Memoirs of the judiciary and the bar of New England for the nineteenth century : with a history of the judicial system of New England . 1841 to 1844. Politics, howevei, was an incidental indul-gence on his part, and while his record inpublic office was entirely commendalile, hisespecial strength lay in the i)ractice of the law,in the civil as well as the criminal courts, andhe was a veritalile legal giant, with no supe-riors and hardly an equal. Indeed, he was theembodiment of legal strength, and combined 24 THE JUDICIARY AND THE BAR OF NEW ENGLAND. ill his mental aivliitecture all the \arieil
Memoirs of the judiciary and the bar of New England for the nineteenth century : with a history of the judicial system of New England . 1841 to 1844. Politics, howevei, was an incidental indul-gence on his part, and while his record inpublic office was entirely commendalile, hisespecial strength lay in the i)ractice of the law,in the civil as well as the criminal courts, andhe was a veritalile legal giant, with no supe-riors and hardly an equal. Indeed, he was theembodiment of legal strength, and combined 24 THE JUDICIARY AND THE BAR OF NEW ENGLAND. ill his mental aivliitecture all the \arieil ek--niems of the successful lawyer. No complexsituation (lismayed him, no antagonist o\er-awed him, no case hafHeil his jiower of com-prehension and no contumacious or unirutlifulwitness escaped him or his terrihly seaichiiigcross-examination. Did the occasion dcmaiRlit, his saicasm was bittei, yet he was the soulof lioiKir with a candid witness, and courteousalways with his professional antagonist,especially when dealing his se\erest blows,lie strode intd every intellectual cap-a-pie. he stiuck no tuul liNiw, and. CHARLES \ictor or \an(]uished was still a knight, with-out fear and w itliout reproach. a ciiminal huvyer Mi-, (hapiiian enjoyeda more than Statewide reputation, and duringthe period of his practice he was callcil to thedefense in some of the most noted criminaltrials ever brought before the courts in thisState. His success in cases of tiiis chai-acterwas as marked, Init not more so, as those inthe civil courts, yet he never deserved to beclassed as a criminal lawyer. With him it wasa question of professional duty Iather than choice, liut under whatever standard hewaged legal warfaic lie always was the same determined focmaii, asking no ipiarter, yieM-ing none, Init ne\er turning victory slaughter of his opponents. As a lawyer, according to his liiographer,Mr. (Iia[imans resources were as an ad
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