Infobox NRHP name Christian Oyer Jr. House nrhp type image caption location Township Road 513, northeast of Huntingdon, Barree Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Barree Township, Pennsylvania lat degrees 40 lat minutes 36 lat seconds 34 lat direction N long degrees 77 long minutes 53 long seconds 54 long direction W coord display inline,title locmapin Pennsylvania built c. 1830 architect OR builder architecture Federal added July 21, 1995 area convert 1.8 acre governing body Private refnum 95000882 ref name nris NRISref version 2010a ref Christian Oyer Jr. House , also known as Harmon House, is a historic home located at Barree Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Barree Township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania . It was built about 1830, and is a two story, five bay, rectangular Federal architecture Federal style stone dwelling. It measures 32 feet by 42 feet. ref name arch cite web url https www.dot7.state.pa.us ce SelectWelcome.asp title National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania publisher CRGIS Cultural Resources Geographic Information System format Searchable database Note This includes cite web url https www.dot7.state.pa.us ce imagery phmc scans H069134 01H.pdf title National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form Christian Oyer Jr. House accessdate 2011 11 28 author Dr. Jean L. Murphy format PDF date January 1995 ref It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. ref name nris References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Oyer, Christian, Jr., House National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Category Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Category Federal architecture in Pennsylvania Category Houses completed in 1830 Category Houses in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania NRHP stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Melchior Rink was a central German Anabaptist leader during the sixteenth century. He participated in the Peasants War of 1525, and was accused by Lutherans of being an instigator of the war, propagating rebaptism, teaching that there should be no civil authority, and encouraging communities to dismiss their magistrates. ref name oyer Oyer, John S. http books.google.ca books?id 6wXiypUZQ5YC Lutheran Reformers Against Anabaptists . Den Haag Martinus Nijhoff, 1964. ref rp 92 Rink resented these accusations. According to his own followers he preached non resistance to the persecutions the Anabaptists faced, and that he asked his follows to obey magistrates so long as they did not demand action against God s law. ref name oyer rp 95 References references Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Rink, Melchior ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1494 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1545 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Rink, Melchior Category 1494 births Category 1545 deaths Category German Anabaptists ... more details
Jonathan Corwin December 10, 1640 June 9, 1718 was a wealthy New England merchant , and a judge in the Salem, Massachusetts area who was involved in the Salem Witch Trials . He married Elizabeth Gibbs , widow of Robert Gibbs, in 1675 and had ten children. One of them was George Corwin who after his studies at Harvard became minister Christianity minister at the First Church in Salem . Corwin served as a representative for Salem in the Massachusetts legislature. He was also appointed to the Superior Court of Massachusetts. Salem witchcraft trials involvement As a magistrate , Jonathan Corwin dealt with petty crimes and minor charges such as drunkenness and burglary. He was called to investigate the widespread accusations of witchcraft in Salem in 1692 and was appointed to be a judge on the Oyer and terminer Court of Oyer and Terminer after another judge Nathaniel Saltonstall had resigned in protest over the first hanging, the verdict of which had been based on so called spectral evidence. Spectral evidence was judged to be a legitimate means of identifying a witch as many people believed that the Devil could not assume an innocent person s shape. Corwin signed several arrest warrants and transcribed a few of the hearings but scarcity of records from the 1692 events makes it impossible to determine Judge Corwin s overall import in the trials as well as his attitude towards spectral evidence. The court of Oyer and Terminer, established by Sir William Phips , convicted nineteen of witchcraft and sentenced them to the gallows. Notable events March 1, 1692 Jonathan Corwin and John Hathorne examined Tituba , Sarah Good , and Sarah Osborne . May 27, 1692 Gov. Phips establishes a Court of Oyer and Terminer to investigate the allegations of witchcraft. Lieutenant Gov. William Stoughton Massachusetts William Stoughton , Nathaniel Saltonstall , Bartholomew Gedney , Peter Sergeant , Samuel Sewall , Wait Still Winthrop , John Richards colonial judge John Richards , John Hath ... more details
