The First Judge at Detroit and His Court: An Address by the Honorable William Renwick Riddell L. H. D., Etc. of Toronto (Justice of the King's Bench, ... the Michigan State Bar Association; Lansing - Softcover
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Excerpt from The First Judge at Detroit and His Court: An Address by the Honorable William Renwick Riddell L. H. D., Etc. Of Toronto (Justice of the King's Bench, Div'n, H. C. J., Ont.) For the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Michigan State Bar Association; Lansing, Michigan, June 10, 11
In March, 1789, William Dummer Powell, a lawyer practising in Montreal, was appointed First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the District of Hesse: and Shortly thereafter came to Detroit. It is of him and his Court that I would speak - but first a word or two of the times prior to his appointment.
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