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1865 .- 1-L. C. Spencer, A. Cram; 2-Joseph Qualtrough, George B. Harris; 3-W. H. Groot. William Hollister; 4-G. S. Copeland, Stephen Remington; 5-Martin Heberger, E. K. Warren ; 6-J. Schutte, Joseph Beir; 7-R. Milliman, Wm. H. Gorsline; 8-H. L. Fish, George Taylor; 9-R. A. Palmer, W. D. Callister; 10-W. Wagner, John Quinn; 11-G. A. Sidler, Thomas M. Flynn; 12-H. Hebing, HI. McQuatters; 13-T .. Sellinger, George P. Draper.
1866 .- 1-A. Cram, L. C. Spencer ; 2-G. B. Har. " ris, J. Qualtrough; 3-D. C. Hyde, W. H. Groot ; 4-S. Remington, John Graham; 5-E. K. Warren, Wm. Guggenheim ; 6-J. Beir, Herman Mutschler; 7-W. H. Gorsline, David Copeland : 8-George Tay-
1867 .- 1-L. C. Spencer, A. Cram; 2-J. Qual- trough, John Lutes; 3-W. H. Groot, Ezra R. An- drews; 4-J. Graham, S. Remington ; 5-W. Guggen- heim, Wm. Carroll; 6-11. Mutschler, Lodowick F Relyea; 7-D. Copeland, William Ratt; 8-M. M. Brown, George Taylor; 9-J. H. Kelly, Patrick Burke; 10-C. F. Paine, Samuel R. Woodruff; 11-F. Adelman, Robert R. Charters; 12-B. Hor- cheler, A. Bingemer; 13-John Mauder, Henry Mil- ler; 14-Cornelius R. Parsons, J. Quinn.
1868 .- 1-A. Cram, A. G. Whitcomb; 2ªJ. Lutes, J. Qualtrough ; 3-E. R. Andrews, H. E. Rochester ; 4-S. Remington, G. W. Crouch; 5-W. Carroll, James Cochrane; G-L. F. Relyea, William Sidey ; 7-W. Ratt, C. A. Jeffords; 8-G. Taylor, Patrick Caufield; 9-P. Burke, W. S. Thompson ; 10-S. R. Woodruff, Elijah Withall; 11-R. R. Charters, J. P. Roche; 12-A. Bingemer, F. S. Stebbins; 13-H. Miller, John Mauder ; 14-J. Quinn, C. R. Parsons
1869 .- 1-A. G. Whitcomb, C. W. Briggs; 2-J Qualtrough, John Barker; 3-H. E. Rochester. Ezra R. Andrews; 4-G. W. Crouch, S. Remington ; 5-J. Cochrane, W. Caring; 6-W. F. Morrison, L. F. Relyen; 7-C. A. Jeffords, Philip J. Meyer; 8-P Caufield, Henry H. Craig; 9-W. S. Thompson, Johan H. Wilson; 10-E. Withall, S. R. Woodruff; 11-J. P. Roche, Jacob Gerling; 12-F. S. Stebbins, Edward Dagge; 13-J. Mauder, John Nagle; 14-C. R. Parsons, William Aikenhead.
1870 .- 1-C. W. Briggs, A. G. Whitcomb; 2-J. Barker, George Wait; 3-E. R. Andrews, H. T. Rogers; 4-S. Remington, George Herzberger; 5-W. Caring, M. M. Smith ; 6-L. F. Relyea, G. W. Con- olly; 7-P. J. Meyer, A. J. Glover; 8-H. H Craig, N. A. Stone; 9-J. H. Wilson; James H. Kelly ; 10-S. R. Woodruff, W. Mandeville; 11-J. Gerling, R. R. Charters ; 12-E. Dagge, F. S. Stebbins; 13-J. Nagle, J. Mauder ; 14-W. Aikenhead, C. R. Par- sons.
1871 .- 1-A. G. Whitcomb, George W. Aldridge; 2-G. Wait, R. K. Gould; 3-H. T. Rogers, Charles F. Pond : 4-G. Herzberger, M. Heavey ; 5-Owen F. Fee, William Caring; 6-G. W. Conolly, Abram Stern : 2-E. A. Glover, Robert Y. McConnell; 8-N.
