The Warwickshire Herald. — 1894-03-15 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

DEATH OF SIR JAMES STEPHEN.  The death is announced of Sir James Stephen, the late eminent judge and jtuist, which occurred on Sunday at Red House Park. Ipswich. Sir James had been ailing for some time, and the immediate cause of death wan Bright' disease. The Hon. Sir James F:tzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.5.1., D.C.L., eldest; son of the late Right Hon. Sir James Stephen, was born at Kensington Gore, on March Srd, 1829, and was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1852. He was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in January, 1854. His great attainments were speedily recognised, and his rise in his profession was rapid. He chose. the Midland Circuit, became Recorder of Newark-on-Trent (1859-68), and appeared in many important cases. His services were specially sought for in cases involving knowledge of constitutional and criminal law, in which branches of his profession Sir James's eminence was early acknowledged. Sir James Stephen made more than ono attempt to enter Parliament. He was a candidate for the representation of Harwich in 1868. In December, 1889, be was appointed Legal Member of the Council of the Governor-General 01 India, in succession to  the late Sir Henry Maine, and he heid it till April, 1872, when he returned to this country. During the three years which he spent in India he Md much to consolidate, abbreviats, and simplify Indian law. In 1873 he was a candidate for Dundee. lie was appointed by the Inns of Court Professor of Common Law in December, 1875, and a member of the Councils of Legal Education and Law Reporting. In 1877 he wan nominated a H.C.5.1., and in 1878 a member of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the advisability of drawing up a Criminal Code. In January, 1879, Sir James was appointed to a Judgeship of the High Court of Justice (Exchequer Di-Asion), vacant by the resignation of Baron Claasby. In 1891, owing to failing health, Sir James retired from the Bench. Sir James Stephen was no'. less distinguished as s philosopher and man of letters than as a lawyer; and he was recognised as one of the most eminent jurists, and certainly the first authority on the principles of the Criminal Law, of his age. He was a man with an enormous upacity for intellectual work; and during • large part of his active service life was a constant contributor to several newspapers and magazines. He was created a baronet on his resignation in 1891. Sir James is succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, Mr. Eerbert Stephen LL. M. of Trinity College, Cambridge, who was milled to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1881 and has been Clerk of AelliZe for the Northern Circuit since 1889.  A shocking accident happened to a carman in Gower-street on Monday. He was driving a load of timber, when one of his horses stumbled. He wae thrown into the roadway, and before he could rise, or his horses stopped, the two wheels of the waggon passed over both his legs. He was picked np in„,an unconscious state. - -  . . The Dublin Council have resolved to hold a con. geese of Irish Trade Unionists in Dublin on April 27th. The objects will be to promote the cause of trades-unionism, making more effective the legislative means at present existing for protecting the lives and liberties of workers, and generally to consider how best to effect reforms and remove Impediments to human progress, and to consider matters affecting trade and labour generally. W. Barmy, an apprentice attached to Sala Pickering's racing establishment at Newmarket, while riding Monk Lewis in a gallop over the steeplechase fences on the Llnkfarm field on Saturday, fell and severely injured his spine. There IS little hope given of his recovery. The body of a man who is supposed to have been murdered, was found on the roadside near the railway works, Inverness, on Sunday. His face was badly cut, and the roadway in the vicinity of the body &hewed that a violent struggle bad Saba place. ..lbe.mantiati not been identified.