Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1901 — The Late Judge King. [ARTICLE]

The Late Judge King.

The Hon. George E. King, one of the justices of the Supreme court of Canada, who died a few days ago, was elevated to the Supreme bench in 1893, and was one of the Bering sea arbitration commission. He was a native of St. John’s, N. B. He became Attorney General of New Brunswick in 1870, and in 1872 he succeeded Mr. Hatheway as leader of the government. He became Q. C. in 1873, and a puisne judge of the Supreme court of New Brunswick in 1880.