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A. Stone, HI. H. Craig; 9-J. H. Kelly, Lewis Selye; 10-Wesley Mandeville, John Stape; 11-R R. Charters, J. Gerling; 12-F. S. Stebbins, V. F Whitmore; 13-J. Mauder, Frederick Stade; 14-C. R. Parsons, William Aikenhead.
1872 .- 1-G. W. Aldridge, Jolin Cowles; 2-R. K. Gould, James O. Howard; 3-C. F. Pond, H. T. Rogers; 4-M. Heavey, John Gorton; 5-W. Car- ing, O. F. Fee; 6-A. Stern, G. W. Conolly ; 7-R Y. McConnell, Charles C. Meyer; 8-H. H. Craig. W. W. Croft; 9-Lewis Selye, J. H. Kelly; 10-7. Stape, J. H. Nellis; 11-J. Gerling, Thomas Mitch. ell; 12-V. F. Whitmore, E. H. C. Griffin; 13-F. Stade, J. Mauder: 14-W. Aikenhead, J. Philip Farber.
1873 .- 1-J. Cowles, G. W. Aldridge; 2-J. O. Howard, A. II. Cushman; 3-II. T. Roger», John McMullen : 4-J. Gorton, G. Herzberger; 5-0. F. Fee, Henry Brinker; 6-G. W. Connolly, A. Stern ; 7-C. C. Meyer, W. G. Anthony : 8-W. W. Croft D. M. Anthony; 9-J. H. Kelly, William Shelp; 10-J. H. Nellis, John Bower; 11-T. Mitch- ell, George Fleckenstein; 12-E. II. C. Griffin, V. F. Whitmore; 13-J. Mauder, J. Margrander; 14-J. P. Farber, F. S. Skuse.
1874 .-- 1-G. W. Aldridge, William H. Tracy ; 2-A. H. Cushman, J. O. Howard ; 3-J. MeMullen, George D. Lord; 4-G. Herzberger, W. Whitelock : 5-H. Brinker, Charles P. Bromley ; 6-A. Stern, W. N. Emerson ; 7-W. G. Anthony, C. R. Parsons ; 8-D. M. Anthony, N. A. Stone; 9-William Shelp, James E. Booth; 10-J. Bower, Walter Weldon ; 11-F. Gleckenstein, M. J. Maher; 12-V. F. Whit- more, B. F. Thomas; 13-J. Margrander, John Mauder ; 14-F. S. Skuse, Louis P. Beck ; 15-An- thony H. Martin, James Gorsline; 16-M. H. Mer- riman, S. Dubelbeiss.
1875 .- 1-W. H. Tracy, G. W. Aldridge; 2-James O. Howard, Andrew Nagle; 3-G. D. Lord, David H. Westbury; 4-William Whitlocke, A. G. Whit- comb; 5-C. P. Bromley, Henry Brinker ; 6-Simon 1881 .- 1-W. H. Tracy; 2-Martin Barron ; 3-D. H. Westbury ; 4-HI. S. Ransom; 5-O. F. Fee; 6-A. Stern; 7-1. L. Otis; 8-G. Chambers; 9-S. D. Wal- Hays, W. N. Emerson, F. H. Smith (fill va- cancy ) ; 7-C. R. Parsons, F. S. Hunn, 8-Newell A. Stone, J. W. Martin; 9-J. E. Booth, James H. . bridge; 10-J. M. Pitkin: 11-J. A. Felsinger; 12- Kelly; 10-Walter Weldon, Edwin Huntington Henry Rice; 13-L. Edelman; 14-W. Aikenhead; 15-J. M. Kelly; 16-J. J. Hart. 11-M. J. Maher, George Fleckenstein; 12-B. F Thomas, John McGraw, 2d; 13-John Mauder Jacob Nunnold : 14-Louis P. Beck, William S
Smith; 15-A. H. Martin, J. P. Rickard; 16-J George Baetzel, William E. Buell.
