Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-01

together for few years; not However as partners. He was always faithful and just to me. We have stood shoulder to shoulder on many hard fought field. and in our associations in the trial of cases I could always confidently depend upon his high intellektua1 attainm ants. It was my good fortune to possess his
 most implicit confidence, and shall carry to the last moment of my con- seriousness, a deep feeling of respect and honor for his name and character In all the years of our association to- gether, professionally and in past:ne, not even the slightest misunderstanding occurred to mar our mutual f-ieadship IT can never forget his gentl4ness. for he was one of the gentlest If men. I never knew him to manifest angA- If he. had cause to feel disturbed Or irritat- ed, he possessed the disposition to hide it.
 Franklin H. Brown.
 Resolutions upon the late Franklin H. Brown. of this city, forz many years cor l onor of. this county. who died Aug. 26, 1920, we're read by Judge Lucius Brown.
 Their preparation had been in the hands of a committee consisting of Judge Brown, Major H. A. Hull Edwin W.
 Higgins. Judge N. JssA,rling and Benja-
 min H. Hewitt. The tribute. prepared by his brother attorneys spoke of MT. 1 Browns birth in Colchester in 1851, his l education at Bacon Academy and college 1 life at Brown, where he graduated in i 1875. At college he was prominent in athletics and rowed on the, crew. He
 was admitted to the bar in 1877 and was Dractfcing attorney for 43 years
 and coroner of the county from 1895 ] to the time of his death.
 Major ErIl Sn.oka hrieflv in auioo1, saying that no men are so well able to pass final judgment on each other as
 are lawyers on account of the close, way l they are associated in their profession He told of knowing. FEanklin H. Brol. n l when he was .inekco.,era and he spoke l of the just and com : tent way Mr
 Brown filled the office of coroner for
 years The tender way he treated peo- pie under suspicion in capital cases 1 showed the disposition of the man. He i was good lawyer and ever a kind
 nefghbor and friend. and an honored
 member of the bar.
 William F. Colt.
 The resolutions npon Judge William E Colt of New London were read by At 1 torneyA Char,es B. Whittiesey. Judge
 Colt, who was Yale graduate, diec Sept IS, 1920
 Judge Alfred Colt of New London,
 cousin of William B. Colt, spoke 1T 1 eulogy. The departed attorney. he said
 had delightful disposition. He wa 1 loved by all his friends and he lovet
 all he knew. All his life, and especial,
 while in Yale, hnwas ever Billy Colt He was not discouraged by defectiv
 eyesight, and never complained and ask
 ed his friends always to speak to hin | m ctra fc he ',
 but he wanted to hear their voices. Hi
 mother read law to him, and thus h I was able to pass the bar examiatfon sf an1 succeeded in his profession. The outstanding qualities of the char 2 actor of Judge Colt were great pa 3 tience and never faltering courage. Hi ! chief work in life was his conduct c l the police court in Nev London fo g years. His effort was to make bette
 the people who came to him by kind o ness instead of punishment and he trie I to make all men better In the youn 2 people he was much interested and a o ways tried them in chambers. u Erastas S. Day.
 : The formal reolutions upon Erastus : Day of Colchester were read by Juda T T Lucius Brown. having been prepared h . a committee consisting of Thomas \ [ Wafer. sLuCluS bFOWns lQnn M -Inaye U Gardiner Greene and Abel P. Tanner 5. Tribute by Judge Shields. d After the passage of the resolutio t fIdge Shields deliv sred the followir
 eulogy:
 r Hon. Erastus Sheldon Day. of Co $ chester, in New London county, died ; | his home there on August 2, 1921. . k the advanced age of S5 years, follow ot ing an illness of only few days du J. ation. Mir. Day was born in Colchest # on July ', 1SS6, and was the son of M v and Mrs E.ihu Marvin Day. who bo .eI died many years ago. He received h le early education in the public schools vi his native town which was silpplemen n ed by his later attendance at Wilbr IS ham Academy. Upon the comf2letion lti his academic course he pursued Il d stury of the law for one year wi s-i Ralph Gilbert, Esq a practicing lal
 yer at Hebron and later took up F o. legal studies at Hartford for two yea I In the law offices of WeEes & Stron 4