercises were unan-
nounced and informal, and came in
the form of a request from Mr..
Hamlin, president of the county bar
association, for permission to hang
the portrait, and a response by
Chief Justice Cornish. Mr.. Hamlin
said:
Looking back into the history of
this bar, Hancock county claims the
honor of having had three chief
justices and one justice of this honor
able court among justices who have
passed away-Chief-Justic Peters,
born in this county and connected
closely with it through all the years
of his life, although he was for many
years a resident of the adjoining
county of Penobscot; Chief-Justice
Wiswell, who was born in, and lived
and died in, this county; hief-Justice
of Penobscot, but living practically
all his life in this city of Ellsworth.
Portraits of those three distin-
guished jurists have adorned the walls
of this court room for some little
time. The remaining justice, Mr..
Justice Arno w. King, was born in,
and lived and died in, the county of
Hancock, passing away in the sum-
mer of 1918, not quite sixty three
years of age. He was in every way
worthy of having his portrait placed
side by side with these of the other
distinguished jurists l have men,
toned.
Through the kindness of his family
we are able (and l speak as president
of this BARI, to hang upon the walls
of this court room portrait of JUS
tice King. During the noon recess of
this day, the portrait has been there
hung, and we ask the permission of
side by side with those of the other
jurists, that it may help us to remem-
Der Judge King as he was, a citizen
of the very highest type, an able and
lovable lawyer, Ono lawyer was better
loved in this bar than Judge King),
and an able, broad minded, upright
and learned judge.
On behalf of the Hancock County
Bar, / ask permission of the court
that the portrait of Judge King may
remain upon the walls of this court
room.
REMARKS BY JUDGE CORNISH.
The court grants the motion with
sincere pleasure-a sad pleasure, how
ever, because Judge King should to-
day be adjoining this bench and this
court room, and the bench of the
supreme count of the State of Maine,
by his personal presence. He died a
comparatively young man, in the full
Vigor of manhood, when he was taken
with fatal illness, with many more
years of usefulness and of service be-
fore him. 1 have never been recon-
ciled to his passing.
When men reach the age of four
score years, like ef-Justice Peters
and Chief-Justice Emery, we then
must feel reconciled, but when, like
Chief Justice Wiswell and Justice
King, they are taken in the full
strength of their manhood and useful
ness, the blow falls with redoubled
force
Judge King was a great favorite
with me. We came on the bench al
most together / was appointed in
March, 1907, and he was appointed in
June, and for the first few years in
our work in the law court we always
occupied the same chamber and grew
very close to each other. We had al
ways been intimate friends, but there
was closeness that came with our
work together which was quite I'M
usual. AS the president OF your as
ISOLATION has said, he was a lovable
man. l do not know that l ever met
one who was universally loved and
respected as he was.
In all his work in the trial courts
of the State I have never heard a
whisper of the slightest criticism,
which is remarkable, because almost
every judge at times is criticized for
this or for that at nisi prius. Judge
King had the good fortune, through
his temperament, his poise, and his
good judgment. to escape it. He was
an ideal judge, an ideal man. His
death came very close to me, and 1
am delighted to think that it happens
to be my good torture to be here when
you pay him this honor, and when, in
turn, you are honoring the county of
Hancock by placing his portrait on
your walls. 1t is with pleasure that
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