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A Sketch of the Supreme Court of Ohio.

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criminal powers to be exercised out of court.' town of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamil The judges who succeeded Parsons and ton, yearly and every year. And the judges Varnum were S. H. Parsons, John Cleves of said court and every of them shall have power and authority, when and as often as Symmes, and William Barton. In September, 1789, George Turner was there may be occasion, to issue forth writs appointed in place of Mr. William Barton, of habeas corpus, certiorari, and writs of who declined. In March, 1790, Gen. Rufus error, and all remedial and other writs and Putnam succeeded Judge Parsons, deceased, process, returnable to the said court, and and Joseph Gilman was appointed in place grantable by the judges by virtue of their

office." While this of General Putnam, court was authorized who had been ap to review all decisions pointed Surveyorof inferior tribunals, General of the United no appeal could be States lands jn De taken from its judg cember 22, 1796. ments and decrees. On February 12, The judges spent 1798, Return J. equally as much time Meigs, Jr., was ap in their saddles as pointed in place of upon the bench. George Turner, re They together with signed. Judge the court officials Symmes occupied and lawyers traveled the bench during the on horseback from life of the territorial court to court, car court prior to the rying with them first territorial Legis blankets, horse-feed, lature, and with Giland food for them man and Meigs oc selves, camping out cupied the bench at in the wilderness at the meeting of the night. There were convention of the ter neither taverns, ritorial Assembly. bridges, nor even The act establish roads in their route. ing the territorial Su JACOB BURNETT. They traveled from preme Court was Cincinnati to Marietta. Returning from passed by Gov. St. Clair, John Cleves thence to Cincinnati, they would then go Symmes, and George Turner, June 6, through the forests to Detroit, being out 1795, and published at Cincinnati, being adopted from the Pennsylvania Code. It man)- days on a single journey. One of provided that: "There shall be holden the principal points to be observed in pur and kept, twice in every year, a Supreme chasing a horse was whether or not he was Court of record, which shall be called and a good swimmer. ' stiled ' The General Court; the sittings of A most excellent precedent was estab which court, to commence at Marietta, in lished by the governor and judges in a res the county of Washington, on the third olution passed by them, August 18, 1795, Tuesday of October, yearly and every year; as follows : " Resolved, That where persons and on the third Tuesday of March, at the sufficiently learned in the law can be found