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History of the Bench and Bar of Minnesota Mmilif;:;';;!,;^;;- ;:;;;'; ^;:::;V;::^^^ NYPL RESEARCH LIBRARIES 3 3433 08181012 3 H I STORY THE BENCH AND BAR ( OK MINNESOTA. PKHPAKED UNUEK THE DIRECTION OF THE I.ATE HIRAM F. STIiVENS. ILLUSTRATED WITH STEEL ENGRAVINGS AND HALF-TONES. \'OL. I, MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. TAUI,: lyRGAL PUHLISHING AND EN'GRAVtNG COMPANY. J. Clvuk I,iNp95;v, Manager. 190^. ^ .y THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOK, LENOX »ND TIU&E.N F--" • DiTlW**. R 190b LI PREFATORY NOTE, Wlien the effort to com])ile this iiuhhcation 1)ei^aii. the i)ul)lisliers arrangeil with the late Hon, Flirani F. vStevens to l)ecome its echtor. Mr. Ste\-ens acted in tliat caiiacity until iU health compelled him to ahandon active work. With that fearless determination which was characteristic of llirani 1'. Ste\'ens, he refused to take the rest which he had earned \)y his dex'otion to e\-er\- dut\- which he undertook, until it was too late to restore a vitality worn out h\- too lon^" and constant ap])lication to his professional labors. Mr. Stexens' illness compelled delay in the issue of these volumes, and his untimelx- and deeply de- plored death enforced the publication of "The Bench and Bar of Minne- sota" without the full aid of his editorial ability. CONTENTS. VOLUME I. CHAPTER T. Pertaining to Wliat is Xow Minnesota Before It Became a State. i CHAPTER TI. Jiulge David Cooper's Celebrated Charge to the Grand Jnr\ 20 CHAPTER HI. Slavery in Minnesota ,^0 CHAPTER IV. Tlie Minnesota &• Xortlnvesteni Railroad Case 37 CHAPTER \". The Presidential Election of 1856—The Capital Removal 50 CHAPTER \"I. William Mitchell i P.v John K. Stryker 1 63 CHAPTER \"11. Twenty-two ^ears at the Old Court House (1859-1881)—Sketch of ihe Late Jndge \'anderburgh 72 CHAPTER VIII. After Minnesota Became a State 85 V vi CONTENTS. CHAPTER l\. ninqrapliioal Skctclies of C'lislinian l\. I)a\is. John Patterson Rea, and Levi Al. X'ilas 95 CIIAI'TF.R X. 'I'lu' Sni)renie Court ill CIIAI'TI'.R XL i'liief (if nf Two I'jiiincm Jn->tii.-e-> tile Supreme Ci mrt Minuesnta. IJO CllAPTliR XII. I!ioi;ra])luoal Sketclies of A.ssociate ju.^tices of the Su])renie Court 123 CII Al'TI",!'; XIII. 'Pile District Courts ;ui(l Their Judges 137 t'lIAPTKR XI\'. (."oiuprisiuL; a Xuniher of luterestini;' Sketches of .Men Who Have .Xttained I 'roniinence in the Profession j 7 1 CIIAPTI'.R X\". — Collej^e of Law of the L'ni\ersity of Minnesota Biographical Sketch of William S. Pattee, Dean of the College 234 cii.\ptI':r x\'i. \\'aNliiu,L;lon Count \ I'.ench and P)ar 243 INDEX TO BIOGRAPHIES. Bartleson. Charles J 228 Kelly, William Louis 142 Baxter. Liulier Loren 157 Kerr. Charles D 144 Benton. Caleb Henry 171 Kingsle}', Nathan Curtis. 166 Benton, Reuben Clark 190 Koon. Martin B 168 Berry. Charles H 185 Lawler. Daniel \Y 217 Bostwick, Lardner 206 Lewis. Charles Lundy 126 Brill, Hascal R 143 Lovely. John Al)bott 133 Buck. Daniel i,y McGee. John Franklin 154 Buckham, Thomas Scott. 151 Manwaring, Louis S 243 Bunn, George L 164 ^Lirdeu, Riley H 232 Canty. Thomas 130 Merrick, Ambrose N 208 Castle, James Nathan 244 Michael, James Clark 22/ Childs, Henry \\'arren 199 Mitchell, William 65 Collins, Loren Warren.... 129 Moss, Henry L 245 Comfort, F. V 244 Munn, Marcus D 223 Curtis, Gold Tompkins. ... 177 Murdock, Hollis R 148 Davis, Cushman K 95 Nethaway, John Clinton. 246. Willis Edward Dodge, 194 Nye. Frank Mellen 198 Doe, Alpheus Edwin 248 Norris, William Henr\- 216 Eller. Homer C 183 O'Brien. Christopher D.... 225 Espy, John 179 Otis, George L 19.? Ensign, Josiah D 162 Pattee, William S 238 Gail, Frederick W 247 Paul, Amasa C 190 Gilfillan, James 120 Rea, John Patterson loi Gilfillan, John Bachoj) 201 Reynolds, Reuben 158 Gilien, Hugh H 249 Rogers, Edward G 230 Giiman, John M 175 Sanborn, . Gould, Ozro Barnes 161 John Benjamin. 203 Searles. Newton .... Grover, Marcus D . 221 Jasper 249 Hay Eugene G 226 Secombe. David Adam.... 213 Healv. Frank 232 Simpson, David Ferguson.. 150 Hind's. Henry 188 Simons. Orlando 141 Jaggard, Edwin 153 Simpson, Thomas 219 IXDI'.X TO rf)RTK.\lTS. ^.jii Start, Cliarlcs .\1 Slrykcr. joliu l', H)(i 12,? Sullivan. C.eori;c 11 244 Willis, John W 160 TorniiK-c, I'.ll 201) Willston, William C 155 X'ilas, \xy\ .\l K'f) Whet-lock. Lewis L 182 \'an(lerl)uriili. C'liarles l-Mwiii 77 ^'l)^l^!,i-. .\ustin H '146 Wilson, Ceori^e P 230 Youn^'. (".eors;e 13 125 INDEX TO PORTRAITS. Atwater, 1-aac ii^' Lewis, C'liarles 1 in; Baxter, l.nllier i.nreii 157 1 .ovely. Jdlm A 119 R iiS j'.eiildii, Calel) Henry 171 MeMillan, S. j. llenlon. Reuben Clark, . , i<;() .Marden. Riley 11 2_^j II 1 .Meeker, 11. 