HISTORY OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE FEDERAL COURTS

HISTORY OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE FEDERAL COURTS

Prepared by the Clerk's Office of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire - 1991

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HISTORY OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE FEDERAL COURTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE & ACKNOWLEDGMENT .......................................................................................... 6 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 8 THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT................................................................................ 12

Time Line for the Circuit Court and Related Courts ................................................................ 20 JUDGES OF THE CIRCUIT COURT ......................................................................................... 21

John Lowell............................................................................................................................... 21 Benjamin Bourne ...................................................................................................................... 22 Jeremiah Smith.......................................................................................................................... 22 George Foster Shepley .............................................................................................................. 23 John Lowell............................................................................................................................... 24 Francis Cabot Lowell ................................................................................................................ 24 CASES FROM THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE........... 25 The Midnight Judges................................................................................................................. 25 A Case from Justice Story and Judge Sherburne ...................................................................... 26 Proceedings from the October Term of 1858 ........................................................................... 27 A Case of Justice Nathan Clifford and Judge Harvey .............................................................. 27 Proceedings from the New Era ................................................................................................. 29 THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT.............................................................................. 30 JUDGES OF THE DISTRICT COURT ....................................................................................... 35 John Sullivan............................................................................................................................. 35 John Pickering........................................................................................................................... 37 John Samuel Sherburne............................................................................................................. 39 Matthew Harvey........................................................................................................................ 40 Daniel Clark .............................................................................................................................. 40 Edgar Aldrich............................................................................................................................ 41 George F. Morris....................................................................................................................... 42 Aloysius J. Connor.................................................................................................................... 43 Hugh H. Bownes ....................................................................................................................... 44 Shane Devine ............................................................................................................................ 45 Martin F. Loughlin.................................................................................................................... 46 Norman H. Stahl ....................................................................................................................... 46

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Joseph A. DiClerico, Jr ............................................................................................................. 47 Paul J. Barbadoro ...................................................................................................................... 47 Steven J. McAuliffe .................................................................................................................. 48 Joseph N. Laplante.................................................................................................................... 48 Landya B. McCafferty .............................................................................................................. 50 Samantha D. Elliott ................................................................................................................... 50 CASES FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE......... 51 A Case of Judge Sullivan .......................................................................................................... 51 A Case of Judge Pickering........................................................................................................ 52 A Case of Judge Harvey ........................................................................................................... 52 A Case of Judge Clark .............................................................................................................. 53 A Case of Judge Morris ............................................................................................................ 55 A Case of Judge Connor ........................................................................................................... 56 A Case of Judge Bownes .......................................................................................................... 58 A Case of Judge Devine............................................................................................................ 59 A Case of Judge Loughlin......................................................................................................... 60 THE CLERKS OF THE COURT ................................................................................................. 62 Jonathan Steele.......................................................................................................................... 64 Richard Cutts Shannon ............................................................................................................. 64 George Washington Prescott..................................................................................................... 65 Peyton R. Freeman.................................................................................................................... 65 William Claggett ....................................................................................................................... 66 Samuel Cushman ...................................................................................................................... 66 Charles W. Cutter...................................................................................................................... 66 John L. Hayes............................................................................................................................ 68 Albert R. Hatch ......................................................................................................................... 68 Charles H. Bartlett .................................................................................................................... 69 Benjamin F. Clark ..................................................................................................................... 70 Fremont E. Shurtleff ................................................................................................................. 70 Burns P. Hodgman .................................................................................................................... 70 William H. Barry, Sr ................................................................................................................. 71 Charles M. Sawyer.................................................................................................................... 71 Elizabeth M. Hoyt ..................................................................................................................... 72 William H. Barry, Jr.................................................................................................................. 72

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Kathleen Northrup .................................................................................................................... 73 James R. Starr ........................................................................................................................... 73 Daniel J. Lynch ......................................................................................................................... 73 THE CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEAL....................................................................................... 75 First Circuit Court of Appeals Judges....................................................................................... 78 THE BANKRUPTCY COURT .................................................................................................... 80 Joseph Betley ............................................................................................................................ 83 James E. Yacos ......................................................................................................................... 84 J. Michael Deasy ....................................................................................................................... 84 Bruce A. Harwood .................................................................................................................... 85 A Case of Judge Yacos ............................................................................................................. 85 MAGISTRATE JUDGES OF THE DISTRICT COURT ............................................................ 87 William H. Barry ...................................................................................................................... 88 James R. Muirhead.................................................................................................................... 88 Daniel J. Lynch ......................................................................................................................... 89 Landya Boyer McCafferty ........................................................................................................ 89 Andrea K. Johnstone ................................................................................................................. 90 OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY.................................................................... 91 Attorneys for the District of New Hampshire........................................................................... 92 OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES MARSHAL...................................................................... 94 U.S. Marshals for the District of New Hampshire.................................................................... 96 THE UNITED STATES PROBATION OFFICE......................................................................... 98 History of the National System................................................................................................. 98 History of U.S. Probation in the District of New Hampshire ................................................. 100 COURTHOUSES OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ....................................... 101 A FEW NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES ................................................................................ 103 Franklin Pierce ........................................................................................................................ 103 Daniel Webster........................................................................................................................ 104 George Hutchins Bingham...................................................................................................... 105 George Weston Anderson ....................................................................................................... 105 Nathan Clifford ....................................................................................................................... 106 Levi Woodbury ....................................................................................................................... 108 David H. Souter ...................................................................................................................... 110 BIBLIOGRAPHY....................................................................................................................... 111

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