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Kirby Benedict: Frontier Federal Judge Kirby Benedict: Frontier Federal Judge
By Aurora Hunt
2000/04 - Beard Books
1893122808 - Paperback - Reprint - 268 pp.
US$34.95

Legal and judicial development in the American Southwest through the decisions and interpretations of Kirby Benedict, a lawyer and Federal judge during the days when the United states took possession of New Mexico.

Publisher Comments

Category: Biographies & Memoirs

This historical account presents a fascinating story of legal and judicial development in the Southwest between 1853 and 1874, with special emphasis on Indian affairs, slavery, social and political happenings. The panoply unfolds through the peregrinations of Judge Kirby Benedict, a Federal judge and one of our most famous frontier lawyers, as he travels between county courthouses.

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Aurora Hunt also wrote Western Frontier Dragoon, Major General James Henry Carleton, 1814-1873 in 1958 and The Army of the Pacific; Its operations in California, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, plains region, Mexico, etc. 1860-1866 in 1951.

Preface 11
The Young Barrister 15
A Fledgling Politician 25
Circuit Riders in Illinois 33
A Federal Judge in New Mexico 49
Chief Justice 69
Due Process of Law in the Indian Pueblos 89
Peonage and Slavery 107
The Supreme Court Decisions of Judge Benedict 121
Revision and Codification of New Mexico Laws 129
Washington Correspondence 133
Civic and Social Affairs 173
Loss of Office and Prestige 183
New Ventures Follow Disbarment 197
The Judge Becomes a Journalist 207
Before the Tribunals of Man and God 221
Appendix: Benedict's Supreme Court Decisions 235
Bibliography 247
Index 259

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