Margaret Scott may refer to Margaret Scott author 1934 2005 , Australian author, poet and television personality Margaret Scott dancer born 1922 , Australian dancer Margaret Scott lawyer , member of the Scottish Faculty of Advocates and Queen s Counsel Margaret Scott died 1692 , convicted at the Salem witch trials Formal prosecution The Court of Oyer and Terminer Salem witch trials and hanged Margaret Scott golfer 1874 1938 , British golfer Marilyn Waltz 1931 2006 , also known as Margaret Scott, American actress and model USS Margaret Scott 1861 USS Margaret Scott 1861 , U.S. Navy Stone Fleet ship Maggie Scott, British actress and wife of actor Paul Freeman actor Paul Freeman disambiguation DEFAULTSORT Scott, Margaret Category Human name disambiguation pages ... more details
Thomas Griffin 1773 &ndash October 7, 1837 was an eighteenth and nineteenth century politician, lawyer and judge from Virginia . Born in Yorktown, Virginia , Griffin pursued in classical studies before studying law. After being admitted to the bar, Griffin practiced law as well as engaging in Agriculture agricultural pursuits. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1793 to 1800 and was appointed a justice of the court of oyer and terminer on October 17, 1796, serving until 1810. Griffin was elected a Federalist Party United States Federalist to the United States House of Representatives in 1802, serving from 1803 to 1805. He was then appointed chief justice of the Quarter Sessions Court of Quarter Sessions in Yorktown, Virginia Yorktown on September 1, 1805, serving until 1810 when he became a justice of the York County, Virginia York County Court, serving as this until 1812. Griffin served as a major of Infantry during the War of 1812 . After the war, Griffin again became a justice of the court of oyer and terminer , this time as chairman of the court, serving from 1814 to 1820. He then became a member of the Virginia House of Delegates again, serving from 1819 to 1823 and 1827 to 1830. Griffin died at The Mansion near Yorktown, Virginia on October 7, 1837. External links CongBio G000467 s start USRepSuccessionBox state Virginia district 12 before John Stratton Virginia politician John Stratton after Burwell Bassett years March 4, 1803 &ndash March 3, 1805 obsolete district s end bioguide Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Griffin, Thomas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American politician DATE OF BIRTH 1773 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH October 7, 1837 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Griffin, Thomas Category 1773 births Category 1837 deaths Category Members of the Virginia House of Delegates Category Members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia Category Virginia lawyers Category Virginia state court judges Cat ... more details
John Richards 1644 April 2, 1694 ref http books.google.com books?id CWUUAAAAYAAJ&pg PA143&dq John Richards speaker&lr ref was appointed as a magistrate on the Court of Oyer and Terminer in 1692 by Massachusetts Governor William Phips ref Massachusetts Archives Collections, Governor s Council Executive Records, Vol. 2, 1692, pages 176 177. Certified copy from the original records at Her Majestie s State Paper Office, London, September 16, 1846. ref , and then again as a justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature, Court of Assize and general Goal Delivery in 1693 ref Records of the Massachusetts Supreme Court of Judicature, 1692 3, Page 1. Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Judicial Archives ref , both of which courts heard the cases that have come to be known as the Salem witch trials , even though the latter court sat in Charlestown, Massachusetts Charlestown , Boston, Massachusetts Boston and Ipswich, Massachusetts Ipswich , as well as Salem. References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Richards, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1644 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1694 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Richards, John Category 1644 births Category 1694 deaths Category People of the Salem witch trials Category Massachusetts Superior Court justices ... more details
hatnote For the American Revolutionary War soldier, see Nathaniel Saltonstall American Revolution . Col. Nathaniel Saltonstall also spelled Nathanial Saltonstall c. 1639 1707 was a judge for the Court of Oyer and Terminer , a special court established in 1692 for the trial and sentence of people, mostly women, for the crime of witchcraft in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during the Salem Witch Trials . He is most famous for his resignation from the court, and though he left no indication of his feelings toward witchcraft, he is considered to be one of the more principled men of his time. ref name moody Moody, Robert. The Saltonstall Papers, Vol. I 1607 1789 . 