Reminiscences of the Bench and Bar of Missouri: With an Appendix, Containing Biographical Sketches of Nearly All of the Judges and Lawyers who Have Passed Away, Together with Many Interesting and Valuable Letters Never Before Published of Washington, Jefferson, Burr, Granger, Clinton, and Others, Some of which Throw Additional Light Upon the Famous Burr ConspiracyF. H. Thomas and Company, 1878 - 611 sider |
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... Howard ; Judge Leonard , of Buchanan ; and Sinclair Kirt- ley , of Boone ... County , a brother of Rufus Pettibone , who from 1823 to 1825 , inclusive ... County , Missouri , in 1818 , and for many years was clerk of the Cir- cuit Court ...
... Howard ; Judge Leonard , of Buchanan ; and Sinclair Kirt- ley , of Boone ... County , a brother of Rufus Pettibone , who from 1823 to 1825 , inclusive ... County , Missouri , in 1818 , and for many years was clerk of the Cir- cuit Court ...
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... Howard County , and entered upon the practice of the law . He was twice elected to the Territorial Legislature , which then sat at St. Charles . In 1824 he was appointed judge of the Supreme Court , which position he held till 1845 ...
... Howard County , and entered upon the practice of the law . He was twice elected to the Territorial Legislature , which then sat at St. Charles . In 1824 he was appointed judge of the Supreme Court , which position he held till 1845 ...
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... County , was one of the most eminent lawyers in the state . We made his acquaintance as early as 1840 , and always ... Howard County , and taught school in the neighborhood during the entire year of 1818. Kit Carson , the celebrated ...
... County , was one of the most eminent lawyers in the state . We made his acquaintance as early as 1840 , and always ... Howard County , and taught school in the neighborhood during the entire year of 1818. Kit Carson , the celebrated ...
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... County was originally a part of Howard , and con- tinued so until December , 1818 , when it was organized as a separate county , and Boonville became the county - seat . The first Circuit Court was held at the house of William Bartlett ...
... County was originally a part of Howard , and con- tinued so until December , 1818 , when it was organized as a separate county , and Boonville became the county - seat . The first Circuit Court was held at the house of William Bartlett ...
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... County , Vir- ginia , and was born November 2 , 1791. He was of French Huguenot descent . His education was obtained ... Howard County . After practicing there about two years he returned to Washington County , and settled at Potosi . At ...
... County , Vir- ginia , and was born November 2 , 1791. He was of French Huguenot descent . His education was obtained ... Howard County . After practicing there about two years he returned to Washington County , and settled at Potosi . At ...
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Side 232 - I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich ; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as , according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the Constitution and laws of the United States.
Side 348 - tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Side 238 - One equal undivided third of all my property, real, personal and mixed, I leave to the City of St. Louis, in the state of Missouri, in trust, to be and constitute a fund to furnish relief to all poor emigrants and travelers coming to St. Louis on their way, bona fide, to settle in the West.
Side 463 - A lawyer is not to tell what he knows to be a lie ; he is not to produce what he knows to be a false deed ; but he is not to usurp the province of the jury and of the judge, and determine what shall be the effect of evidence, what shall be the result of legal argument.
Side 486 - The people of the country to which we are going, are prepared to receive us. Their agents, now with Burr, say, that if we will protect their religion, and will not subject them to a foreign power, that in three weeks all will be settled. The gods invite to glory and fortune; it remains to be seen whether we deserve the boon.
Side 29 - Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence, all fate; Nothing to him falls early or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.
Side 307 - There is no death ! What seems so is transition : This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call Death.
Side 224 - O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
Side 234 - President of the United States of America, to all who shall see these Presents, Greeting: KNOW YE, That reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity...