Show JUSTICE BROWN WILL RETIRE fears continuation of judicial duties may cause blindness I 1 associate justice henry brown of tie united states supreme bourt intends to retire from the bench and has notified president roosevelt fo that effect justice brown was 70 years old on march 2 having reached that aae and having served ten years as a member of the supreme bench he as privileged to retire on full pay although strong and vigorous bodily and mentally justice brown has been troubled with falling sight and he has felt that a continuance of his judicial might cause him to become lind he will serve through the present term of court and probably will retire n the tall he expects to travel in europe during the summer justice brown was bora at south I 1 ee mass in 1836 graduated from ale when 20 years old and attel studying law at the yale and har vard law schools was admitted to the bar in wayne county mich in 1860 from 1861 to he served as deputy united states marshal and assistant united sta es attorney for the east ern district of michigan and then be came judge of the state circuit court of wayne county he served only a few months when he returned to the practice of law in detroit in partnership with john b dewberry and abbley pond in 1870 resident grant appointed him unit d states judge for the eastern dis brict of michigan and in december president harrlson appointed alm ilm associate justice of the united states supreme court |