William Frederick L. Stanley (1872–1939) was an Irish lawyer who served as judge of the

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Life

Stanley was born in

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in March 1872. His father was James Charles Stanley and mother was Catherine Lucas. After common school education in

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and Dublin, he studied at

Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

1889–1893. Before graduating, he came with Sir Robert Herron to the

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. In May 1895 he started as a clerk in the office of

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, and was admitted to the bar in March 1895. Stanley married Juanita Danford October 20, 1896. Their children were Charles Desmond Stanley, Eileen Stanley, Dermot Stanley, Brian Henry Stanley. In November 1895 Stanley became a partner with Hartwell and

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. One major case was the window of French physician

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(1833–1894). Case from October 29, 1895, additional cases ruled in July 1996, pp. 352–365, and February 6, 1896, pp. 614–623. On November 1, 1897 he was appointed to be the youngest circuit court judge at the time, after

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resigned. For a few weeks in 1898 he also filled in on the 4th circuit. He served as judge on the 1st circuit until July 30, 1900. He had fallen out of favor with the Republican Party of Hawaii because he was not a

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, but as judge presided when others were naturalized. He finally became naturalized himself in August 1900. Active in

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, he was the Master of Pacific Lodge #822 and a member of the Aloha

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. Back in private practice, he became partner with Henry Holmes until 1915, with Wilder until 1916, by himself until 1920, and then with

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and Warren. His law firm survives as Case Lombardi & Pettit. He served on some commissions of the

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, including the board of public instruction from 1910 to 1913. He died in June 1939.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stanley, William Frederick L. Territory of Hawaii judges 1872 births 1939 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Lawyers from County Dublin Irish emigrants to the United States