48 50. ref Born in Ipswich, Massachusetts , in about 1639, to Richard Saltonstall 1610 1694 , he was the grandson of Sir Richard Saltonstall . He graduated from Harvard College in 1659, beginning Saltonstall the family tradition of higher education at this university. On December 29, 1663, Saltonstall married Elizabeth Ward, who was 18 years old, and acquired from her father, John Ward, the estate later known as the Saltonstall Seat. Two of their children were Col. Richard Saltonstall 1672 1714 , and Gurdon Saltonstall 1666 1724 , later the List of colonial governors of Connecticut governor of Connecticut . In 1668, Saltonstall began his career in town affairs when he was appointed town clerk . Robert Moody quotes that, according to a single surviving record book, he was firm and effective in law enforcement, and yet, where allowed discretion by law, humane and flexible. ref name moody His involvement in judicial affairs and apparent good reputation made him eligible to serve in the Salem Witch Trials, and he was appointed a judge along with six other men on May 27, 1692. There is no evidence, however, of his attendance at any of the examinations. Indeed, he resigned from the Court of Oyer and Terminer around June 8, 1692, the same time as Bridget Bishop Bridget Bishop s trial and sentence for witchcraft. Pr ... more details
Sir William Fyncheden King s Serjeant KS died 1374 was a British justice. He was first recorded as a lawyer in 1350, and the same year was made a Commissioner of embankments in Yorkshire . From then on he was a regular appointee to commissions of Oyer and terminer , mostly in Yorkshire but also in Derbyshire , Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire he was also appointed as a Justice of Labourers several times in both Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. In February 1355 he was appointed to investigate unauthorised Alienation property law Alienation of royal lands in 6 counties, including Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. In 1359 he investigated trespasses against the royal family and their tenants in Richmondshire, and in 1360 he was tasked with the inquiry as to whether the lands of Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March Roger Mortimer were being held by the King or as part of Wales , to which he found the latter. In 1362 he was made a King s Serjeant . His career continued to develop in the 1360s, with commissions of Oyer and terminer in Sussex , Huntingdonshire , Cambridgeshire , Kent and Gloucestershire . In 1365 he was made a Justice of the Common Pleas Justice of the Court of Common Pleas England Common Pleas and knighted. He attended Parliament in 1366 as a Trier of petitions, a position he maintained at the Parliaments of 1368, 1369, 1371 and 1373, and at the same time he also acted as an Assize court Assize justice, mainly in the Home counties and West Midlands region West Midlands . On April 14 1371 he was appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas after the previous holder was made Lord Chancellor Fyncheden then died in 1374 after a relatively brief tenure as Chief Justice. ref http www.oxforddnb.com view article 94544?&docPos 31&backToResults list yes group yes feature yes aor 3 orderField alpha Oxford DNB Fyncheden, Sir William ref References Reflist start box s legal succession box title Chief Justice of the Common Pleas before Robert Thorpe Lord Chancellor Sir Robert T ... more details
George Corwin February 26, 1666 April 12, 1696 was the High Sheriff of Essex County, Massachusetts during the Salem witch trials . He signed warrants for the arrest and execution of those condemned of witchcraft . On September 16, 1692, he was ordered by the Court of Oyer and terminer Oyer and Terminer to preside over the interrogation, under torture of Giles Corey , who was pressed to death for refusing to stand trial for witchcraft. ref http historical.ha.com common view item.php?Sale No 682&Lot No 56037 Autograph Document Signed by George Corwin, Essex County Sheriff who arrested the accused and executed those found guilty in the Salem Witchcraft Trials ref Corwin died of a Myocardial infarction heart attack , in 1696, at the age of 30, after which his burial was delayed by a Salem resident named Phillip English, who was accused during the Witch trial Witch Trials , and had his property seized by Corwin. ref http www.findagrave.com cgi bin fg.cgi?page gr&GRid 17059213 Find A Grave George Corwin ref English put a lien on Corwin s corpse, and delayed its burial until he had been reimbursed for the property he lost to Corwin. ref http www.piney.com ColCalef1.html Robert Calef, More Wonders of the Invisible World ref George Corwin was the grandson of John Winthrop the Younger , the Governor of Connecticut Colony Connecticutt . ref http books.google.com books?id sckUAAAAYAAJ&pg PA127&lpg PA127&dq George Corwin Margaret Winthrop&source bl&ots EDAkeDELeH&sig yIn3GxGlJGwBVJzUZba8a0mGNMQ&hl en&ei L1IKTMXwMMSqlAfxjZGNDg&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 8&ved 0CDAQ6AEwBw v onepage&q George 20Corwin 20Margaret 20Winthrop&f false ref His wife, Lydia Gedney, ref http books.google.com books?cd 1&id a0RVAAAAMAAJ&dq George Corwin Lydia Gedney&q Lydia Gedney search anchor ref was the daughter of Bartholomew Gedney , one of the magistrates involved in the witch trials. References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Corwin, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT ... more details
