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.

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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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