1! Cerry. Charles i^.s 113 11'' Bcrr'v. Jiihn M Mitehell, William, tirown, C. 1, 110 I'rontispiccc and 117 Buck. Daniel 80 .\lnnn. .Marcus D 223 R. K Canty. Tlicnias So, 130 .Xelscui. 113 1 .Vorris, William . 216 Chall'ieUl, A. | i.i Henry. Clark. C.reenieaf 117 .\ye, i-'rank Mellen }()f. Collins, Loren W -'^o I'.utee, W illiam S 238 Cornell. F. R. F. 1 '7 l'a\il. .\niasa C 190 Curtis, Cold 'rimiiikins 177 Rea. John Patterson 101 Dickin.son. 1 ). A 117 Reynolds. Reuben 158 Douglass. W. 1". II') UdocTs. h'.dward G 230 Filer. Homer C 183 |<jp],.y. c. C. 118 l-.mmell. 113 Lafayette Searles. jasper .Xewton 249 '"'' ''^^lA. J"'i" Sec.mbe'. David Adam. ... 21'^ Flandrau. Charles I- n^, ^f,,^^.^^ , , ^^,,^.,.,„„.„^,_ ,1 C.ilhllan. James 11 Start, I'harles M 118. 123 (jilman, John M 17.3 Slr\ker. |olm I', i</) (H)odricli. .\aron ''',-,, , ,. t o \ an( erburijh. L. h No ,. .• l^ , . r^ . ''77, ot District Court (.roni)roll]) . ,,.,-^. .. Welch. William 11 in Judges 137 \\ heelock, Lewi- 1 182 Grover. Marcus D 221 Wilson, George P 230 1 lealv, l-rank 232 Thomas Hind's. Henry 188 Wilson. 115 Koon, Martin B 168 N'oung. George B 116, 125 THE NEW ,'' YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY *"»• 'imx aed rildsn / ' d^finns ~ ^ '908 HISTORY OF THE Bench and Bar of Minnesota CHAPTER PERTAINING TO WHAT IS NOW MINNESOTA BEFORE IT BECAME A STATE. Prior to the organization of Minnesota territory. March 3, 1849, the achninistration of tlie wliite man's law in the district now compris- fron- ing the state was practicail}- nnknown. The smaU and scattered tier settlements and the trading posts comprised the sole seats of white occupation—although within the jurisdiction, for the most part, of the transitory and shifting territorial governments of the northwest —and little or no control of law was exercised over the pale-faced inhabitants. The Indians of the country were in tribal organization and wards of the general government, and not subject to the laws of states or territories. The small garrison at Fort Snelling was, of course, under military law. It would seem that the condition of the few white people in Min- nesota in the very early periods was like that of the ancient Jews in the days "when there was no king in Israel, but every man did that of which was right in his own eyes." (Judges 17-6.) The people Minnesota settled their disputes, civil and criminal, among them- selves, without the intervention of any tribunal. Only one term of a of the was ever held within higher court than that of a justice peace 2 HISTORY OF TH1-: mCXCH AXD BAR OF MINNESOTA. the ])rcsent limits of the state prior to tlie ortjanizntion of the terri- tory in iS^(). The territory of Wisconsin was orsjanized in 1S3''). Its lioundaries iiicludeil all the coiuitry west of Lake ]\richi,t;an to the Mississippi, and all within these limits north of the northern boundary of Illinois to the British Possessions. Practically all of what is now eastern Minnesota, was, therefore, a part of Wisconsin from iS^fi to 1841;. Wisconsin territory was oriL;inally witliin the limits of the Northwest territory, which was ceded by the state of Virginia to the United States in 1783. Long- before that year it was British territory, and it is in the liistory of English rule that the first record is found of a court having jurisdiction o\-er any part of what is now Minnesota. The first proclamation for civil administration of law in the region west of the Wabash river was made by the British governor November Ji. 1768, and the first coiu-t was held at Fort Chartres. on the Illinois bank of the Mississi])])!. twenty miles below St. Louis, on December 6th of that year. in 'IMie next court Wisconsin was held liy Judge Iveaume at Green Bay in 1820. Judge Keaume held a commission as judge from the goxernor of Indiana territory. He had settled at Green Bay in I7()0, and at one time held a judicial ])ositiou under British authoritv at Detroit, Michigan. There is a tradition that for some time after his location in \\ isconsin he was recognized as a judge under his former warrant from King George. .\s a part of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin the eastern ]5art of .Minnesota was respectively and by turn umler the government, including the judicial authority, of these several territories. It was, howe\er, under the go\ernment of Wisconsin oul\- that the formalities of courts in this region east of the Mississippi were exercised. The country west of the ri\'er was from 1836 under the jurisdiction of the territory of Iowa imtii December _'S.
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