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CHAPTER XI. THE BENCH AND BAR. THE TERRITORIAL JUDICIARY ESTABLISHMENT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT—FIRST SESSION OF COURT HELD IN PRAIRIEVILLE—ESTAB¬ LISHMENT OF THE CIRCUIT DISTRICTS ^DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION OF 1848—LIST OF CIRCUIT JUDGES—THE COUNTY COURT—LIST OF COUNTY J UDGES—DISTRICT ATTORNEYS—EARLY LAW YERS MEM¬ BERS OF PRESENT COUNTY BAR—TWO CELEBRATED CASES. Before the organization of Wisconsin Territory the present Wau¬ kesha county was included in the Second Judicial district with the office at Green Bay. Upon the establishment of the territorial gov¬ ernment. Brown and Milwaukee counties were set off into a separate judicial district called the Third district. The first court in the south¬ eastern part of the state was lield in Milwaukee, with Judge W. C. Frasier, of Pennsylvania, presiding. He was followed in office by An¬ drew G. Miller, who received his appointment from President. Van Buren, in 1838, and he held the first court in Waukesha, after the or¬ ganization of the county in 1846. The court-house not being com¬ pleted, court was held in the Prairieville Academy. Alex. W. Randall appeared in the first case tried, as attorney for S. K. Piatt in a suit for trespass. William Pitt Lynde was at that time the United States attorney and Alexander Cook, territorial district attorney. Upon the adoption of the state constitution in 1848 Wisconsin was divided into judicial circuits. The first Democratic convention for nomination of the circuit judge of the Second circuit, comprising the counties of Milwaukee, Waukesha, Jefferson and Dane, was held in Waukesha, July 18, 1848, of which William A. Barstow was chosen president. The delegates from Waukesha county were William A. Barstow, Andrew Proudfit, John O'Brien, Richard Hardell, and Lora Nash. On the informal ballot four names appeared, A. D. Smith lead¬ ing with eight votes. The others were Levi Hubbell, four votes, Alex¬ ander W. Randall, three, and Hans Crocker, one. On the formal bal¬ lot the single vote was transferred to Mr. Smith, the others remaining the same, and he received the nomination. Levi Hubbell, however, ran as an independent candidate, and was elected. The contest was a close one, and it was two weeks after the election before the official return aririounced certainly the election of Judge Hubbell. He held the first term of court in the court-house at Waukesha, November 13, 1848. Alex. W. Randall appeared in the first case before this court also, being the attorney for Jason Downer in another suit for trespass. The 158
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Title | Memoirs of Waukesha County. From the earliest historical times to the present with chapters on various subjects, including each of the different towns, and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families in the county, prepared from data obtained from original sources of information. |
Title of work | Memoirs of Waukesha County. From the earliest historical times to the present with chapters on various subjects, including each of the different towns, and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families in the county, prepared from data obtained from original sources of information. |
Short title | Memoirs of Waukesha County |
Author | Haight, Theron Wilber |
Description | This 1907 work on Waukesha County, Wisconsin, provides a history of the county, the Indians of the area, its early settlement, the Underground Railroad in Waukesha County, Waukesha County residents in the Civil War, politics and government, businesses and industries, the medical and legal professions, summer resorts, schools, public institutions, banks and banking, and newspapers, as well as histories of the cities and towns of Waukesha, Oconomowoc, Brookfield, Delafield, Eagle, Genessee, Lisbon, Menomonee, Merton, Mukwanago, Muskego, New Berlin, Ottawa, Pewaukee, Summit, and Vernon. Biographical sketches of residents of the county are also included. |
Place of Publication (Original) | Madison, Wisconsin |
Publisher (Original) | Western Historical Association |
Publication Date (Original) | 1907 |
Language | English |
Format-Digital | xml |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2008 |
Identifier-Digital | Wauk1907000 |
State | Wisconsin; |
County | Waukesha County; |
Decade | 1800-1809; 1810-1819; 1820-1829; 1830-1839; 1840-1849; 1850-1859; 1860-1869; 1870-1879; 1880-1889; 1890-1899; 1900-1909; |
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Title | 158 |
Page Number | 158 |
Title of work | Memoirs of Waukesha County. From the earliest historical times to the present with chapters on various subjects, including each of the different towns, and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families in the county, prepared from data obtained from original sources of information. |
Author | Haight, Theron Wilber |
Publication Date (Original) | 1907 |
Format-Digital | jpeg |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2008 |
Chapter Title | Chapter XI. The Bench and Bar |
Identifier-Digital | Wauk1907222 |
Full Text | CHAPTER XI. THE BENCH AND BAR. THE TERRITORIAL JUDICIARY ESTABLISHMENT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT—FIRST SESSION OF COURT HELD IN PRAIRIEVILLE—ESTAB¬ LISHMENT OF THE CIRCUIT DISTRICTS ^DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION OF 1848—LIST OF CIRCUIT JUDGES—THE COUNTY COURT—LIST OF COUNTY J UDGES—DISTRICT ATTORNEYS—EARLY LAW YERS MEM¬ BERS OF PRESENT COUNTY BAR—TWO CELEBRATED CASES. Before the organization of Wisconsin Territory the present Wau¬ kesha county was included in the Second Judicial district with the office at Green Bay. Upon the establishment of the territorial gov¬ ernment. Brown and Milwaukee counties were set off into a separate judicial district called the Third district. The first court in the south¬ eastern part of the state was lield in Milwaukee, with Judge W. C. Frasier, of Pennsylvania, presiding. He was followed in office by An¬ drew G. Miller, who received his appointment from President. Van Buren, in 1838, and he held the first court in Waukesha, after the or¬ ganization of the county in 1846. The court-house not being com¬ pleted, court was held in the Prairieville Academy. Alex. W. Randall appeared in the first case tried, as attorney for S. K. Piatt in a suit for trespass. William Pitt Lynde was at that time the United States attorney and Alexander Cook, territorial district attorney. Upon the adoption of the state constitution in 1848 Wisconsin was divided into judicial circuits. The first Democratic convention for nomination of the circuit judge of the Second circuit, comprising the counties of Milwaukee, Waukesha, Jefferson and Dane, was held in Waukesha, July 18, 1848, of which William A. Barstow was chosen president. The delegates from Waukesha county were William A. Barstow, Andrew Proudfit, John O'Brien, Richard Hardell, and Lora Nash. On the informal ballot four names appeared, A. D. Smith lead¬ ing with eight votes. The others were Levi Hubbell, four votes, Alex¬ ander W. Randall, three, and Hans Crocker, one. On the formal bal¬ lot the single vote was transferred to Mr. Smith, the others remaining the same, and he received the nomination. Levi Hubbell, however, ran as an independent candidate, and was elected. The contest was a close one, and it was two weeks after the election before the official return aririounced certainly the election of Judge Hubbell. He held the first term of court in the court-house at Waukesha, November 13, 1848. Alex. W. Randall appeared in the first case before this court also, being the attorney for Jason Downer in another suit for trespass. The 158 |
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