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JEROME B. FISHER—SUPREME COURT REPORTER:
1905-1919.
Jerome Fisher served as Supreme Court Reporter from November 10, 1905 to June 18, 1919. The memoriam in 189 App Div lxxiv states: "He was a lawyer of high and varied attainments, a judge learned and upright, and these qualities he brought to the service of this Court and expanded for the benefit of his brethren of the Bar. In addition to his professional attainments he had a fine public spirit and a fraternal sense of kinship which made him a leader beloved by many."
(Photograph courtesy of New York Red Book, Albany, N.Y.)
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ROBERT GEORGE SCHERER—SUPREME COURT REPORTER:
1898-1905.
Robert Scherer, born in Albany, attended Cornell University and Columbia Law School before being admitted to the bar in 1882. Scherer, committed to public service, was a member of the Board of Public Instruction from 1885 to 1889 and the State Assembly, holding the position of chairman of the Judiciary Committee. Additionally, he was a member of the New York State Bar Association’s Committee of Law Reform and a charter member of the Albany County Bar Association. In the resolution in 47 Misc 695, 696 it is said that: "To all interests intrusted to him he gave prompt, careful and skillful attention. Thoughtfulness, thoroughness and efficiency characterized his
efforts. He was faithful, energetic, resourceful, exact, and industrious." Scherer died at the age of 44 on October 28, 1905.
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