Cleanup FJC Bio William Healy September 10, 1881 &ndash March 15, 1962 was a United States federal judge . Born in Windham, Iowa , Healy received an Bachelor of Arts A.B. from the University of Iowa in 1906 and graduated from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1908. He was in private practice in Silver City, Idaho from 1909 to 1913. He was a member of the Idaho Legislature in 1913. He was in private practice in Boise, Idaho from 1914 to 1934. He was a Prosecuting attorney of Owyhee County, Idaho from 1911 to 1912. He was a General counsel, U.S. Farm Credit Administration, Spokane, Washington from 1934 to 1937. Healy was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit . Healy was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 8, 1937, to a new seat created by 50 Stat. 64. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 15, 1937, and received his commission on June 21, 1937. He assumed senior status on November 30, 1958. Healy served in that capacity until March 15, 1962, due to his death. Sources FJC Bio 1014 Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata Persondata NAME Healy, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION United States federal judge DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1881 PLACE OF BIRTH Windham, Iowa DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1962 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Healy, William Category 1881 births Category 1962 deaths Category University of Iowa alumni Category Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Category United States court of appeals judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt Category University of Iowa College of Law alumni Category Idaho lawyers Category Members of the Idaho Legislature ... more details
William Stephens January 17, 1752 &ndash August 6, 1819 was a United States federal judge . Born in Bewlie, Georgia , Stephens was a Second Lieutenant in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War , later becoming a Colonel of the Chatham County, Georgia Chatham County Militia, Georgia U.S. state Georgia . He was a Clerk of the Common House of Assembly, Georgia from 1775, and from some point thereafter was Attorney General of Georgia until 1776. He served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia U.S. state Supreme Court of Georgia beginning in 1780, and was President of the Savannah, Georgia City of Savannah , Georgia beginning in 1787, then as Mayor of City of Savannah, Georgia from 1793 to 1795. He was also a Judge on the Georgia Superior Court . On October 22, 1801, Stephens received a recess appointment from President Thomas Jefferson to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Georgia vacated by Joseph Clay . Formally nominated on January 6, 1802, Stephens was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 26, 1802, and received his commission the same day. He resigned on October 13, 1818, and died in Savannah. Sources FJC Bio 2286 Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata Persondata NAME Stephens, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION United States federal judge DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1752 PLACE OF BIRTH Bewlie, Georgia DATE OF DEATH August 6, 1819 PLACE OF DEATH Savannah, Georgia DEFAULTSORT Stephens, William Category 1752 births Category 1819 deaths Category Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Georgia U.S. state Category Georgia U.S. state state court judges Category Mayors of Savannah, Georgia Category Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Georgia Category United States federal judges appointed by Thomas Jefferson Category Continental Army officers ... more details
William Coleman 1704 1769 was a lawyer, municipal official, and judge in colonial Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . He was born in Philadelphia, where he was educated and studied law. His parents were Religious Society of Friends Quakers his mother, Rebecca, had arrived in the new colony of Pennsylvania as a child in 1683, and his father, also William Coleman, was a carpenter. After he was admitted to the bar, Coleman held a variety of municipal offices, beginning as Town Clerk and Clerk of the City Court. He became a Judge of various local courts including the Orphan s Court, Court of Common Pleas, and Quarter Sessions. In 1758 he was appointed an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania . He was also a merchant, in partnership with Thomas Hopkinson . He was also active in Philadelphia s emerging cultural institutions. By 1727 Coleman was a friend of Benjamin Franklin and member of Franklin s Junto club Junto . He was a founder and first treasurer of the American Philosophical Society , one of the first directors of the Philadelphia Contributionship , and an early supporter of Pennsylvania Hospital . Coleman was also a founder of the College of Philadelphia now the University of Pennsylvania , serving as the original clerk of the Board of Trustees, 1749 1755, and as its first treasurer, 1749 1764. William Coleman married Hannah Fitzwater in 1738 the couple was childless, but Coleman adopted his nephew, George Clymer . He died in Philadelphia in 1769. External links http www.archives.upenn.edu histy features 1700s people coleman wm.html Biography at the University of Pennsylvania Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Coleman, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1704 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1769 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Coleman, William Category 1704 births Category 1769 deaths Category Pennsylvania lawyers Category University of Pennsylvania people ... more details