SCOTUSCase Litigants Brown v. New Jersey ArgueDate October 30 ArgueYear 1899 DecideDate November 20 DecideYear 1899 FullName James K. Brown, Plff. in Err. v. State of New Jersey USVol 175 USPage 172 Citation 20 S. Ct. 77 44 L. Ed. 119 Prior Error to the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Hudson County, New Jersey Subsequent Holding The state has full control over court procedure consistent with constitutional guarantees. A New Jersey law limiting the number of peremptory challenges to five in cases of a struck jury did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment. SCOTUS 1898 1902 Majority Brewer JoinMajority Fuller, Peckham, White, Gray, McKenna, Shiras, Brown Concurrence Harlan JoinConcurrence Concurrence2 JoinConcurrence2 Concurrence Dissent JoinConcurrence Dissent Dissent JoinDissent Dissent2 JoinDissent2 NotParticipating LawsApplied Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution U.S. Const. amend. XIV Brown v. New Jersey , ussc 175 172 1899 , is a United States Supreme Court case which held that the use of a struck jury did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Fourteenth Amendment . Background On October 5, 1898, James Brown was found guilty of murder in the court of oyer and terminer in Hudson County , New Jersey . He appealed to the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals , which affirmed the verdict. The case was remanded to the trial court, and Brown was sentenced to death by hanging . Brown was tried and sentenced under a state statute which provided for a struck jury and limited the defendant to five peremptory challenge s. If tried by an ordinary jury, the state allowed for twenty peremptory challenges. The decision to use a struck jury was under the discretion of the court. Brown petitioned the Supreme Court to strike down the law as violative of the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Supreme Court s decision Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Justice David J. Brewer delivered the op ... more details
Thomas Whitmore 12 February 1599 May 1677 was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England House of Commons from 1659. Whitmore was the eldest son of John Whitmore of Ludstone and his wife Frances Billingsley, daughter of William Billingsley of Astley, Shropshire. He was educucated at. New Inn Hall and at Wadham College, Oxford in 1617. He entered Middle Temple in 1620 and was called to the bar in 1626. He was sympathetic to the Royalist cause in the Civil War and in 1646 he was assessed at 300, later reduced to 60, by the committee for the advance of money. In 1648 he became a Bencher of Middle Temple. He was made freeman of Bridgnorth in 1655 and was recorder legal office recorder of the town from 1655 to 1676. He was a Justice of the Peace J.P. for Shropshire from 1656 until his death and was made freeman of Wenlock in 1658. ref name HOP http www.historyofparliamentonline.org volume 1660 1690 member whitmore thomas 1599 1677 History of Parliament Online Thomas Whitmore ref In 1659, Whitmore was elected Member of Parliament for Wenlock UK Parliament constituency Wenlock in the Third Protectorate Parliament . He was re elected MP for Wenlock in April 1660 for the Convention Parliament 1660 Convention Parliament . On the Restoration, he was one of those proposed as Knight of the Royal Oak , with an annual income estimated at 600. He was recorder of Wenlock by April 1660, commissioner for oyer and terminer for the Oxford circuit in July 1660 and commissioner for assessment for Shropshire from August 1660 until his death. In 1662 he was commissioner for oyer and terminer for the Shropshire circuit and commissioner for corporations until 1663. He was commissioner for recusants in 1675. ref name HOP Whitmore died at the age 78 and was buried at Claverley on 30 May 1677. ref name HOP Whitmore married Anne Corbet, daughter of Thomas Corbet of Longnor, Shropshire. ref name HOP References Reflist start box s par en succession box title Member ... more details
