Statewide County ME Archives History .....Supreme Judicial Court, 1883-1884 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/me/mefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com May 27, 2007, 10:33 am COURT DIRECTORY AND COUNTY OFFICERS. Date indicates the last year of service. Supreme Judicial Court. Salaries, $3,000. JOHN APPLETON CHIEF JUSTICE Bangor. ASSOCIATE JUSTICES. Charles W. Walton Auburn. William G. Barrows Brunswick. CharleS Danforth Gardiner. Wm. Wirt Virgin Portland John A. Peters Bangor. Joseph W. Symonds Portland. Artemas Lbbey Augusta. CLERKS S. J. COURT. Androscoggin 1886 I. W. Hanson Auburn. Aroostook 1886 Ransom Norton Houlton. Cumberland 1886 A. A. Dennett Portland. Franklin 1886 Josiah H. Thompson Farmington. Hancock 1884 Hutson, B. Saunders Ellsworth. Kennebec 1884 Alanson C. Otis Augusta. Knox 1884 Lewis F. Starrett Rockland. Lincoln 1884 Charles Weeks Wiscasset. Oxford 1886 Albert S. Austin Paris. Penobscot 1886 Charles F. Sweet Bangor. Piscataquis 1884 Henry B. Flint Dover. Sagadahoc 1886 Joseph M. Hayes. Bath. Somerset 1884 Luther H. Webb Skowhegan. Waldo. 1886 William Berry Belfast. Washington 1884 Phineas H. Longfellow Machias. York. 1886 James E. Hewey Alfred. HENRY B. CLEAVES Attorney General (salary, $1,000) Portland. JOSEPH W. SPAULDING Reporter of Decisions (salary $500 and copyrights) Richmond. COURT ATTORNEYS. Salaries. Androscoggin. 1884 Albert R. Savage. Auburn $400 Aroostook 1884 Charles P. Allen Presque Isle 300 Cumberland 1884 Ardon W. Coombs Portland 1000 " Asst Frank S. Waterhouse Portland 500 Franklin: 1884 Joseph C. Holman Farmington 225 Hancock 1884 George M. Warren Castine 250 Kennebec 18S4 William T. Haines Waterville 450 Knox 1884 John O. Robinson Thomaston 500 Lincoln 1884 Roswell S. Partridge Whitefield (No.) 250 Oxford 1884 James S. Wright Paris 350 Penobscot 1884 Frederick H. Appleton Bangor 600 Piscataquis 1884 Joseph B. Peaks Dover 100 Sagadahoc 1884 Frank J. Buker Richmond 250 Somerset 1884 James O. Bradbury Hartland 250 Waldo 1884 George E. Wallace Belfast 250 Washington 1884 Charles B. Rounds Calais 300 York 1884 Frank M. Higgins Limerick 450 LAW TERMS OF SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT. The State of Maine is divided into three Judicial Districts, as follows: Eastern Districts-Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Waldo, and Washington counties. Middle District-Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, and Somerset counties. Western District—Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Oxford, and York counties. There are annual sessions of the Supreme Judicial Court as a court of law, holden as follows: At Bangor, on the third Tuesday of June, for the eastern district; at Augusta, on the fourth Tuesday of May, for the middle district; and at Portland, on the third Tuesday of July, for the western district. NISI PRIUS TERMS. Trial terms of the court are held annually as follows: Androscoggin—At Auburn, on the third Tuesday of January, April, and September, civil and criminal. Aroostook—At Houlton, on the last Tuesday of February, and third Tuesday of September, civil and criminal. Cumberland—At Portland, «m the second Tuesday of January, April, and October, civil. [The Superior Court for said county has exclusive criminal jurisdiction.] Franklin—At Farmington, on the first Tuesday of March, and fourth Tuesday of September, civil and criminal. Hancock—At Ellsworth, on the second Tuesday of April and October, civil and criminal. Kennebec—At Augusta, on the first Tuesday of March, and third Tuesday of October, civil. Knox—At Rockland, on the second Tuesday of March, third Tuesday of September, and second Tuesday of December, civil and criminal. Lincoln—At Wiscasset, on the fourth Tuesday of April and October, civil and criminal. Oxford-At Paris, on the second Tuesday of March and third Tuesday of September, civil and criminal. Penobscot—At Bangor, on the first Tuesday of January, April, and October, civil; and on the first Tuesday of February, and second Tuesday of August, criminal. Piscataquis—At Dover, on the last Tuesday of February, and second Tuesday of September, civil and criminal. Sagadahoc—At Bath, on the first Tuesday of April, third Tuesday of August, and third Tuesday of December, civil and criminal. Somerset—At Skowhegan, on the third Tuesday of March, September, and December, civil and criminal. Waldo—At Belfast, on the first Tuesday of January, and the third Tuesdays of April and October, civil and criminal. Washington—At Machias, on the first Tuesday of January and October, and at Calais, on the fourth Tuesday of April, civil and criminal. York—At Saco, on the first Tuesday of January; and at Alfred, on the third Tuesday of May and September, civil and criminal. Additional Comments: Extracted from: MAINE STATE YEAR-BOOK, AND LEGISLATIVE MANUAL, FOR THE YEAR 1883-84, FROM APRIL 1, 1883, TO APRIL 1, 1884, BY EDMUND S. HOYT. PREPARED PURSUANT TO ORDERS OF THE LEGISLATURE. PORTLAND: HOYT, FOGG & DONHAM, 193 MIDDLE STREET. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1883, by HOYT, FOGG & DONHAM, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/me/statewide/history/other/supremej100gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mefiles/ File size: 6.5 Kb