William Herbert Dieterich December 18, 1897 &ndash July 23, 1964 was an attorney and jurist from Wisconsin . He was Justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court from 1959 until 1964. ref name WHS http www.wisconsinhistory.org dictionary index.asp?action view&term id 2840&search term dietrich William Dietrich, Wisconsin Historical Society ref Early life He was born at his father s farm in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin . ref name WICourts He enlisted in the Wisconsin National Guard in 1917 during World War I . He helped found the American Legion . ref name WICourts After the war was over, he went to college at the University of Wisconsin Madison and the University of Montana Missoula University of Montana and later to law school at Marquette University . ref name WHS He passed his bar exam in 1923 to become a lawyer. Career He served as a trial attorney in Milwaukee County Milwaukee and Washington County, Wisconsin Washington Counties for 36 years. ref name WHS He lost several elections for Wisconsin s Attorney General and Wisconsin Supreme Court. ref name WICourts Dieterich was first elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 1958, when he defeated Emmert L. Wingert in 1958 to become a Justice. ref name WICourts In 1961, he convinced the Wisconsin Legislature to employ law clerk s for the Supreme Court. ref name WICourts http www.wicourts.gov about judges supreme retired dieterich.htm Wisconsin Court System ref Personal life He had a son William H. Dieterich III with his wife Kathryn Block. ref name WICourts Dieterich died on July 23, 1964. Notes reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Dieterich, William H. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American judge DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1897 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH July 23, 1964 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Dieterich, William H. Category 1897 births Category 1964 deaths Category Wisconsin Supreme Court justices Category People from Milwaukee County, Wisconsin US judge stub Wisconsin stub ... more details
File William Jones judge .jpg thumb Sir William Jones in a 1675 engraving by William Sherwin engraver William Sherwin . Sir William Jones 1566 1640 was a Welsh judge, and a Member of Parliament MP for the Welsh Borough of Beaumaris UK Parliament constituency Beaumaris . ref http books.google.com books?id 5V09AAAAYAAJ&printsec frontcover&dq 22Browne Willis 22&source bl&ots NlR4ZTzW3S&sig Pm35du8puwXQ6zQe811JbwnjHIc&hl en&ei 01hsTJKDKpGj4QaR55XZAg&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 6&ved 0CCYQ6AEwBQ v onepage&q&f false Browne WIllis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 ref Life From a family settled in North Wales, he was eldest son of William Jones of Castellmarch , Carnarvonshire , by Margaret, daughter of Humphry Wynn ap Meredith of Hyssoilfarch . Educated at first at Beaumaris free school, he went at the age of fourteen to St Edmund s Hall, Oxford , where he did not graduate. He entered Furnival s Inn five years later, was admitted a member of Lincoln s Inn on 5 ... years 1604 after William Maurice s legal succession box title Lord Chief Justice of Ireland before John Denham judge John Denham after Sir George Shurley, or Shirley years 1617&ndash 1620 end box References Dictionary of National Biography , Jones, Sir William 1566 1640 , judge, by J. A. Hamilton. Published ... title Jones, Sir William first Christopher W. last Brooks ref In 1620 ref Though Haydn s Book of Dignities ... 1620 to Michaelmas 1621. On 25 September 1621 he was appointed a judge of the Court of Common Pleas ... to recognise him as a judge, or entitled to any precedence on the commission, and that he was placed ... Jones MP for Beaumaris Charles reader at Lincoln s Inn, and William were also MPs. start box s par ..., William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1566 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1640 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Jones, William Category 1566 births Category 1640 deaths Category English ... more details
Infobox military person name Hon. William Lithgow image File Col William Lithgow.jpg center thumb caption birth date 1715 death date Death date 1798 12 20 placeofburial label placeofburial birth place Derry , Kingdom of Ireland Ireland death place Georgetown, Maine Georgetown of the Province of Massachusetts Bay Present day Maine placeofburial coordinates nickname allegiance File British Red Ensign 1707.svg 22px border link British America British America branch flagicon Massachusetts Massachusetts National Guard Massachusetts Bay Colonial Militia serviceyears 1734 &ndash 1746, Captain land Captain br 1751 &ndash 1758, Colonel br 1758 &ndash 1760, Justice of the Peace br 1760 &ndash 1798, Judge in court of Common Pleas rank unit commands Richmond, Nova Scotia Fort Richmond br Fort Halifax battles awards relations Arthur Noble Sarah Noble Lithgow , wife laterwork Hon. William Lithgow c. 1715 December 20, 1798 was a judge for the United States district court Court of Common Pleas of Lincoln County, Maine Lincoln County , when Province of Maine Maine was under the jurisdiction of the Province ... Colonial Militia for twenty years before and during the French and Indian War . Biography William ... Temple charterer Robert Temple . William was just three years old when he and his family came to the Americas ... River near Merrymeeting Bay , where William s father, Robert, prospected land in Topsham, Maine ... his father, William joined the Massachusetts Bay Colonial Militia when he was about 19. He was attached ... by William Shirley Gov. William Shirley to command the garrison at Fort Halifax , ref Mellon ... years, Lithgow became a justice of the peace and then appointed as a judge for the court of Common ... also Massachusetts National Guard Seven Years War Sources Descendants of John Bridge, by William ... Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lithgow, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... Maine DEFAULTSORT Lithgow, William Category People from County Londonderry Category 1715 births Category ... more details
