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Ex-Judge Rufus B. Cowing Dies Suddenly. 80 Years Old. Former Judge Rufus B. Cowing, who sat on the bench of the Court of General Sessions, Manhattan, for twenty-eight years, died at his home, 302 Central Park West, yesterday. He became ill suddenly and died without regaining consciousness. Judge Cowing was 80 years old. He came of a line that had produced able lawyers and learned Judges. He was born in Jamestown, N.Y. and educated at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. He was graduated from the Harvard Law School and was admitted to the bar in Boston and New York in 1864. Always a Republican, Judge Cowing was elected Alderman-at-large in 1877. As a Judge he tempered justice with mercy, and was particularly careful of the rights of those imprisoned before trial. He presided in many important cases, and after his last term expired, in 1907, resumed private practice. Judge Cowing was a member of several well-known clubs. He leaves a widow, his second wife: two daughters and five sons, one of whom, Edward K. Cowing, is deputy clerk of the Court of General Sessions. Services will be held Monday morning at 10 o'clock, in the First Baptist Church, Broadway and Seventy-ninth street.

Ex-Judge Rufus B. Cowing Dies Suddenly. 80 Years Old. Former Judge Rufus B. Cowing, who sat on the bench of the Court of General Sessions, Manhattan, for twenty-eight years, died at his home, 302 Central Park West, yesterday. He became ill suddenly and died without regaining consciousness. Judge Cowing was 80 years old. He came of a line that had produced able lawyers and learned Judges. He was born in Jamestown, New York and educated at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. He was graduated from the Harvard Law School and was admitted to the bar in Boston and New York in 1864. Always a Republican, Judge Cowing was elected Alderman-at-large in 1877. As a Judge he tempered justice with mercy, and was particularly careful of the rights of those imprisoned before trial. He presided in many important cases, and after his last term expired, in 1907, resumed private practice. Judge Cowing was a member of several well-known clubs. He leaves a widow, his second wife: two daughters and five sons, one of whom, Edward Kirkland Cowing, is deputy clerk of the Court of General Sessions. Services will be held Monday morning at 10 o'clock, in the First Baptist Church, Broadway and Seventy-ninth street.

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