A Tribute from Bench And Bar In H.M. Supreme Court on Monday, on the occasion of his Honour Judge Sir Havilland de Saus-mare taking his seat for the first time since his return from Hong. kong, his Lordship made special roference to the death of Mr. E. W. Godfrey before a full attendance of the British Bar.
His Lordship said:—Gentlemen of the Bar, on this the first occasion on which I have taken my seat this year, I feel that I cannot proceed with the usual work of the Court without reference to the fact that already, so early in the veal, two members of our profession have passed away—Mr. Home and Mz:. Godfrey. It is of the latter that I particularly wish to speak this morning. Death in the last five Years has been very busy with the members of our profession. His hand has keen heavy upon us and I cannot but recognize that there are few of the faces which welcomed me here some 15 years ago present on'this occasion. Edward Godfrey was not here when 1 arrived, bat some very few years later he came out to join the firm of Ellis & Hays, and now all three of them are gone. From the very first, young as he was, I conceived a great liking and respect for Godfrey, and it was no ordinary shock that I felt when 1 heard before landing on Friday morning of his sudden death—; death which I know overshadow: the whole of the profession and is constantly in our thoughts. Cor friend was a good man, a clean and straight-thinking gentleman, and in his profession was remarkable for a transparent honesty and a conspicuous fairness with which treated his opponents and his clients as an advocate. That mourn him goes without saying, but I feel that his loss is felt by a much wider circle than our own. Ue was loved and respected by the whole community, and so the Bench and Bar of this Court sympathizing as they have done in each other's troubles together as members of our learned profession mour:: loss of Godfrey and sympathy with each other and in particular his partners Mr. Teesdale and Mr. Newnian. Gentlemen, T am sure we all of us feel deeply the loss which we have experienced 2 that we symp: thize with those who were near and dear to him each other and the com-
Mr. Mossop:—On behalf of the members of the Bar I would thank ar Lordship for the opportunity ich has been afforded to us to appear here to testify by our prece here this morning how deeply we feel the loss of our esteemed friend and member, the late Mr. Godfrey. We support what your Lordship has said in tribute to hie memory and we would associate ourselves with your Lordship in extending to Mr. Godfrey's rejlatives as well as to Mr. Teesdale and Mr. Newman our heartfelt sympathy in their sad bereavement.
Mr. Teesdale:—I have to thank your Lordship and Mr. Mossop for what you have said. Tt shall my duty to acquaint Mrs. Godfrey at the first available opportunity with the words which have been said here and on her behalf 1 thank you. I have to thank you also for the expressions which yon have used with regard to my firm. I nave lost a very valued and trusted partner. I have lost very much more—I have lost a very good and dear friend. There are very few relationships in life where men be-rome more intimate with one another than in the relationship of partners. During the last seven years in which Godfrey and I were associated I was well able to appreciate, perhaps more than any others, his sterling qualities, his charming personality, his loyalty, his high principles and. unselfish: ness. He was indeed a man among men and departing has left behind him, indelibly for very many of us, footprints on the sands wf time. My Tord. Mr. Mossop and gentlemen, I thank yon again.
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