William Curtis Noyes
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Born | August 19, 1805 |
Died | December 25, 1864 (aged 59) |
Occupation | Lawyer |
William Curtis Noyes (August 19, 1805 – December 25, 1864) was an American lawyer from New York.
Early life and education
Noyes was born in Schodack, Rensselaer County, New York on August 19, 1805[1] to George and Martha Noyes (née Curtis).[2] At age 14, he began the study of law in the office of Samuel B. Ludlow of Albany.[1] He continued his studies at the office of Henry Storrs, and was admitted to the bar in 1827.[1]
Career
He was appointed
Noyes became one of the most powerful advocates at the New York bar. In 1857, he was appointed by the legislature a commissioner with
In 1861 the legislature appointed him a commissioner to the conference, where he steadily labored to preserve the integrity of the republic, and at the same time maintain the honor of the loyal states. When, in the winter of the same year, the legislature had to elect a
Mr. Noyes was retained in some of the most celebrated cases of his day. His masterly analysis of
He was a firm advocate of temperance and devoted much time to addresses on this subject. His talents were always enlisted on the side of the people among whom he lived, and more than once fraudulent judgments against the city were vacated through his clear demonstration of their fallacy. As an equity lawyer he was without parallel, and in cross-examination he had no equal. Few witnesses that went on the stand before him with the determination to commit perjury ever left it without being exposed.
Honorary degree
In 1856 he delivered an address before the graduating class of the law department of
Later years and death
True to his motto that it was "better that a man's brain should wear out than rust out," he continued to the last in the practice of his profession. His death was the result of apoplexy.
References
- ^ a b c "Obituary.; DEATH OF WILLIAM CURTIS NOYES". The New York Times. December 26, 1864. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
- ^ "William Curtis Noyes". Dictionary of American Biography. Vol. 13. New York: C. Scribner's Sons. 1943. pp. 592–593.
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