Francis Swanton c 1605 1661 was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England House of Commons from 1660 to 1661. Swanton was the son of William Swanton of Wincanton, Somerset and his wife Elizabeth Aubrey, daughter of Thomas Aubrey of Chaddenwicke, Wiltshire. He was a student of Middle Temple in 1630 and was called to the bar in 1638. He was Clerk of assize for the Western circuit from 1637 to 1656, Justice of the Peace J.P. for Wiltshire from about 1641 until his death and J.P. for Somerset from 1648 to 1657. His small estate was sequestrated because he had acted as clerk of assize under the Royalists during the Civil War but he managed to convincedthe sequestrators that he had acted under force majeure and was not only excused the fine but also allowed to continue in post. He was commissioner for assessment for Wiltshire from December 1649 to 1652 and was J.P. for Cornwall, Devon and Hampshire in 1651. In 1655 he was commissioner for oyer and terminer for the Western circuit. He was commissioner for assessment for Wiltshire in 1657, and commissioner for assessment for Wiltshire and Salisbury from January 1660 until his death. ref name HOP http www.historyofparliamentonline.org volume 1660 1690 member swanton francis 1605 61 History of Parliament Online Francis Swanton ref In 1660, Swanton was elected Member of Parliament for Wilton UK Parliament constituency Wilton in the Convention Parliament 1660 Convention Parliament . He was commissioner for oyer and terminer, Western circuit in July 1660. In 1661 he was elected MP for Salisbury UK Parliament constituency Salisbury in the Cavalier Parliament . ref name HOP Swanton died at the age of about 56 in 1661 for on 20 November 1661 his post as Clerk of Assize was vacant. ref name HOP Swanton married firstly Prudence Povey, daughter of Laurence Povey of North Mimms, Hertfordshire and had at least three sons and two daughters. He married secondly by licence dated 3 July 1661 Philippa Philli ... more details
About the Anglo Norman word still used as a tradition in law the website Oyez.org Refimprove date May 2010 Wiktionary oyez Oyez IPAc en o j e is a traditional interjection said three times in succession to introduce the opening of a court of law in the United States. Until the 18th century, speaking English language English in an English court of law was not required and one could instead use Law French , a form of French language French that evolved after the Norman Conquest , when Anglo Norman language Anglo Norman became the language of the upper classes in England . Oyez descends from the Anglo Norman oyez , the plural Imperative mood imperative form of oyer , from French language French ou r , to hear thus oyez means hear ye and was used as a call for silence and attention. It would have been common in Britain in the Middle Ages medieval England . The term is still in use by the Supreme Court of the United States . At the beginning of each session, the marshal of the Court Court Crier announces Oyez Oyez Oyez All persons having business before the Honorable, the Supreme Court of the United States, are admonished to draw near and give their attention, for the Court is now sitting. God save the United States and this Honorable Court ref http www.pbs.org newshour bb law supreme court history terms.html Court Terms & Traditions, PBS ref The phrase is also in use in other federal courts, such as the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, as well as the courts of Virginia , North Carolina , and Maryland . The interjection is also traditionally used by town crier s to attract the attention of the public to public proclamations. See also Law French French language Norman language French phrases used by English speakers Jersey Legal French Franglais References references External links http www.oyez.org media oyezoyezoyez Recording of the Marshal of the Court calling out, Oyez Oyez Oyez http www.npr.org templates story story.php?storyId 9724365 Soun ... more details
Infobox Newspaper name The Mennonite Quarterly Review image Image MQR.jpg 160px type Quarterly Magazine format Magazine foundation January, 1927 owners Goshen College , the Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary and the Mennonite Historical Society headquarters Goshen, IN price 9 per issue editor John D. Roth ISSN 0025 9373 website http www.goshen.edu mqr http www.goshen.edu mqr The Mennonite Quarterly Review MQR is an interdisciplinary review journal devoted to Anabaptist and Mennonite history, theology, and contemporary issues. Published continuously since its conception in 1927 by Harold S. Bender and the Mennonite Historical Society , the journal is now a cooperative publication along with Goshen College and the Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary . As the first North American Journal for and about Mennonites, its older issues contain a wealth of historical materials about their life and theology. It includes articles on the Radical Reformation , Amish , Mennonites and Hutterites , as well as reviews of recent publications and research notes. As of January 2004, the journal had a total circulation of over 1000 copies, with 870 paid subscriptions. The total circulation in 1956 was approximately 600. ref cite web url http www.gameo.org encyclopedia contents M4671.html title Mennonite Quarterly Review author Bender, Harold S. publisher Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online year 1956 accessdate 2010 10 11 ref Notable contributors John Howard Yoder Theron Schlabach Editors Harold S. Bender , 1927 1962 Guy Hershberger Guy F. Hershberger 1962 1966 John S. Oyer 1966 1992 John D. Roth 1994 References nowiki See http en.wikipedia.org wiki Wikipedia Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the ref and ref tags, and the template below. nowiki reflist Category Religious studies journals Category Mennonitism in the United States Category Goshen College ... more details
