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Hillside's History by George Woodruff recounts judge Connolly
The piece profiles Union County judge James C. Connolly, his self education, independence, and influential legal teaching. It notes his Roman Catholic faith, the jurists he mentored, and a 1920s bottlers license case in Hillside where Connolly's ruling balanced law and local politics. It also recalls Fred Crane the deacon and the era’s social scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Connolly
Union County
Singer's Factory
Elizabeth
Common Pleas Court
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Connolly Wilson
Connolly
Robert C. Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Blackstone
Arts
Common Pleas
Superior Court
Alfred A. Stein
District Court
John R. Connolly
Gilbert Eaton
Hillside
Eaton
Conolly
Connoly
Fika
Elizabeth City
Hannibal
Gaul
Italy
Alps
Sardinia
Napoleon
Waterloo
Marshall Grouchy
Blueher
Grouchy
Sistner
Fred Crane
West Newark
Donald H. McLean
Townsip
Kirkman
Francis A. Gordon
Leslie Devore
Meecham
Long Avenue
Crane
Deacon Crane
William Jennings Bryan
Scopes
Dayton
Tenn