Hand Augustus 1869 (1 results)

framed. Condition: very good. Picture of United States Senior Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Augustus Hand. Framed with personal hand-written note in the lower matting. Signed and inscribed to New York attorney Robert M. Benjamin regarding his appointment as Moreland Act Commissioner. Augustus Noble Hand was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and later was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. His most notable rulings restricted the reach of obscenity statutes in the areas of literature and contraceptives. He was the older first cousin of famed judge Learned Hand, who served on both courts with his cousin during most of Augustus Hand's tenure. *** NY Governor Lehman appointment of Robert M. Benjamin of New York City as a Moreland Act Commissioner to investigate the field of administrative law in New York State and report back his findings on the subject to the Governor before the 1940 session of the Legislature.…