1876 .- 1-G. W. Aldridge, W. H. Tracy, 2-An- drew Nagel, John M. Brown; 3-David H. West- bury, Thomas Peart; 4-A. G. Whitcomb, Nathan Palmer; 5-HI. Brinker, Frederick Morhardt; 6-S. Hays, Willis C. Hadley; 7-Francis S. Hunn, G. A Redman; 8-J. W. Martin, A. H. Bennett ; 9-Jamce 11. Kelly, Emory B. Chace; 10-Walter Weldo's, Edwin Huntington; 11-G. Fleckenstein, John Brayer; 12-John McGraw, 2d, Benjamin F Thom- as; 13-J. Nunmold, F. C. Lauer, jr .; 14-W. S. Smith, Louis P. Beck; 15-Anthony H. Martin, J. P. Rickard; 16-J. G. Baetzel, Charles Hilbert.
1877 .- 1-W. H. Tracy; 2-Michael H. FitzSim- ons; 3-Thomas C. Montgomery; 4-G. Herzberge :; 5-Edward K. Warren; 6-Simon Hays; 7-George A. Redman; 8-J. W. Martin; 9-Emory B. Chace; 10-E. Huntington; 11-Nicholas Kase; 12-John Donivan; 13-Fred C. Lauer, jr .; 14-W. S. Smith; 15-J. Miller Kelly; 16-J. G. Baetzel.
1878 .- 1-W. H. Tracy; 2-M. H. FitzSimons; 3-T. C. Montgomery ; 4-G. Herzberger; 5-E. K Warren; 6-8. Hays; 7-Charles T. Crouch; 8-J. W. Martin; 9-E. B. Chace; 10-E. Huntington; 11-Rudolph Vay; 12-J. Donivan; 13-Lewis Edel- man; 14-W. S. Smith; 15-Joseph W. Knobles; 16-J. G. Baetzel.
1829,-1-W. H. Tracy; 2-M. H. FitzSimons; 3-D. H. Westbury; 4-L. M. Otis; 5-E. K. Warren; 6-Henry Hebing ; 7-C. T. Crouch ; 8-George Cham- bers; 9-E. B. Chace; 10-Wesley Mandeville ; 11-R. Vay; 12-Philip Wickens; 13-Lewis Edelman; 14-D. G. Weaver; 15-J. W. Knobles; 16-J. J. Hart.
1880 .- 1-W. H. Tracy; 2-M. H. FitzSimons; 3-D. H. Westbury; 4-L. M. Otis; 5-Owen F. Fee; 6-Henry Hebing; 7-Ira L. Otis; 8-G. Chambers; 9-S. D. Walbridge; 10-W. Mandeville; 11-John A. Felsinger; 12-Philip Wickens; 13-L. Edelman; 14-D. G. Weaver; 15-J. M Kelly ; 16-J. J. Hart.
1882 .- 1-Alphonso Collins; 2-M. Barron; 3-Amon Bronson; 4-H. S. Ransom ; 5-George W.
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Archer; 6-A. Stern ; 7-Charles A. Jeffords; 8-G Chambers; 9-James A. Hinds; 10-J. M. Pitkin; 11-J. A. Felsinger; 12. H. Rice; 13-James T Southard; 14-W. Aikenhead ; 15-J. M. Kelly; 16- J. J. Hart.
1883 .- 1-A. Collins; 2-M. Barron; 3-A. Bron- son ; 4-Charles Watson; 5-George W. Archer; 6- Elias Strons; 7-Charles A. Jeffords; 8-John H. Foley; 9-James A. Hinds; 10-James M. Pitkin; 11-John A. Felsinger; 12-H. Rice; 13-James T. Sonthard; 14-James M. Aikenhead; 15-J. M. Kelly; 16-John B. Simmelink.
1884 .- 1-W. H. Tracy; 2-M. Barron : 3-Amon Bronson ; 4-Charles Watson : 5-Henry Kohlmetz; 6-F. Strouss; 7-C. A. Jeffords; 8-J. H. Foley ; 9-Frank S. Upton; 10 J. M. Pitkin; 11-Peter G. Seiner ; 12-H. Rice; 13-Christian Stein; 14-J. M. Aikenhead ; 15-J. M. Kelly; 16-J. B. Simmelink.
