The Forum, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from The Forum, Vol. 2: Or Forty Years Full Practice at the Philadelphia Bar Judicial District - Under the elective system, in 1851, chosen President Judge of Eighteenth Judicial District - May, 1853, appointed provision. Ally to fill the vacancy occasioned by death of Judge Gibson, on bench Of Supreme Court - October Of same year, elected to fill same post for fif teen years - Industry and character Of his judicial services - His man ners - Temper - Person. Justice lowry - His punctuality - His reading - Well-posted in cases Civil code - A conscientious, and decorous judge - Not well adapted to N isi Prius - Patient, but premature - Justice not to be sacri ficed to time - The counsel and to be considered, as well as the court - Hasty Opinions pernicious, and sometimes incurable - Judge Lowry a great favorite in bane, but not at N isi Prius - Throws his im pressions of facts too much into the jury-box - Contrary to the policy of jury trials - Ou 1st Of January, 1851, he became, by election, a judge of Supreme Court - Excellent qualifications for that post - TO which he was transferred from the judgeship Of the District Court of Allegheny, where he had succeeded to Judge Grier - His urbanity of manner, and purity of intention - His age - Size - Features, &c., - His in¿exible firm ness - A very good, or a very bad, quality - Better. At all events, than A judicial weathercock - General remarks on the court - Its terms and its prospects. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.