William Crawford 1784 February 28, 1849 was a United States federal judge . Born in Louisa County, Virginia , Crawford attended Hampden Sidney College and read law to enter the Bar. He was in private practice for a time, and also served as a land commissioner in Florida and Louisiana . He was a Lieutenant in the State Militia in Richmond, Virginia from 1812 to 1814. At one point thereafter, he had a private practice in St. Stephens, Alabama , and was the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Alabama . He became a United States Attorney , first for the Territory of Mississippi beginning in 1814, then for the District of Alabama from 1817 to 1824, and, once Alabama had been divided into judicial districts, for the Southern District of Alabama until 1826. From 1825 to 1826, he was also a member of the Alabama State Senate . On May 5, 1826, President John Quincy Adams nominated Crawford to the seats on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama , both vacated by Charles Tait . Crawford was confirmed by the United States Senate , and received his commission, on May 22, 1826. On February 6, 1839, when the judicial districts of Alabama were redrawn by the addition of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama , Crawford was assigned to that court as well by operation of law . Crawford continued his federal judicial service until his death ..., William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American judge DATE OF BIRTH 1784 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1849 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Crawford, William Category 1784 births Category ... Court for the Northern District of Alabama Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District ... Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama before Charles Tait after ... States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle ... more details
William Howard Steele born 1951 is an United States American Attorney at law attorney and judge . He serves as a judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama . Background Steele was born in 1951 in Tuscumbia, Alabama . After graduating Latin honors summa cum laude from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1972, Steele served in the United States Marine Corps U.S. Marine Corps as an officer, pilot, and instructor pilot. During his service in the Marine Corps, Steele participated in the operation to evacuate American citizens from Lebanon in 1976. He later served in the Alabama National Guard as a pilot and as commanding officer of an assault helicopter company. After his service in the Marine Corps, Steele attended the University of Alabama School of Law . After law school, he was employed for six years as assistant and chief District attorney assistant district attorney in Mobile, Alabama . In that capacity, he litigated over 100 jury trial s, and co founded the Child Advocacy Center, an agency devoted to identifying and providing assistance to child victims of physical and sexual violence. In 1987, he was hired as an United States Attorney Assistant United States Attorney by U.S. Attorney and future United States Senate U.S. Senator , Jeff Sessions. ref http sessions.senate.gov pressapp record.cfm?id 191503 ref He held that position for two years before engaging in the private practice of law . In 1990, he was appointed as a United States magistrate judge for the Southern District of Alabama, and served in that capacity for 13 years. In 2003, after being nominated by President Bush, and confirmed by the Senate, Steele was appointed to the position of U.S. district judge. References Reflist SALDistrictChiefJudges Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Steele, William H. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American judge DATE OF BIRTH 1951 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Steele, William H. Category ... more details
Image SirWilliamLee.jpg thumb right 200px Sir William Lee. Sir William Lee 2 August 1688 8 April 1754 was a United Kingdom British jurist and politician. He was an MP from 1727 until 1730 when he became a Justice of the King s Bench . Lee was Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 1737 06 08 until his sudden death in 1754. He was appointed as Chancellor of the Exchequer as a temporary expedient on 1754 03 08, with his brother Sir George Lee UK George Lee as Under Treasurer of the Exchequer , until April 6. John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell Lord Campbell noted that Lee certainly stood up for the rights of woman more strenuously than any English judge before or since his time . References J. C. D. Clark , The Dynamics of Change The Crisis of the 1750s and English Party Systems Cambridge University Press, 2002 . Lord Campbell, The Lives of the Chief Justices of England Volume III Cockcroft and Co, 1878 . start box s legal succession box title Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Lord Chief Justice of the King s Bench before Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke The Lord Hardwicke after Dudley Ryder judge Sir Dudley Ryder years 1737&ndash 1754 s off succession box title Chancellor of the Exchequer before Henry Pelham after Henry Bilson Legge years 1754 end box Chancellor of the Exchequer Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lee, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 2 August 1688 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 8 April 1754 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lee, William Category Lords Chief Justice of England and Wales Category Chancellors of the Exchequer of Great Britain Category 1688 births Category 1754 deaths Category Justices of the King s Bench ... more details
Use dmy dates date January 2012 Use Australian English date January 2012 other persons William Owen Infobox Judge name Sir William Owen image caption order office List of Justices of the High Court of Australia Puisne Justice of the High Court of Australia term start 22 September 1961 term end 31 March 1972 nominator Robert Menzies predecessor Wilfred Fullagar Sir Wilfred Fullagar successor Anthony Mason judge Sir Anthony Mason birth date 21 November 1899 birth place Sydney , New South Wales , Australia death date 31 March 1972 death place Sir William Francis Langer Owen , Order of the British Empire KBE , Judicial Committee of the Privy Council PC , Kings Counsel KC 21 November 1899 &ndash 31 March 1972 , Australia n judge, was a Justice of the High Court of Australia . Owen was born in 1899 in Sydney , New South Wales . He was educated at Sydney Grammar School , where he was in the school s Australian Army Cadets cadet unit . During World War I , from 1915 to 1919, Owen served in the First Australian Imperial Force . Owen enlisted on 31 December 1915, and was assigned as a sapper in the 9th Field Company