1885,-1-W. H. Tracy, W. Coughlin, jr .; 3-A. Bronson; 4-C. Watson; 5-H. Kohlmetz; 6-Frank Fritzache; 7-C. A. Jeffords; 8-J. H. Foley; 9-F. S. Upton; 10-W. Mandeville; 11-Peter G. Seiner; 12-Philip Weider ; 13- C. Stein; 14-Lonis Bohrer; 15-J. M. Kelly; 16-C. J. Shafer.
1886 .- 1-W. H. Tracy; 2-W. Coghlin, jr .; 3- William H. Marson; 4-C. Watson; 5-H. Kohlmetz; 6-F. Fritsche; 7-George W. Elliott ; 8-J. H. Foley; 9-De Villo W. Selye; 10-W. Mandeville ; 11-George B. Swikehard; 12-P. Weider; 13-C. Stein; 14-L. Bohrer; 15-J. M. Kelly ; 16-C. J. Shafer.
1887 .- 1-W. H. Tracy; 2-William H. Sullivan ; 3-W. H. Marson ; 4-Joseph H. Fee; 5-H. Kohi- metz; 6-F. Fritzsche; 7-G. W. Elliott; 8-J. H Foley ; 9-De V. W. Selve; 10-Leo J. Hall; 11-G. B. Swikehard; 12-P. Weider: 13-C. Stein ; 14-L. 14-L. Bohrer; 15-J. M. Kelly; 16-Halbert G. Thayer.
1888 .- 1-W. H. Tracy; 2-W. H. Sullivan; 3-Thomas McMillan ; 4-J. H. Fce: 5-H. Kohl- metz; 6-F. Fritsche: 7-Forest H. Williams; 8-J. H. Foley ; 9-De V. W. Selye; 10-L. J. Hall ; 11-G. B. Swikchard; 12-J. S. Judson; 13-John U. Schroth ; 14-J .. Bohrer: 15-J. M. Kelly : 16-H. G Thayer.
1889 .- 1-W. H. Tracy : 2-W. H. Sullivan ; 3-T. McMillan; 4-J. H. Fee ; 5-H. Kohlmetz; 6-Morris H. Lempert ; 7-F. H. Williams; 8-Henry Shelter ; 9-De V. W. Selye: 10-T .. J. Hall; 11-G. B. Swike-
hard; 12-J. S. Judaon; 13-J. U. Schroth; 14-L. Bohrer ; 15-J. M. Kelly ; 16-H. G. Thayer.
1890 .- 1-W. E. Tracy ; 2-W. H. Sullivan; 3-T. McMillan ; 4-J. H. Fee; 5-Stephen Rauber ; 6-M. H. Lempert; 7-S. D. W. 'Cleveland; 8-H, Shelter; 9-De V. W. Selye; 10-L. J. Hall; 11-Joseph Bier- brauer; 12-J. S. Judson; 13-J. U. Schroth; 14-L. Bohrer; 15-J. M. Kelly; 16-H. G. Thayer.
1891 .- 1-W. H. Tracy; 2-Martin J. Calihan; 3-T. McMillan ; 4-Conrad Zimmer; 5-S. Rauber ; 6-M. H. Lempert; 7-S. D. W. Cleveland; 8-LI Shelter: 9-Julius Wurtz; 10-M. B. Adams; 11-J Bierbrauer; 12-Henry G. Cook; 13-John F. Fox; 14-L. Bohrer; 15-J. M. Kelly; 16-Merton E. Lewis.
1802 .- 1-W. 11. Tracy; 2-T McMillan"; 3-Charles S. Cook ; 4-M. J. Calihan ; 5-C. Zimmer : 6-M. B. Adams; 7-M. H. Lempert; 8-John F Fox ; 9-James Johnston; 10-J. Wurtz; 11-William Ward; 12-Alvin H. Dewey; 13-H. G. Cook; 14- William Pauckner ; 15-J. M. Kelly; 16-James W. Aikenhrad: 17-John B. Simmelink; 18-Merton E. Lewis : 19-Daniel W. Forsyth ; 20-Joseph Bier- brauer.
