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Show RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT ADOPTED I Members of tve Hir anc!al")n of th- S.f-or.d JjJiolal d'nrrlct m--t l ; the curi hoj.ii' l.'.i morning an! ,j r'I'ji.i-M of r-r;i.:n to th" rue nidi ni-di y cf t;.- la:e J .'J W. 1 NUtlntii Si was dec thai the same -r.inbl be prenVd the Second D. stria c juil iLii th.-y n.L'ht bo r roai u;-on the minute of th- court. The comm. tie eruen who presented tho r-Tjlutl" Tis to the- coun at 2 p. rn.t worf Julo H II. Rolapp, Judg. .lov.n E Magley and Holla S. Fain.-wortb. The resolutions follow; "We, the committee heretofore appointed ap-pointed Uy tho president of the Par association of this Second Judicial district to draft reaolu' .on.i on th" death (". a former member of l!:la association, as-sociation, coruv now and present our resolutions s follows, tHwU; Wl'.lam I MaflnnU was horn at Somerset, In the S'at of Ohio, on the iih day of Noernbr, he s;,e-nt bis boyhood Hi the State of Ohio, where he Mudled Imw, a' the Jie of twenty-one j ears, lie there praetice-d Ms profeS.-lotl, to Which hi- devoted all his cni.Tilis and ability, nut I the possibility of a more ext.-nded Ibid of us( fillrii Kv, presented Itself In the fur wext. whli h induii'i him to lcae his native otate; he wcni t-i Colorado where. f r a time, he enlaced In ticws-p ticws-p i;. r vw.rk. t)n Ortobi r I'.'th, ls''. be was appointed Ch e-f Justice of the Sviprt rne louri of the Territory of Wyoinlnc. by I'rosldi nt Cleveland and Immediately thereafter he took tho oath of olflce and ntered upon the discharge of his duties. Ho continued con-tinued a tie-mber rif th rourt until the e;-itlo of his term of foir vears. r hU retirement from the Teri'lteji . bench of Wyoming, he came to (Jpden. t'tah. In lviu, and en-j-'atred In the active irnctlcf of his profession, and, during the second ndmlnhtratlun of president Cleveland, he was appointed Assistant I'nlted States Pltrlct Altorne-v f.l tho then first Jud'rlal district. While .lud:o .MaK'nnls held no official relation to the courts of this State since their creation, yet, during all the period, he has practiced before the bar of almost al-most every court iu this and surnuind- IngBtates. I f l activities covered al niont every department of the law. HU Intellectual vlot. alerlne.is of mind, and great patural jiowers. faithfully disciplined and completely dev eloped, expanded by large aceiulrements, kept vigorous and alert liy ttrenuou exer-clse, exer-clse, applied to noble uses, marked h's long und conspicuous career in his profession. Ills faculty for lucid statement anil cogent reasoning was ever brought by him to the support of his every caune. Therefore be It "Ke s-olved. That In the special qualities quali-ties which mark him a.s a consummate forensic advocate and lawyer, the structure of Judge MaginnU n mlml and Its discipline combined the widest wid-est and mosl circumspect comprehension comprehen-sion of all farts of legal Import; however how-ever multitudinous; a luminous and penetrating Insight Into the Intricacies Intricac-ies and obscurities of the moft complex com-plex relations; and a power of reason, wh'ch prr.ducd the many admirable exhibitions of his faculties at the bar and on the bench, which, during all of his legal career, hnve served In tho administration of Justice and attracted ibe attention of the profession and of the public. "Resolved, That wo commemorate w;th no b.-s satisfaction the moral qualities which illustrated the whole professional service of our de-ceaJ brother hlb Justice to a'l. his kind-m-i-9 to his asseie bates, his fidelity to the courts and to the law. Ms scrupulous scrupu-lous contribution of his heat powers and his complete attention to every cause whose advocacy he asBumed Lis fldel'ty to society, the government, to religion, to truth his singleness of purpose-and deval Ion of Pplrlt In which be j'Hcbarve d all the duties of his profession pro-fession all these traits, as the rubor rub-or his life, we present to the living members of his profession for sincer-est sincer-est respect. "Resolved. That the., resolution le presented to the Courts, with the request that they be entered upon the records, and that the Clerk be dl rtc'cd to send to the widow an.l the family of our decea-e-d brother an n-.rossed n-.rossed copy hef-of a a testimonial of our sympathy to them In the lo thev have been called upon to bus-tain. bus-tain. "A. R. HEY WOOD, -J..D MURPHY. "J. H. DE VINE. "J. II. M CRACK EN, "A. E. PRATT." |