Bartholomew Gedney c. 1640 February 28 1698 99 was a merchant, physician, military officcer, and native of Salem, Massachusetts . He is best known as one of the magistrate s in the Salem witchcraft trials . Life Bartholomew Gedney was born, probably in Salem, Massachusetts Salem in the Massachusetts Bay Colony . His father, John Gedney, was one of Salem s founders and leading citizens, and Bartholomew followed in his father s footsetps. He served as a selectman of the town, and was involved in the local militia, rising to the rank of colonel. He was offered command of an expedition against Port Royal, Nova Scotia Port Royal , Acadia in 1690, but refused. Gedney was present at several of the examinations and later served as a member of the Court of Oyer and Terminer . He was present at the examination of his friend John Alden on May 31, 1692, in Salem Village. When Gedney saw how Alden tormented the girls, he told Alden that he had always look d upon him to be an honest Man, but now he did see cause to alter his judgment. ref http www.salemwitchmuseum.com tour site16.html Salem Witch Museum ref The Gedney House which still stands in Salem was constructed by his brother Eleazar. References http books.google.com books?id 15Q6AQAAIAAJ&dq bartholomew 20gedney 20salem&pg PR16 v onepage&q gedney&f false History of Essex County Reflist Salem Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gedney, Bartholomew ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Colonial military officer, magistrate of the Salem witch trials DATE OF BIRTH 1640 PLACE OF BIRTH Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1698 99 PLACE OF DEATH Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay DEFAULTSORT Gedney, Bartholomew Category People of the Salem witch trials Category 1640 births Category 1698 deaths Salem stub ... more details
Notability date October 2010 Unref date October 2010 George Herrick 1658 unknown was the Marshal for the Court of Oyer and Terminer during the Salem Witch Trials . There is no firm evidence that George Herrick was connected with constable Joseph Herrick although George and Henry were referred to as kinsmen by Sidney Perley in the History of Salem. Apparently, their personalities were quite different. Whereas Joseph ended as a skeptic and in opposition to the trials, Marshal Herrick was one of the most vigorous of the prosecutors. Whereas Joseph was born and raised in Salem, George Herrick had not been in New England for many years as of 1692. He then lived for many years. He now has a Facebook. The last status update was They don t pay me enough to do this... He described himself as bred a gentleman, and not much used to work. He was described by those who knew him as a very tall, handsome man, very regular and devout in his attendance at church, religious without bigotry, and having every man s good word. In several of the witch cases, George Herrick is listed as a plaintiff. Marshall Herrick presented the court with his own petition on December 8 , 1692 begging the magistrates to pay him overtime wages for the hard work he had done during the trials. salem Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Herrick, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1658 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1695 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Herrick, George Category 1658 births Category 1695 deaths Category People of the Salem witch trials Salem stub ... more details
William Thirning King s Serjeant KS died 1413 was a British justice. He served as a commissioner of the peace in 1377 in Northamptonshire and as a commissioner of Oyer and terminer in Bedfordshire in the same year, as well as a Justice of Assize for Yorkshire , Northumberland , Cumberland and Westmorland in June 1880 before becoming a Serjeant at law in 1383. He was made a King s Serjeant in 1388, and a justice of the Court of Common Pleas England Court of Common Pleas on 11 April of the same year, becoming Chief Justice of the Common Pleas Chief Justice on 15 January 1396. Thirning took a leading role in the deposition of Richard II of England Richard II 1399, obtaining his renunciation of the throne on 29 September and announcing it in Parliament the following day, before personally announcing the sentence to Richard on 1 October. He continued to be Chief Justice throughout the reign of Henry IV of England Henry IV and was reappointed by Henry V of England Henry V when he took the throne in 1413 he died soon after, as his successor was appointed on 26 June. ref cite web url http www.oxforddnb.com view article 27187?docPos 34 title Oxford DNB article Thirning, William last Kingsford first C.L coauthors Keith Dockray date 2004 publisher Oxford University Press accessdate 2008 10 01 DNBfirst wstitle Thirning, William ref References reflist start box s legal succession box title Chief Justice of the Common Pleas before Robert Charleton justice Sir Robert Charleton after Richard Norton justice Richard Norton years 1396&ndash 1413 end box Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thirning, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1413 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Thirning, William Category 1413 deaths Category English barristers Category Chief Justices of the Common Pleas Category Serjeants at law Category English judges Category Justices of the Common Pleas ... more details
