Coleman W. Avery

Coleman W. Avery (February 22, 1880 – March 14, 1938) was an American judge. He came from a prominent, wealthy family in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the United States. He was appointed as a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court in 1920. He killed himself after murdering his wife in 1938. Biography Coleman W. Avery was born on February 22, 1880. He was the son of William Ledyard and Johanna Avery of Cincinnati, Ohio. He was educated in the public schools of the city and graduated in 1902 from the University of Cincinnati, and in 1905 from the University of Cincinnati College of Law. Avery was admitted to the bar in 1905, and first held public office in 1909, when Hamilton County prosecutor Henry T. Hunt appointed him an assistant prosecutor. In 1912, he was named assistant city solicitor for Cincinnati. In 1914, he ran unsuccessfully for Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas judge. Beginning in 1915, Avery had a private practice, and taught at the Cincinnati Law School from 1916 to 1918. He was also a special district attorney for war work for the United States attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1917 to 1919. He also served as a major in the Second Battalion, Cincinnati Home Guards.