On the following day, in the presence of a large assembly, including
an unusually large attendance of attorneys, Mr. Crittenden renewed his
motion. He said:
"If the court please, I desire to renew the matter which I
began to present last evening. As a friend--a personal
friend--of the late Judge Terry, I should deem myself very
cold, indeed, and very far from discharging the duty which is
imposed upon that relation, if I did not present the matter
which I propose to present to this bench this morning. I have
known the gentleman to whom I have reference for over thirty
years, and I desire simply now, in stating that I make this
motion, to say that the friendship of so many years, and the
acquaintance and intimacy existing between that gentleman and
his family and myself for so long a period, require that I
should at this time move this court, as a court, out of
recollection for the memory of the man who presided in the
Supreme Court of this State for so many years with honor,
ability, character, and integrity, and, therefore, I ask this
court, out of respect for his memory, to adjourn during the
day on which he is to be buried, which is to-day."
Chief Justice Beatty said:
"I regret very much that counsel should have persisted in
making this formal announcement, after the intimation from the
court.
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