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Judge Gaynor is a member of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York. Since his admittance to the bar in 1875, he has conducted many important cases, and has often written on legal subjects. In 1890 he was appointed judge-advocate of the second brigade of the New York State National Guard, with the rank of major. Judge Gaynor has taken an active part in New York politics, and has achieved a national reputation for his work in breaking up rings within the Democratic party in that state. Since his election to the bench...
Under the auspices of the Law School Practice Association, Judge William J. Gaynor, of Brooklyn, New York, Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, will lecture on "The Practice of Law" in the North Room of Austin Hall next Friday evening at 8 o'clock...
...SCHOOL PRACTICE ASSOCIATION. "The Practice of Law." Judge William J. Gaynor, Appellate Division, Supreme Court of New York. North Room, Austin Hall...
...cases of compromise, one has to deal with larger forces than the individual. Compromise is obtained by means of the trial, which may be conducted according to the laws of combat, by oath, or by arbitration. In a trial by combat, the opponents settle their differences in the court room. If they happen to be of different sexes, the man is hampered by bonds. In a trial by oaths, the oaths were made to be very difficult, a mere slip of the tongue in stating them being enough to convict the swearer. Not only veracity, but the strength...
...judges for the Freshman debate with Yale, who were definitely chosen yesterday, will be Hon. J. R. Dunbar, of Boston; Professor H. C. Metcalf, of the Department of Economics at Tufts; and Hon. A. P. Rugg, of Worcester, Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court. Dean Briggs will act as chairman...