[102] U. S. Statutes at Large, vol. iii, p. 413.
[103] Ibid. vol. iv, p. 773.
[104] Ibid. vol. v, 247. See also Revised Statutes of the United States (1878) Secs. 539, 552, and 572.
[105] Ibid. vol. xiv, p. 48.
[106] Supplement Revised Statutes, 1874-1891, pp. 344, 500, 547, 583, 584, 638, 639.
[107] Lynch's Bench and Bar of Miss., p. 506.
With the other Judges comprising the first court, he was quite unpopular, and in 1802 he abandoned his office.—Claiborne, pp. 209, 223, 231.
[108] Resigned in 1810. He had held judicial office under the Spanish government, and was an excellent man, but not a lawyer. Claiborne, p. 161., note, has a good sketch, with other references on pp. 152, 172, 209, 223, 283.
[109] He was the only lawyer on the first bench of Judges. He early resigned.—Claiborne, p. 209.
[110] His appointment changed public sentiment toward the Court which had hitherto been hostile. For sketches of, see Claiborne, p. 108, note, also p. 223. Gov. W. C. C. Claiborne speaks of him as "a learned lawyer."