Engineers, part of the Australian 3rd Division World War I Australian 3rd Division . Owen was wounded in action on 20 September 1917, during the Battle of Menin Road, part of the Battle of Passchendaele . Owen returned to service on 7 October 1917. He was wounded a second time at the First Battle of the Somme 1918 Battle of the Somme on 23 May 1918, and was evacuated to a military ... . In 1936 Owen served as an Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales , and in 1937 was made a full judge. In the late 1940s, Owen s associate was Laurence Street , a future Chief Justice ... record cite web title Owen, William Francis Langer Service record work National Archives of Australia ... of the High Court of Australia Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Owen, William ALTERNATIVE ... , Australia DATE OF DEATH 31 March 1972 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Owen, William Category 1899 ... more details
William Ray Overton September 19, 1939 &ndash July 14, 1987 was a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas . Overton was born in Malvern, Arkansas . He received a Bachelor of Science B.S. Bachelor of Arts B.A. from the University of Arkansas in 1961, and an LL.B. from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1964. He was in private practice of law in Little Rock, Arkansas from 1964 to 1979. Overton was nominated to the district court by President Jimmy Carter on March 7, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 10, 1979, and received his commission on May 11, 1979. Overton continued to serve on that court until his death in 1987. He is known for his ruling on Act 590 The Arkansas Balanced Treatment Act in McLean v. Arkansas , which was a law seeking to require the teaching of Creation Science in classrooms. This statute was advocated by its supporters as providing equal treatment of creation science as the Theory of Evolution in the science classrooms. When Judge Overton struck down the Act in 1982, he used the criteria that a scientific theory must be tentative and always subject to revision or abandonment in light of the facts that are inconsistent with, or falsify, the theory. A theory that is by its own terms dogmatic, absolutist and never subject to revision is not a scientific theory. In summary, he held that a scientific theory to be taught in schools must have the following properties It is guided by natural law It has to be explained by reference to natural law It is testable against the empirical world Its conclusions are tentative, i.e., are not necessarily the final word It is Falsifiability ... Overton, William Ray ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION United States federal judge DATE OF BIRTH ... New York editor Gilkey, L. chapter Memorandum opinion of United States District judgeWilliam R. Overton in McLean v. Arkansas , 5 January 1982 DEFAULTSORT Overton, William Ray Category 1939 births ... more details
Infobox Officeholder name Sir William Martin order 1st Chief Justice of New Zealand term start 5 February 1841 term end 12 June 1857 predecessor Office established successor George Arney appointer William Hobson birth date 1807 birth place Birmingham , GBR death date 18 November 1880 death place Torquay , GBR spouse Mary Ann, Lady Martin nee Parker religion Sir William Martin 1807 18 November 1880 was the first Chief Justice of New Zealand , from 1841 to 1857, when he resigned. Biography Martin was born in Birmingham . He was baptised on 22 May 1807 and it is assumed that 1807 is his birth year. ref name DNZB Martin DNZB Barton G. P. 1m21 Martin, William Biography 24 April 2012 ref He was educated at King Edward s School, Birmingham and St John s College, Cambridge . ref Venn id MRTN824W name Martin, William ref He was appointed by the Colonial Office in January 1841 warrant under Royal sign manual 5 February 1841 sworn 10 January 1842 , and arrived in New Zealand in August 1841. He worked in New Zealand with Henry Samuel Chapman , who in 1843 was appointed Judge for New Munster Province New Munster , the southern Provinces of New Zealand province of New Zealand including Wellington and the South Island, and was resident judge at Wellington for eight years to 1852. They produced the 1852 Report on Supreme Court Procedure for New Zealand . Martin and the Attorney General New Zealand Attorney General William Swainson lawyer William Swainson were responsible for setting up the New Zealand judicial system. Martin, a friend of George Selwyn Bishop of Lichfield George Augustus Selwyn was sympathetic to the missionary and evangelical aspirations of the Anglican Church in the South Pacific, and to the M ori. He wrote protests against the Crown s disregard of its moral obligations ... Persondata Persondata NAME Martin, Sir William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION First Chief Justice ... PLACE OF DEATH Torquay , GBR DEFAULTSORT Martin, William Category 1807 births Category 1880 deaths ... more details
Bacon judge Sir James Bacon s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME James, William ...distinguish2 William Milbourne James 1881 1973 , Naval commander and author Infobox person name William Milbourne James image William M James the judge.jpg image size 240px caption from a painting by John Hollins artist John Hollins concerning the record balloon flight ref name npg birth name birth date 1807 birth place Merthyr Tydfil , Wales death date 7 June 1881 death place London , England death cause resting place resting place coordinates residence nationality Wales Welsh other names known for Vice Chancellor education University of Glasgow Glasgow University employer occupation Judge title term predecessor successor party boards religion spouse children parents relatives signature website footnotes Sir William Milbourne James 1807 7 June 1881 was a United Kingdom British judge and Privy Council lor. Life history James was born in Merthyr Tydfil , Wales in 1807 to Christopher James a prosperous provision merchant. ref name Lloyd428 Lloyd 1958 , pg 428. ref His cousin was Charles James MP Charles Herbert James , who later became Member of Parliament for Merthyr Tydfil UK Parliament constituency Merthyr Tydfil . ref name Lloyd420 Lloyd 1958 , pg 420. ref He was educated privately at the school run by John James of Gellionnen before entering University of Glasgow Glasgow University . He was called to the Bar from Lincoln s Inn in 1831. ref name Lloyd428 Image WMJames.jpg thumb left Lord Justice James, photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron James first practised his legal work ... Board of Works . In 1846 James married Maria Otter, daughter of William Otter , Bishop of Chichester ... to sit on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council . ref http www.amazon.co.uk William Milbourne ... William Lewis location Cardiff isbn s start s legal succession box before George Markham Giffard Sir ... OF DEATH 7 June 1881 PLACE OF DEATH London , England DEFAULTSORT James, William Category Welsh judges ... more details
