September 1888: The Law Journal editors bridled at the Legislature's habit of naming a statute for the member who happened to introduce it, rather than give it a useful descriptive title. "The name of the introducer is … not proper because the introducer is rarely entitled to the credit of draughting or even originating a bill, and not distinctive because if he is an active member, there are many acts that might as well be called by his name," they wrote. "Such a designation is temporary in its character, arising out of a fact which is soon forgotten and does not appear in the statute."
100 Years Ago
September 1913: Charles Wolcott Parker Jr., the son of Justice Charles Wolcott Parker of the New Jersey Supreme Court, was accidentally shot to death on July 18 by a companion at North Hatley, Quebec, Canada, where the justice had a summer home. The younger Parker was practicing at revolver shooting with some friends when he received the fatal wound. He had been attending the Hill School in Pennsylvania and had expected to enter Harvard University upon completing his courses.
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