1893 .- 1-W. H. Tracy; 2-T. McMillan; 3-C. S Cook; 4-Martin J. Calilian; 5-Conrad W. Zim, mer; 6-Mahlon B. Adams; 7-Morris H. Lempert; &-John F. Fox ; 9-J. Johnston; 10-John H. Asb. ton; 11-W. Ward; 12-A. H. Dewey; 13-H. G Cook : 14-W. Pauckner : 15-J. M. Kelly; 16-J. W. Aikenhead ; 17-J. B. Simmelink ; 18-M. E. Lewis; 19-D. W. Forsyth : 20-J. Bierbrauer.
1894 .- 1-W. II. Tracy; 2-M. J. Calihan ; 3-T McMillan :4-W.C. Green; 5-Stephen Rauber ; 6-M. B. Adams; 7-Louis Edelman ; 8-J. F. Fox ; 9-John Powell; 10-John H. Ashton; 11-W. Ward: 12- A. H. Dewey; 13-II. G. Cook; 14-W. Panckner: 15-J. M. Kelly: 16-J. W. Aikenhead; 17-J. B. Simmelink; 18-M. E. Lewis: 19-David Harris; 20-J. Bierbrauer.
1895 .- 1-W. IT. Tracy ; 2-M. J. Calihan; 3-T McMillan; 4-W. C. Green : 5-S. Rauber; 6-M. R Adams: 2-T .. Edelman; 8-J. F. Fox : 9-J. R. Pow. ell; 10-J. H. Ashton; 11-W. Ward; 12-A. H. Dewey : 13-H. G. Cook : 11-W. Pauckner; 15-J. M Kelly : 16-J. W. Aikenhead; 17-J. B. Simmelink ;
·Daring 1897 and 1893 the old third ward mas, by a legis- lalive trick, the second ward; after the latter date its original and rightful name was restored to it.
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18-M. E. Lewis; 19-D). Harris; 20-Richard J Decker.
1896 .- 1-W. H. Tracy; 2-M. J. Calihan; 3-Thomas W. Ford; 4-W. C. Green; 5-S. Rauber; 6-M. B. Adams; 7-I .. Edelman; 8-William S Beard; 9-J. Johnston; 10-De V. W. Selye; 11-W Ward; 12-A. H. Dewey; 13-II. G. Cook; 14-W. Pauckner; 15-J. M. Kelly; 16-J. A. Crane; 17. J. B. Simmelink; 18-Edward Englehardt; 19-Jo- seph C. Wilson ; 20-William V. Reichenberger.
1897 .- 1-W. H. Tracy; 2-M. J. Calihan ; 3-T. W. Ford; 4-W. C. Green; 5-S. Rauber; 6-M. B. Adams; 7-T .. Edelman ; 8-W. S. Beard; 9-J. John- ston; 10-D. W. Selye; 11-W. Ward; 12-A. H. Dewey; 13-H. G. Cook ; 14-W. Pauckner; 15-J. M. Kelly; 16-J. A. Crane; 17-J. Simmelink; 18-E. Englehardt ; 19-J. C. Wilson; 20-W. V. Reichen- berger.
1898 .- 1-W. H. Tracy; 2-M. J. Calihan; 3-T W. Ford; 4-W. C. Green; 5-S. Rauber; 6-M. B Adams; 7-L. Edelman; 8-W. S. Beard; 9-James H. Casey ;. 10-D. W. Selye; 11-W. Ward; 12- John M. Steele; 13-F. J. Ritz; 14-W. Pauckner; 15-J. M. Kelly; 16-Wendell Ernst; 17-C. P Meade; 18-C. H. Judson ; 19-J. C. Wilson; 20-W V. Reichenberger.
1899,-1-W. H. Tracy; 2-M. J. Çalihan ; 2-Mat- thias J. Calihan (to fill vacancy) ; 3-T. W. Ford; 4-W. C. Green ; 5-S. Rauber ; 6-M. B. Adams; 7-L. Edelman; 8-W. S. Beard; 9-J. H. Casey : 10-1). W. Selye; 11-W. Ward; 12-John M. Steele; 13-Frank J. Ritz; 14-W. Pauckner; 15-J. M. Kelly; 16-W. Ernst: 17.C. P. Mead: 18-C. H. Judson ; 19-J. C. Wilson; 20-W. V. Reichen- berger.