Lyman H. Butterfield, JudgeWilliam Cooper 1754 1809 A Sketch of his Character and Accomplishment ...William Cooper December 2, 1754 December 22, 1809 was the founder of Cooperstown, New York and father of writer James Fenimore Cooper , who apparently used his father as the pattern for the Judge Marmaduke Temple character in his book The Pioneers novel The Pioneers . Image William Cooper by Gilbert Stuart.jpg thumb 250px right William Cooper painted by Gilbert Stuart Life William Cooper was born in a log house in Smithfield now Somerton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania just outside Philadelphia , the son ... how his daughter was to be supported at William s young age, William answered that he was poor and she ... Montgomery County , Cooper became county judge and later served two terms in Congress, elected as a Federalist ... spacious and stately private residence in central New York. Cooper family tradition has it that Judge ... can not be traced back to before 1897, when it was first published by a great grandson of the judge, and is implausible. It is now believed that Judge Cooper died of natural causes. Cooper was buried ... epochs vol4 pg19.htm text1 William Cooper, How Settlements were Promoted from A Guide in the Wilderness ... Fenimore Cooper 1858 1938, grandson of the author , William Cooper and Andrew Craig s Purchase of Croghan ... Taylor, Who Murdered William Cooper? , July 1991 http external.oneonta.edu cooper articles nyhistory ... Alan Taylor , William Cooper s Town Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American ... 1483 suppl chpIX William 20Cooper.htm James M. Banner, Jr., Cooper, William , from American National ... profile for William Cooper s start s par us hs USRepSuccessionBox state New York district 10 before ... Morris years 1799 1801 s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Cooper, William ALTERNATIVE ... OF DEATH December 22, 1809 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Cooper, William Category 1754 births Category ... York Category People from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania pt William Cooper juiz ... more details
William O Brien FitzGerald 1906 17 October 1974 was an Ireland Irish lawyer and judge . He was born in County Cork in 1906, and was educated in Belvedere College , Dublin , and King s Inns . He was called to the Bar in 1927 and to the Inner Bar in 1944. He was appointed directly to the Supreme Court of Ireland in 1966 and on the retirement of Cearbhall D laigh in 1972 he became Chief Justice of Ireland . He had a relatively brief tenure as Chief Justice and died suddenly on 17 October 1974. ref cite web url http www.supremecourt.ie SupremeCourt sclibrary3.nsf pagecurrent B8E6388E466B6FB680257315005A41D3?opendocument&l en title Former Chief Justices work Supreme Court of Ireland accessdate 22 December 2010 ref References Reflist s start s legal s bef before Cearbhall D laigh s ttl title Chief Justice of Ireland years 1973 1974 s aft after Tom O Higgins end Chief Justices of Ireland Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Fitzgerald, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1906 PLACE OF BIRTH 17 October 1974 DATE OF DEATH 17 October 1974 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Fitzgerald, William Category 1906 births Category 1974 deaths Category People from County Cork Category Chief Justices of Ireland Ireland law bio stub ... more details
other persons William Webb Infobox Judge name Sir William Webb image William Webb.jpg caption Webb in 1940, as Chief Justice of Queensland order office List of Justices of the High Court of Australia Puisne Justice of the High Court of Australia term start 16 May 1946 term end 16 May 1958 nominator Ben Chifley predecessor none successor Douglas Menzies Sir Douglas Menzies birth date 21 January 1887 birth place Brisbane , Queensland , Australia death date 11 August 1972 death place footnotes nowiki nowiki The High Court bench had remained at six since the retirement of Sir Frank Gavan Duffy in 1935. Webb s appointment re established a seven member bench. Sir William Flood Webb Order of the British Empire KBE 21 January 1887 &ndash 11 August 1972 was a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland and the High Court of Australia . He was President of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East after the end of World War II . Personal William Flood Webb was born in Brisbane on 21 January ... 1925. Arbitration Court Webb was also a Judge of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration ... . Supreme Court Webb was appointed as a puisne judge on 24 April 1925 to the Supreme Court of Queensland . He held this position until he became a senior puisne judge on 17 May 1940 on the same court. On 27 June 1940 he was promoted to the Chief Judge as the Supreme Court. He kept this position until ... of Laws by the University of Queensland . The road William Webb Drive in the district of Belconnen ... cite web title Guide to the papers of Sir William Webb work Australian War Memorial url http www.awm.gov.au ... of Australia Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Webb, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Australian judge DATE OF BIRTH 21 January 1887 PLACE OF BIRTH Brisbane , Queensland , Australia DATE OF DEATH 11 August 1972 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Webb, William Category 1887 births ... de William F. Webb nl William Webb rechter ja pl William Webb pt William Webb ... more details
