John W. Brady

John W. Brady (April 6, 1869 or 1870 – December 14, 1943) was an American lawyer. He served as a county attorney from 1902 to 1910, the assistant attorney general for the state, and a judge on the Texas Third Court of Civil Appeals. In 1929 he was convicted of murder, and sentenced to three years in prison. Early life and education John W. Brady was born on April 6, either in 1869 or 1870, in Brenham, Texas. His parents were James and Agnes Brady, British emigrants who became early settlers of Austin when they moved to the city in 1871. He was the brother of Will Paul, David John, Agnes Margaret, and Helen Gertrude Brady, and the uncle of, among others, the philologist Caroline Brady. In 1887, Brady graduated from high school, and, like each of his siblings, matriculated at the University of Texas at Austin. He enrolled in a two-year literary course there, and was a member of the athenaeum literary society. From 1890 to 1891 he studied law at the university, obtaining a Bachelor of Laws.