1900,-1-W. H. Tracy ; 2-M. J. Calihan ; 3-Wil- liam H. Marson ; 4-Milton Race; 5-Charles S Cook; 6-Frank A. Ward; 7-Christopher W Young; 8-W. S. Beard ; 9-J. II. Casey ; 10-William J. Baker; 11-John M. Reddington; 12-William T Plumb; 13-H. G. Cook; 14-Frank G. Parsons; 15. J. M. Kelly; 16-W. Ernst; 17-C. P. Mead; 18- C. H. Judson ; 19-James J. Tanner; 20-August J. May.
1901 .- 1-W. II. Tracy; 2-M. J. Calihan; 3-W. H. Marson ; 4-M. Race: 5-C. S. Cook; 6-F. A
Ward; 7-C. W. Young; 8-W. S. Beard; 9-J. B. Casey; 10-W. J. Baker; 11-J. M. Reddington; 12- W. T. Plumb; 13-H. G. Cook; 14-F. G. Parsons; 15-J. M. Kelly ; 16-W. Ernst; 17-C. P. Mead; 18 C. H. Judson; 19-J. J. Tanner; 20-A. J. May.
1902 .- 1-W. H. Tracy; 2-William Kenealy; 3- Albert J. Hollister; 4-William H. Craig; 5-John Hart, sr .; 6-F. A. Ward; 7-Moses Rosenberg; 8- George J. Wunder; 9-J. H. Casey; 10-W. J Baker; 11-W. Ward; 12-W. T. Plumb; 13-Frank J. Ritz; 14-John Zellweger; 15-J. M. Kelly; 16. John MeParlin ; 17-Joseph F. Ribstein ; 18-Charles H. Judson ; 19-James J. Tanner; 20-A. J. May.
1903 .- 1-W. H. Tracy; 2-W. Kenealy; 3-A. J Hollister ; 4-W. H. Craig; 5-J. Hart, sr .; 6-F. A. Ward; 7-M. Rosenberg; 8-G. J. Wunder; 9, J. H. Casey; 10-W. J. Baker; 11-W. Ward; 12- W. T. Plumb; 13-F. J. Ritz; 14-J. Zellweger; 15-J. M. Kelly; 16-John McParlin; 17-J. F Ribstein ; 18-C. H. Jndson; 19-J. J. Tanner; 29- A. J. May.
1904 .- 1-W. H. Tracy; 2-W. Kenealy; 3-Ray- mond E. Westbury; 4-W. H. Craig; 5-J. Hart, sr .; 6-F. A. Ward; 7-William Quinlan ; 8-G. J. Wun- der; 9-J. H. Casey; 10-William P. Morgan; 11. W. Ward; 12-R. S. Paviour; 13-Frank J. Ritz; 14-Jacob Allmeroth; 15-J. M. Kelly ; 16-Wendelin Ernst; 17-Joseph F. Ribstein; 18-Peter W. Seiler ; 19-J. J. Tanner ; 20-Jacob Gerling, jr.
1905 .- 1-W. H. Tracy; 2-William Kenealy; 3- R. F. Westbury; 4-W. H. Craig; 5-J. Hart, sr. ; 6-F. A. Ward; 7-W. Quinlan; 8-G. J. Wunder ; 9-Joseph Durnherr; 10-W. P. Morgan; 11-W Ward; 12-R. S. Paviour; 13-Frank J. Ritz; 14- J. Allmeroth; 15 -. James Malley; 16-W. Ernst; 17- J. F. Ribstein ; 18-P. W. Seiler; 19-J. J. Tanner; 20-J. Gerling, jr.
1906 .- 1-Thomas T. Mooney; 2-William Ken- caly ; 3-R. E. Westbury ; 4-L. J. Somers; 5-Joseph G. Ritter; 6-F. A. Ward; 7-George M. Schmidt; 8-G. J. Wunder; 9-John A. Casey; 10-W. P. Mor- gan; 11-W. Ward; 12-R. S. Paviour; 13-F. J. Ritz; 14-J, Allmeroth ; 15-J. Malley ; 16-Joseph D. Mora; 17-J. F. Ribstein; 18-P. W. Seiler; 19. J. J. Tanner; 20-A. J. May ; 21-Henry J. Peck.