Sir Richard Newton King s Serjeant KS died 13 December 1448 was a British justice. He was educated as a lawyer at Middle Temple , and created a Serjeant at law in 1425, followed by a promotion to King s Serjeant in 1430. By December of the same year he had also become Recorder legal office Recorder of Bristol , where he had close ties he also had links with Wales , where by September 1426 he had been appointed as an Eyre legal term Itinerant justice to Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester at his court in Pembrokeshire . In 1438 he led a commission of Oyer and terminer in Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire , and in November of that year he was appointed a justice of the Court of Common Pleas England Court of Common Pleas . Less than a year later on 17 September 1439 he was made Chief Justice of the Common Pleas , being granted 93 6s. 8d. as well as the usual fee. By July 1440 he had been knighted, and in 1441 he acted as an arbitrator to decide the dispute over the inheritance of Thomas Berkeley. He died on 13 December 1448 and was buried in St Mary s, Yatton , leaving money to finance a bell for the church. ref cite web url http www.oxforddnb.com view article 20063?&docPos 37&backToResults list yes group yes feature yes aor 3 orderfield alpha title Oxford DNB article Newton, Sir Richard accessdate 2008 10 02 ref References reflist s start s legal succession box title Chief Justice of the Common Pleas before John Cottesmore after John Prysot years 1439&ndash 1448 s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Newton, Richard ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 13 December 1448 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Newton, Richard Category Chief Justices of the Common Pleas Category Knights Bachelor Category Justices of the Common Pleas Category Members of the Middle Temple Category Year of birth missing Category 1448 deaths ... more details
Ebenezer Foster &ndash before 1792 was a judge in New Jersey and political figure in New Brunswick . He represented King s in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1785 until his death in office. ref cite book url http ia700306.us.archive.org 5 items judgesofnewbruns00lawruoft judgesofnewbruns00lawruoft.pdf title The judges of New Brunswick and their times last Lawrence first John W. page 7 year 1907 ref In New Jersey , he had served as a justice of the peace , a judge for the Court of oyer and terminer and a judge in the Court of Common Pleas New Jersey Court of Common Pleas for Middlesex County, New Jersey Middlesex County and as a school trustee for Woodbridge Township, New Jersey Woodbridge Township . Sometime around 1776, Foster was arrested as a British sympathizer he was freed by the British in December of that year. He left Staten Island for Nova Scotia in 1783 and later settled in Kingston Parish, New Brunswick Kingston Parish , Kings County, New Brunswick . ref cite book url http www.archive.org stream newjerseybiogra00nels newjerseybiogra00nels djvu.txt title New Jersey biographical and genealogical notes from the volumes of the New Jersey archives pages 113 3 ISBN 0806305622 year 1916 last Nelson first William ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Foster, Ebenezer ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Foster, Ebenezer Category Year of birth missing Category Year of death missing Category Members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Category British colonial judges NewBrunswick politician stub ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2012 Wait Winthrop 27 February 1641 2 7 November 1717 was a colonial magistrate, military officer, and politician of New England . Named Waitstill at birth, he preferred the shortened name Wait . He was chief judge of the Massachusetts superior court the highest court in the Province of Massachusetts Bay , and was a long time councilor and contender for the governorship of Massachusetts. He was the son of John Winthrop the Younger and the grandson of John Winthrop , a leading founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony . During King Philip s War in the 1670s and King William s War in the 1690s he led the Massachusetts provincial militia. Politically populist, he worked against royal governors, especially Joseph Dudley , and sought the restoration of the first Massachusetts charter. In 1692 he was appointed by Governor William Phips as one of the magistrates of the Court of Oyer and Terminer that heard the Salem witch trials . References Roberts. http books.google.com books?id CWUUAAAAYAAJ&dq 22Waitstill 20Winthrop 22&pg PA296 v onepage&q 22Waitstill 20Winthrop 22&f false History of the Military Company of Massachusetts Dunn, Richard. Puritans and Yankees The Winthrop Dynasty of New England . Princeton University Press. 