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Show THAW TRIAL JUDGE Victor J. Dowllng, Juatlco of the aupremo court of New York, who la sitting as trial Judge in the '-'iftk. v': Thaw murder case, ia one of those Judges who bo-:- W LLm''' "ovo m podding every question at it arises, LLLV' ProtnPt'y and definitely, and allowing no criticism aa iLLB' of nla ru,lnB afterwards. At the last Thaw trial 'Vflw Jnattce Fitzgerald allowed the lawyers the KsU'- fullest latitudo In arguing every little point of V aik ilW: law' and after no nad dec'ded tho point would ..' j-rr . 'Jr:'U Prni,t them to carry on another long drawn-out y.A rv:i' dobato- Tn' ' 11 thing that Justice Dowllng has . yV'"!':." nover Deen known to tolerate. He holds the, ' ''''vHI .x"'' record 'or tno shortest murder trial In Now York. l S By holding tho attorneys down to the caae and La excluding all extraneouB mattera he had a verdict r- mmr I in 40 minutes from the time the case waa started. Dowllng studied law in tbo offlco of Justice Fitzgerald. At the University of New York he won many honora, particularly particu-larly the Devlin prize for classics, and also prizes for both tho best written and tbo best, oral examinations. From the beginning he has been an ardont politician and ho has served two torms in the stato aenate, besides being for sovoral years one of the party leaders and ono of tho secretaries of tho Tammany hall executive committee. In 1D05 ho was elected by a handsome majority Justlco of the supremo court, the term for which Is 15 years and the salary 117,1500 a year. The Judgo ia 41 ycara ot age. Ho ia a recognized authority on constitutional constitu-tional law and ia tho author of tho Dowllng anti-gambling bill, which he presented pre-sented whllo In tho senate. Ho belongs to a number of Catholic benevolent societies, sovoral historical societies and tho Oakland Golf club. Ho has fought many battles for the labor unions. |