William Clark February 1, 1891 &ndash October 10, 1957 was a United States federal judge . Clark was born on February 1, 1891 in Newark, New Jersey . His father, John William Clark, was president of the Clark Thread Company of Newark. ref name Somerset Schleicher, William A. and Susan Winter. http books.google.com books?id pl6JF54vnRIC In the Somerset Hills The Landed Gentry . Arcadia, 1997. ref Clark Thread Co. later merged with Coats PLC J. & P. Coats to become Coats & Clark Inc. His mother, Margaretta Cameron Clark, was the daughter of United States Senate United States Senator J. Donald Cameron . ref http www.historicalsocietyofsomersethills.org blairsden.php The History of Blairsden in Peapack, NJ , Historical Society of The Somerset Hills. ref He earned successive degrees at Harvard University , starting with a Bachelor of Arts B.A. at the age of 20 in 1911, followed by an Master of Arts M.A. a year later, and finally an Bachelor of Law LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1915. Two years later, when the United States entered World War I , he joined the United States Army U.S. Army , where he stayed until 1918. Clark married Marjory Blair, daughter of investment banker C. Ledyard ... in Newark, which lasted a bare four years before he became a judge of the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals in 1923. He was only a state judge for one year. On May 21, 1925, he received a recess ... Ex Judge Clark Weds Miss Tomara in Paris . The New York Times , November ... succession box title United States District Court for the District of New Jersey Judge of the U.S. District ... Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit before Joseph Whitaker Thompson ... Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Clark, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION United States federal judge DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1891 PLACE OF BIRTH Newark, New Jersey DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1957 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Clark, William Category 1891 births Category Harvard Law School alumni ... more details
For Dolben s clergyman father William Dolben Sir William Dolben King s Serjeant KS King s Counsel KC c. 1627 25 January 1694 was an Kingdom of England English judge who sat as a Justice of the King s Bench . Born to William Dolben and his wife Elizabeth, whose children also included John Dolben , later Archbishop of York , ref name foss Foss 1870 p.224 ref he joined the Inner Temple in 1647 8 and was called to the Bar in 1655, the same year that he graduated Master of Arts Oxbridge and Dublin Master of Arts of the University of Oxford . He became a Bencher of the Inner Temple in 1672, Recorder judge Recorder of City of London London in 1676, and was knighted a year later on 3 February 1677. Dolben apparently served well as Recorder when he was promoted a few years later, the Corporation of London gave him some silver plate as a loving remembrance . ref name foss He became a King s Counsel and King s Serjeant on 2 May and 24 October respectively, and on 23 October 1678 became a Justice of the Court of King s Bench England Court of King s Bench during good behaviour . ref Sainty 1993 p.20 ref As both a barrister and a judge, Dolben was noted as an arrant old snarler with a large voice, despite his small stature, a trait that Stuart Handley notes probably served him well in court. ref name odnb In the aftermath of the Popish Plot , Dolben tried many of the accused, including Sir Thomas Gascoigne, 2nd Baronet and Sir Thomas Stapleton due to his impartial trait of pointing out inconsistencies in evidence, both were acquitted. As a result of this and his opposition to Charles II of England Charles II s removal of the City Corporation s writs, he was according to the vicious practise ... cite web url http oxforddnb.com view article 7779 title Oxford DNB article Dolben, Sir William subscription ... cite DNB wstitle Dolben, William d.1694 last McMullen Rigg first James volume 15 no icon 1 Persondata NAME ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION English judge DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH ... more details
William Ayloffe died 1585 , was an English judge of the Queen s Bench . Biography Ayloffe was descended from a very ancient family settled originally in Kent and subsequently in Essex, whose origin has been traced to Saxon times. On 14 February 1553 4 he was admitted a student of Lincoln s Inn , where two other near relatives, bearing the same name, distinguished themselves in the sixteenth century, and in 1560 he was called to the bar. After being appointed reader at his inn of court in Lent term, 1571, he was made serjeant at law in 1577, at the same time as Sir Edmund Anderson , afterwards the well known lord chief justice of the Common Pleas . A notice of a banquet in the Middle Temple hall, given by Ayloffe with other barristers upon whom a similar distinction had just been conferred, to celebrate their promotion, is preserved among the Ashmolean manuscripts at Oxford. ref harvnb Lee 1885 p 285 Cites Ashm. MS. 804, ii. 1 ref No record is known of Ayloffe s elevation to the bench, but he is found acting as judge in the court of Queen s Bench in 1579, ref harvnb Lee 1885 p 285 Calendar of State Papers, 1547 1580, p. 637 ref and his judgments are reported by Dyer, Coke, and Savile after that date, which may therefore be regarded as the probable year of his appointment. He was present in 1581 at the trial of Edmund Campion and other seminary priests, and special attention is called to the part he played on that occasion in a pamphlet published by English Catholics at Pans shortly ... Attribution DNB first Sidney last Lee wstitle Ayloffe, William volume 2 pages 285,286 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Ayloffe, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Judge of the Queen ... I of England James I in 1612 upon Sir William Ayloffe, 1st Baronet William , the eldest of them, who had been knighted in 1603, continued in the family till 1781. Sir William, the first baronet ... Ayloffe, William Category 1585 deaths Category Year of birth unknown Category 16th century English ... more details