1962. Salem Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Winthrop, Wait ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Massachusetts colonial magistrate and militia leader magistrate of the Salem witch trials DATE OF BIRTH 1642 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1717 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Winthrop, Wait Category 1642 births Category 1717 deaths Category Massachusetts Superior Court justices Category Puritans Category British military personnel of the Nine Years War Category King Philip s War Category King William s War Category People of the Salem witch trials Massachusetts politician stub ... more details
George Freville d. 1579 , was an English judge. Biography Freville was of a family settled at Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire , from the reign of Edward II of England Edward II , was the second son of Robert Freville and Rose Peyton. He was educated at Cambridge University Cambridge , ref Venn id FRVL547G name Freville, George ref and studied common law at Barnard s Inn , and afterwards became a member of the Middle Temple , where he was reader in 1558, performing his duties by Edmund Plowden , his deputy, and again in Lent 1559. On the death of his elder brother John without issue in 1552, he succeeded to the family estates. On St. Matthias day 1552 he was elected recorder of Cambridge, and admitted to office 25 March 1553. He was in the special commission of oyer and terminer issued for Cambridgeshire 8 August 1553, when indictments for high treason were found against the John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland Duke of Northumberland and other adherents of Lady Jane Grey . By patent, 31 January 1559, though not yet a serjeant, he was created third baron of the exchequer . He obtained the royal permission to retain his office of recorder of Cambridge, but the town refused to submit to this. On 28 April 1564 he became second baron, and in May 1579 he died, and was succeeded by Robert Shute 1 June. References reflist DNB wstitle Freville, George Use dmy dates date June 2011 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Freville, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1579 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Freville, George Category Year of birth missing Category 1579 deaths Category People from Cambridgeshire Category People of the Tudor period Category 16th century English people Category Alumni of the University of Cambridge Category Members of the Middle Temple England law bio stub ... more details
Respublica v. De Longchamps is the title of a case heard by the Pennsylvania Court of Oyer and Terminer , at Philadelphia, in 1784. The decision is found at Case citation 1 U.S. 111 1784 . Colonial Court Decisions in the United States Reports None of the decisions appearing in the first volume and few of the second volume of the United States Reports are actually decisions of the United States Supreme Court . Instead, they are decisions from various Pennsylvania courts, dating from the colonial period and the first decade after Independence. The case Charles Julian De Longchamps the Chavelier De Longchamps was accused of verbally assaulting the Consul General of France to the United States, Francis Barbe Marbois, on May 17, 1784, in the house of the French Minister. Two days later, De Longchamps allegedly violently did strike the consul on a public street. De Longchamps was convicted by a jury of threatening bodily harm to De Marbois, and was further convicted of the actual assault. The Court of Oyer and Terminer was then asked to consider whether De Longchamps should be extradited to France, or whether he should be imprisoned in Pennsylvania until the French sovereign was satisfied. M Kean, Chief Justice, held that the laws of nations formed a part of the law of Pennsylvania. He further held that the insult of the physical assault surpassed the actual damage. Still, it was an assault. The Court, led by Chief Justice M Kean, held that De Longchamps could be neither legally deported nor imprisoned. However, the Court noted that De Longchamps had violated the Law of Nations , since The person of a public minister is sacred and inviolable. Whoever offers any violence to him, not only affronts the Sovereign he represents, but also hurts the common safety and well being of nations he is guilty of a crime against the whole world. The Court further stated, You then have been guilty of an attrocious sic violation of the law of nations you have grossly insulted gentlemen... in a most ... more details
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