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CHAPTER XX
THE COURTS AND THE BAR.
BY JOHN H. HOPKINS.
The First Attorney in Rochester-Early Lawyers of the County-Orlando Hastings-George F. Danforth-James C. Cochrane-William 2. Cogswell-John Van Voorhis-Theodore Bacon -Oscar Craig-George F. Yeoman-The Bar Association-The District Attorneys-The City Attorneys-The Court of Appeals-Judge Gar- diner-The Two Seldens-Judge Church- Judge Danforth-Judge Werner-Chancellor Whittlesey-The Supreme Court Judge E Darwin Smith-Judge Rawson-Judge Angle -- Judge Macomber-Judge Davy Judge Yeoman - - The Present Justices-The Appellate Divis- inn-The Court of Claims-County Judges- Special County Judges-Surrogates-The Mu. nicipal Court-Police Justices-County Clerks -Sheriffs-Roll of the Bar-Present Members of the Bar.
I.
THE BAR.
Perhaps no body of men, not excepting the clergy, may exercise a greater influence for good in a community than those who follow the pro- fession of the law; and it must be admitted that to no other body, not even to the so-called criminal classes, are committed grenter possibilities of an influence for evil. What that influence shall be depends on the character of the men who constitute the bar of the community,-not merely on their
ability or learning, but on their character. If the standard of morality among the members of the bar is high, the whole community learns to look at questions of right and wrong from a higher plane. If the bar, consciously or unconsciously, adopts a low standard of morality, it almost in- evitably contaminates the conscience of the com- munity. And this is true not only in the practice of the profession itself, not only because of the influence of members of the bar as men rather than lawyers, but in the effect on other profes- sions and occupations to which the bar acts as a feeder. The members of the legislature are ro- cruited largely from the legal profession. How can legislation, designed solely for the welfare of the public, be expected from one whose honor, as a lawyer, has not been above suspicion ? And since lawyers, outside of the legislature, have a great influence in shaping laws, how can the peo- ple expect that influence to be exerted in their behalf, when the bar itself is unworthy? Still more does the character of the bar affect the judiciary, which is supplied from its ranks. It is not always, perhaps not generally, the case that members of the bench are chosen from thore law. yers who have attained the highest rank in their profession. If a judge be industrious and honest, but not of great ability, or if he be able and honest though lacking industry, the rights of litigante are not likely to suffer seriously at his hands. But there have been instances where judicial office was bestowed solely as a reward for political ser vices; and, while it has sometimes happened that one who has been a strenuous and not too scrupu- lous politician up to the moment of his elevation
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to the bench has thereafter forgotten that there was such a trade as politics and has administered justice without fear or favor, the experiment in a dangerous one. No one need be surprised if, in such a case, the old maxim holds true : "He who buys the office of judge must, of necessity, sel) justice." Let our judges be men who are subject to other influences than those of the facts sub. mitted to them and the law applicable to those facts, let them lack that independence which is an imperative requisite in one who holds the scales of justice, let a well-founded suspicion arise that their decisions are dictated by something outside of their own minds and consciences, and the con- fidence of the people in the maintenance of their rights through the agency of the courts is de. stroyed.
It has been the good fortune of the city of Rochester and the county of Monroe that the members of the bar here have been, for the most part, men of high character as well as of ability and learning, so that this bar has won a high and honorable reputation throughout the rest of the state. And because of the high character of the har it has followed that those of its members who have been elevated to the bench have enjoyed the confidence and respect of the public and have been honored, not only in their own locality, but, in many cases, throughout the state.