Sir William Robert Burkitt , Kt. 1838&ndash 16 June 1908 was a judge in British India in the 19th and early 20th centuries. He retired from active judiciary service in 1904 and rose to Grand Master Masonic District Grandmaster of Bengal , presiding over the ancient craft of Freemasonry for over half of India s population in the Bengal Presidency . From the Irish branch of the historic Burkitt family of judges, theologians and doctors, Sir William was educated at Trinity College Dublin , graduated to the Bengal Civil Service in 1869 ref http search.fibis.org frontis bin aps detail.php?id 16478 ref and served various judiciary roles in the North Western Provinces , in locations such as Oudh , Allahabad ref http www.allahabadhighcourt.in Judges ex judge1866 1899.htm List of Former Judges at Allahabad High Court ref , Delhi and Calcutta . As a High Court Judge he was appointed Puisne Judge and was made a Knight Bachelor in June 1904 ref http www.london gazette.co.uk issues 27698 pages 4755 page.pdf Knighthood ref , attaining the role of Chief Justice of the United Provinces . His most well known achievement was, together with Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener Lord Kitchener then Grand Master Masonic District Grandmaster of Punjab British India Punjab , to induct the Emir of Afghanistan Habibullah Khan at Freemasons Hall at Lodge Concordia in Park Street, Kolkata in 1907. This was performed ... of William Robert Burkitt to Francis Louisa Gill of Kensington ref , he had a number of children ... for luminaries of the British Raj to retire to London. His son William John Dwyer Burkitt , also a judge, was tipped to follow in his father s footsteps but died young from pneumonia on 19 May ... RA1 PA452&vq Burkitt&dq Judge Sir WR Burkitt&source gbs search s&cad 0 http www.allahabadhighcourt.in ..., William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1860 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1908 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Burkitt, William Category British people of Irish descent Category Indian ... more details
Other persons William Forster Sir William Edward Stanley Forster 15 June 1921 &ndash 31 January 1997 was the first Chief Justice of the Northern Territory Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory holding that position from 1979 to 1985. Before that he was the first and only Chief Justice of the Northern Territory List of Chief Judges of the Northern Territory Chief Judge from 1977 to 1979 and Chief Justice of the Northern Territory List of Chief Judges of the Northern Territory Senior Judge from 1971 to 1977, all positions which were effectively the same. Sir William was born in Sydney, New South Wales on 15 June 1921 and, after moving to Adelaide in 1929, attended St Peter s College, Adelaide . Early Legal Life Chief Justice Forster graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Adelaide . He was in the Royal Australian Air Force from 1940 to 1946 and was a Magistrate at the Adelaide Police Court from 1959 to 1961. Chief Justice Forster was District Registrar of the High Court of Australia from 1966 to 1971 and before that was District Registrar from 1961 to 1966. He was Master of the Supreme Court of South Australia from 1966 to 1971 and Deputy Master from 1961 to 1966. Chief Justice Forster was a Member of the Standing Committee Senate at the Adelaide ... Law from 1957 to 1958. As Judge of the Northern Territory Supreme Court Image with unknown copyright ... He was appointed Senior Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory on 28 June 1971 and replaced ... to law and is the only person to be knight ed for services to the Northern Territory . William ... forster.html NT Supreme Court profile of William Forster http www.nt.gov.au ntsc history.html History ... Photo of William Forster s start s legal succession box title Chief Justice of the Northern Territory ... Forster, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 15 June 1921 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 31 January 1997 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Forster, William Category Judges of the Federal ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2012 Infobox Politician image honorific prefix Sir name William Hussey honorific suffix office term start term end primeminister predecessor successor constituency MP2 term start2 term end2 predecessor2 successor2 birth date 1443 birth place Grey s Inn, Holborn , London , Middlesex , England death date 8 September 1495 death place Semprington , Lincolnshire , England nationality English people English spouse Elizabeth Berkeley party relations children residence alma mater occupation English judge profession Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Chief Justice of the King s Bench Sir William Hussey or Huse or Husee , Serjeant at Law SL 1443 8 September 1495 was an English judge who served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Chief Justice of the King s Bench . Hussey was born at Gray s Inn , Holborn , London , Middlesex , England, the son of John Hussey of Sleaford , and Elizabeth Noffield. ref name illian cite web url http www.illian.org places FamilySheets d0395 F158982.html title Sir. William HUSSEY & Elizabeth BERKELEY accessdate 24 June 2008 last first coauthors date work publisher illian.org Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref Career He was a member of Gray s Inn , and on 16 June 1471 was appointed Attorney General for England and Wales Attorney General , with full power of deputing clerks and officers under him in courts of record. As Attorney General he conducted the impeachment of the George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence Duke of Clarence for treason. In Trinity term of 1478 he was made a Serjeant at Law , and on 7 May 1481 was appointed Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Chief Justice of the King s Bench , in succession ... William Willoughby, 11th Baron Willoughby de Eresby William Hussey married Anne Salvin ref Walter C ... Hussey, William Persondata NAME Hussey, William, Sir ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Lord Chief ..., Lincolnshire , England DEFAULTSORT Hussey, William Category 1443 births Category 1495 deaths ... more details
Infobox Judge name William Strong image William Strong Oregon.jpg imagesize 150px caption office 4th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court termstart 1850 termend 1853 nominator appointer Zachary Taylor predecessor Peter Hardeman Burnett successor Cyrus Olney office2 Associate Justice of the Washington Supreme Court termstart2 1858 termend2 1861 nominator2 appointer2 predecessor2 successor2 birth date July 15, 1817 birth place New York death date death date and age 1887 4 10 1817 7 15 death place Portland, Oregon spouse Lucretia Robinson William Strong July 15, 1817 April 10, 1887 was an United States American attorney and jurist in the Pacific Northwest . He was the 4th Associate Justice ... of a Pioneer Judge & His Family. COLUMBIA Magazine Winter 2002 03. Vol. 16, No. 4. Retrieved on February ..., Howard M. Dictionary of Oregon History . Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956. ref William graduated ..., Ohio where the couple remained until 1849. ref name Oregon Political career In August 1850 William ... on the Columbia River where William would file a land claim under the Donation Land Claim Act ... he served as a circuit riding trial level judge and as an appeals level justice. ref name Columbia ... as William s court clerk while riding circuit. ref name Columbia His annual salary for his services ... portion of the Oregon Territory, Strong became the sole judge in the territory until his term ended .... ref name Oregon William Strong then served as a surveyor of a large section of land in the territory ... house that was completed in March 1853. ref name Columbia At the farm Judge Strong purchased a Native ... family moved to Portland, Oregon where William returned to private law practice. ref name Columbia ... Eventually his sons took over his legal practice and William Strong died on April 10, 1887 in Portland ... Territory Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Strong, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES ... April 10, 1887 PLACE OF DEATH Portland, Oregon DEFAULTSORT Strong, William Category 1817 births ... more details
, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American judge DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Sheffield, William Category Living people Category California ...Orphan date November 2008 William Sheffield was a general legal counsel for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints LDS Church in the Asia Area LDS Church Area of the church and was closely connected with the sending of Mormon missionaries to India by the church in the late 20th century. Sheffield has also served as a judge in the Superior Courts of California, Orange County, California Orange County . Sheffield earned his undergraduate degree from California State University, Long Beach . and then attended law school at the University of California, Berkeley . From 1983 to 1985 Sheffield was a judge on the Superior Court of California, sitting in Orange County. He also served as a member of Indira Gandhi s defense team in the late 1970s see below . In 1985, Sheffield resigned his judgeship and went to Yale Divinity School . At the time Sheffield began attending services of the Methodist Church . His wife was a Latter day Saint . Sheffield s investigations of Mormonism while at Yale lead him to enroll at Brigham Young University BYU , which had created a graduate program in theology for his study. He did much of his work at BYU under Joseph Fielding McConkie and eventually joined the LDS Church, whereupon he returned to Yale where he completed his divinity degree. After that, he worked as the LDS Church s legal counsel in Asia where he used his connections with Rajiv Gandhi to get LDS Church missionaries allowed into that country. Sheffield was also the person who initially spearheaded the donations by several Latter day Saints to Dr. ADSN Prasad s Pathway Centers for Mentally and Physically Disabled Children in Chennai, India . ref Church News , February 21, 1995 ... of recent activity by Judge Sheffield http www.lds.org ldsorg v index.jsp?vgnextoid 2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD ... more details
File William B. Caldwell judge .png right 250px William B. Caldwell June 3, 1808 &ndash March 21, 1876 was a United States Democratic Party Democratic Party jurist in the U. S. State of Ohio who sat on the Ohio Supreme Court 1849&ndash 1854. William B. Caldwell was born on a Butler County, Ohio farm, where he stayed his first 21 years. ref name kinkead greenbag Kinkead 1895 235&ndash 236 ref He entered Miami University at Oxford, Ohio in 1830, and graduated in 1835. ref name kinkead ref name medico medico Medico Legal Journal 1900 page 183 of supplement ref He studied law under John Woods Ohio politician John Woods of Hamilton, Ohio , and was Admission to the bar in the United States admitted to the bar in 1837. He began practice in Xenia, Ohio and moved to Cincinnati, Ohio the next year. ref name kinkead ref name medico There he formed a partnership with Samuel Fenton Cary General Samuel F. Cary . ref name kinkead In 1841 Caldwell was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Hamilton County, Ohio , and in 1842, President Judge of the Ohio Courts of Common Pleas Court of Common Pleas of that county. He held that position until 1849, when the Ohio General Assembly elected him to the Ohio Supreme Court . ref name kinkead ref name medico In autumn 1851, a new constitution of the state made judges elective, and Caldwell received the most votes among 11 candidates for five positions on the court. ref bell1876 Bell 1876 115 ref The five winners drew lots, and Caldwell was assigned a one year ... Supreme Court Judges years 1849 1854 s aft after William Kennon, Sr. end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Caldwell, William B. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Ohio judge DATE ... PA183&dq William caldwell cite journal ref greenbag last1 Kinkead first1 Edgar B year 1895 title Supreme ... of State year 1876 page ref bell1876 first William Jr. last Bell authorlink William Bell, Jr ... PLACE OF DEATH Cincinnati, Ohio United States DEFAULTSORT Caldwell, William B. Category Ohio lawyers ... more details
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