Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-10-29
.CRUTCHER CLOSES HIS
LONG Term HERE
Members of the Bar Pay Tribute
To Honorable Ca eer or Be
loved Prosecutor

I wealth. AllOIucE IOf MS ulSlrlCI
comes TO n close with .hc end vi
! this term of the Madison Circui,
Court. This is the last court that
/ Mr.. Crutcher will hold in Madison
county.
When circuit court convened
Friday morning, Col. i. {. Old
/. ham called attention OF the Cuur;
to the fact that Mr.. Crutcher' 5
term was closing here. and sug-
gestcd that he be called upon for
few remarks. He pointed ont
that Mr.. Crutcher had held this
Office longer than any other pros
ecutor now serving in the state.
Judge Shackelford. like Col. Old
ham. then paid 4 brief tribute To
the faithfulnesS with which Mr..
Crutchcr has performed every
duty. Mr.. Crutcher then spoke
briefly OF his long term OF service
and expressed his lifelong appre-
citation OF the finc cooperation hc
had met with on the part Of the
members OF the bar. the court. OF
ticialS and the people generally.
Judge II. c Rice then paid Il tri-
butte 70 Mr.. Crutcher'S work. after
which the court appointed a COM
Inittee composed OF Attorneys II.
{. Rice. G.. Murray Smith. {. C..
Wallace. John holland and X. {.
Oldham. 10 draw up suitable reso-
tons. These resolutions were
reported to court Saturday morn
ing and adpotcd. The rcsolu-
tions read as follows:
The Resolutions
In the matter OF Resolutions ON
the retirement of Hon B. y.
Crutcher. Commonwealth Vt
torncy:
Whereas. the Honorable Ben y.
Crutcher is Just closing his term
a. Commonwealth Attorney OF the
2Sth Judicial District. of Ken
tucky. and.
Whereas, his period OF service
in that office has covered more
than 30 years of faithful service
to the people, and
Whereas. he is now the oldest
commonwealth Attorney i'll point
Of wears OF service in Kentucky
and the committee appointed by
the court deems il fitting and pro
per that it should give expression
To the full measure OF apprecia-
ton OF that service by the mem
! bcrs of the Madison County Bar
now be il
Resolved. That ii Is the sense
! of this Bar that they du hereby
, express for the Bar and the Court
. and for the public. with which
MIR. Crutcher has had to deaI
these many years. proper appre-
citation OF the service rendered by
this faithful. honest. able and
courageous public officer. Mr.
Cructhcr has given to this office
the best wears OF a professional
career for which he was fitted by
birth. instinct and training. He
comes OF one of the old families
OF the Commonwealth. He was
a well trained and capable law
yer and possessed every quality
calculated to shed lustre and Gre
dit upon a noble profession. Thru
out the long period of service he
has been true To every ethical
rule OF practice and has prosecut-
cd every cause with diligence
, honesty and ability. He has not
been a prosecutor OF unfortunatcS
charged with crime but has been
a fair and honest public prosecu-
tor. holding always to the idea
that he represented the people
and all the people and owed 4
duty TO defendant as well rs tC
the commonwealth to see that
the trial was fair and impartial
and that the truth was presented
in making out the case for the
Commonwealth where one of it
citizens had been charged with 4
public offense. He was a fear
less prosecutor, however, and
sent many men to prison. but
none has ever said that Mr.
/ Crutcher resorted TO unfair or tC
sensational methods to obtain the
conviction. He has won the love
admiration and respect OF the
members of this Bar who love
him devotedly and has fixed :
high standard of. service i'll the OF
! flee which he has SO capably fill
ed.
The Bar in this district suffer:
a great loss with deep regret. a:
!, an able lawyer, thinker. advocate
and orator, he has had few equal.
in the history of the district. He
was a kindly man and surely IL
i the Book of Life his name wi: