Author : Bryon C. Andreasen
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (828 download)
Book Synopsis Defending Judge Browne by : Bryon C. Andreasen
Download or read book Defending Judge Browne written by Bryon C. Andreasen and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concerns "Thomas C. Browne who was born in Kentucky c. 1794, and practiced law prior to moving to Shawneetown, Illinois in 1824. In Illinois, he served as a member of the 2nd and 3rd territorial legislatures. After Illinois became a state in 1818, the state legislature appointed Browne as one of the Illinois Supreme Court's four justices. In 1841, the legislature divided Illinois into nine circuits, and each of the justices on the expanded supreme court held court in one of the circuits. Browne was responsible for the 6th Judicial Circuit. In 1843, four members of the bar from Galena, Illinois, petitioned the Illinois House of Representatives for the removal of Browne as judge of the 6th Judicial Circuit for incompetence, but Abraham Lincoln, as attorney for Browne, successfully argued to have the charges dropped. Browne held his seat on the bench until 1848, when a new state constitution reduced the number of justices from nine to three. Justice Browne died in San Francisco, c. 1858" -- from Supreme Court website.