The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year Volume 29; Comprising a Calendar for the Year; Astronomical Information; Miscella (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 edition. Excerpt: ...of six judges. Each of the present four judges of the Supreme Court of Errors (Storrs, Ilinman, Ellsworth, and Sanford) is a judge of the Superior Court also, and five judges of the Superior Court (Butler, Seymour, Waldo, Park, and McCurdy) have been recently appointed. These whe are selected to act as judges of the Supreme Court of Errors do not act as judges of the Superior Court, and the remaining judge of the Supreme Court of Errors officiates as a judge of the Superior Court. When a vacancy occurs in the Supreme Court of Errors, there will be only the requisite number of judges of that Court, and a new judge will be appointed to the Superior Court. Two judges constitute a qnnrum of the Supreme Court of Errors for the transaction of business, and two terms of the court are held annually in each county. The terms of the Superior Court are held by one judge, except for the trial of capital offences, and as often as four times a year in each county. Any judge may held special terms of this court, but cannot at such term proceed to the trial or determination of any cause unless the parties consent thereto. A legal verdict may be found by any number of jurore, not less than nine, in any civil cause in which the parties so agree in writing before the verdict is rendered. The judges of this court appoint a State's Attorney in each county, and may remove him for cause. The judges of both courts are appointed by the concurrent vote of the Senate and House, and in all cases shall be chesen by ballot, and these appointed in 1863 and since held office for eight years; these previously appointed held until seventy years of age. In the trial of capital cases, the court is held by a judge of the Supreme Court of Errors, whe presides, and by a judge of the Sup...