Yet the preparation of a history of the bar, st far, at least, as that part of it which lies back of one's own generation is concerned, is attended with considerable difficulty. Probably few men who, in their time, play important parts in the com. munity, or even in the state or nation, leave &c transient a reputation as lawyers do. In an in- formal talk to the Rochester Bar association, in 1899, on "The Lawyers of Fifty Years Ago Whom I Have Observed," Mr. William F. Cogswell saidl "In thinking over the names of these distinguished men of whom I have been speaking, the thought has come to me, how evanescent and limited is + lawyer's reputation, both in time and in space. I doubt very much if a lawyer, whatever his stand- ing. is much known to the profession outside of his own state." Those who attain high rank in the profession must realize that, with rare ex. ceptions, their names are "writ in water." One may turn over the leaves of old reports and find repeated again and again, as counsel in different
cases, the name of some lawyer who must have been, in his time, a power in the courts, only to wonder if he has ever seen that name outside of the covers of the dusty reports in which it ap pears. Hamilton in the conventions, in the Feder- alist and in the treasury, and Webster in the Senate and in public orations, have perpetuated and increased the fame of the lawyers, Hamilton and Webster; and were it not for their services outside of the strict limits of their profession, one might come upon their names, at this day, with much the same lack of recognition as that with which one finds, in a reported case, the name of some counsel, great, perhaps, in his own time, but long forgotten.
And there is another difficulty in such a history as this, brief, and, therefore, necessarily limited to a few names, and that is that some may be mitted who are quite as worthy of mention as those whose names appear. It is not often that any one man stands, as a lawyer, head and should- ers above the other members of the profession ; and the same may be said of any half dozen men In many cases the most careful measurement would fail to disclose a difference of more than a fraction of an inch, if any. Lives of eminent men who have, at some period, been practising lawyers, often contain the assertion that, while they were engaged in the practice of their pro- fession, they were "leaders of the bar ;" and there is almost always room for doubt as to whether the title is not a brevet bestowed by the biographer alone. The mention in this article of certain law. yers must not be taken as any disparagement of those who are not mentioned.
And, finally, it is to be observed that this article, so far as the bar is concerned, treats only of thox who are no longer living. In speaking of the bench, however, it will be necessary to mention the living. as well as the dead.
The history of the bar of Rochester opens, ap- parently, with John Mastick, who began practice at what was then Charlottesburg, at the mouth of the Genesee river, about 1815, moving soon after to the village of Rochester. He was, for a time at least, the leader of the bar, the bar association, and everything else connected with the legal profes- sion. He was followed, about 1817, by Hasting R. Bender and, a little later, by Roswell Babbitt, Joseph Spencer, Jesse Dane and Enos Pomeroy
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All these were practising their profession prior to 1821, and, as the county of Monroe did not come into legal existence until that date, they cannot be said, strictly, to have been members of the bar of Monroe county before that time.
The village of Rochester grew rapidly and, as it grew, it attracted members of the legal profession in increasing numbers. From 1821 to 1827 the roll of its attorneys contains twenty-seven names in addition to those already mentioned. and among Them Addison Gardiner, Fletcher M. Haight, Har- rey Humphrey, Vincent Mathews, Samuel L. Sel- den and Frederick Whittlesey. Of these the bench may properly claim Gardiner, Selden, Whittlesey and Humphrey. Mr. Cogswell, in the informal talk already referred to, says of Mr. Haight: "When ] came here to study my profession" (which must have been about 1844 or 1845), "the two gentle- men unquestionably at the head of the profession in active practice, were Orlando Hastings and Fletcher M. Haight. Mr. Haight soon after moved to St. Louis, from there to San Francisco, and was made district judge by Mr. Lincoln." He refers to Mr. Vincent Mathews, as, at that time. "the father of the bar."
Rochester was incorporated as a city in 1834 and by that time twenty-two more names had been added to the roll of its attorneys. Among them appear Orlando Hastinge, Selah Mathews and F. Darwin Smith, the latter better known as a mem- ber of the judiciary. Orlando Hastings, Mr. Cogs- well mentions, in the words already quoted, as one of the leaders of the bar. He further says of him 'Mr. Hastings was an albino. He could not see except with a magnifying glass of very high power I have often thought his physical infirmity mignt be largely the occasion of his great ability. It drove him into himself to think, instead of con- tinuously reading the thoughts of others." Owing to his defective sight it was Mr. Hastings' habit on cross-examination, to stand close to the witness, a habit which was said to have been decidedly dis- concerting to the witness. Some, at least, of the older practitioners now living are inclined to ar- cord to Mr. Selah Mathews the title of leader of the bar of sixty years ago. He certainly held a very prominent position among the lawyers of thai time, and his reputation has endured to the pres- ent day, which is a long time for a lawyer's repu- tation to survive. While his knowledge of real
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