Suffolk County Circuit Court Calendar Hon. Willard Bartlett, Justice. May Term, 1890.
(Bartlett, Hon. Willard, Justice)
Sag Harbor: John H. Hunt, 1890. Not paginated, but 16 pages; giving a list of the County Officers at front, followed by a List of Grand Jurors, List of Trial Jurors and the Courts in Suffolk County, 1890. Circuit Court and Court of Oyer and Terminer, May 5, 1890; Willard Bartlett, Judge. October 20, 1890; Edgar M. Cullen, Judge, with the Times and Places for Holding Terms of the County Court and Court of Sessions for Suffolk County (Riverhead and Huntington); followed by a list of Lawyers in Suffolk County, given by town, 40 + names given; succeeded by Judge Bartlett's calendar, 52 cases numbered on this month's list, with the Issues of Fact, giving the names of the concerned, their attorneys and the original date of case; occasionally, details of the case are also given, in the matter of probate, cases between guardians and trustees of towns, and whether a trial by jury or court; Orange T. Fanning Clerk of the Court gives a Notice to the Bar at back, concerning the "Causes will not be reserved for particular days by consent, but must be ready for trial when reached in their order on the Calendar. The lose (sic) of time consequent upon the practice of setting cases down for days certain renders it necessary to enforce this rule."; valuable for insight into the history of Long Island's practice of law and the judicial system in the nineteenth century; folding brochure-style format, 4" x 9"; medium brown printed paper wrap covers; some edge, tips wear and chipping to wraps, detached, some splitting along old fold lines; a few stray pencil marks; old discoloration to back leaves; good condition overall. Good S (Item ID: 13148)
$65.00
