Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-23
IN THE 4. =. CIRCrur COURT.
[From tho Carson Appeal

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Hon. Lorenzo Sawyer is in the city,
having come here to preside over the
sessions of the U. S. Circuit Court for
this district. Tie term began yester-
day. Hon. f. w. Hillyer, U. >. DIS
trict Judge, occupies the bench win
Judge Sawyer. There were more emf.
nent lawyers and more lawyers or all
degrees, in the aggregate, in attendance
yesterday than we W. saw congre-
gated before in any Court.room IN tins
State. We note some of the learned
gentlemen, as follows: Hon. Il. ).
Mesick, a lawyer OF more than a quar-
ter of 4 century's practice in the courts
of this coas', and during the first two
wears of this States existence an occti-
pant of the bench of one of the ntsi
prius courts of Storey county; Hon.
Chas. H. Bryan, q former Justice of
the Supreme Court of California, one
of the ablest men at the bar; Hon. a.
G. Ellis, a prominent politician and a
lawyer of first-rate standing; Hon.
John Kittreil, the Attorney General OF
this State; Hon. James +. Lewis, twice
a Justice of the supreme Court OF Ne.
vada and a lawyer OF eminent stand
ing; Colonel Nj. A. Stone, n ut the
hardest working and most thorough
lawyers of this State; Hon. NJ. Kirk
patrick, All able and experienced atiur-
new of some twenty years practice
here, in California and in Utah; Hon.
C. j. HifIser, eminent not only here.
but in Washington, as a first class
practitioner; Hon. john uaber, u
former Justice of our Supreme Court,
and now kept busy with the most i'm
portant mining litigation; Hon. c. b.
Whitman, AT one time al associate with
Judges CARRIER and Lewis, AT the Su
preme bench of this State, aud n o l
our very best lawyers; Hon. Robt. Nj.
Clarke, second to no man at any bar in
point of industry and zeal in behalf of
his clients, and a highly successful
practitioner; Hon. Thomas Wren, who
stands at the head OF the mar in East
ern Nevada and who is the member oil
Congress elect from this State; Hon.
T. ID. Edwards, doubtless the best land
lawyer i'm Nevada and a State Senators;
T. w. Davies, an attorney of excellent
Qualif cations and a scholar of rare at
tainmeats; Mr.. Newlanhs, one of the
younger members of the San Fran
cisco bar, a most promising lawyer and
a son-in-law of Hon. Vim. Sharon;
Hon. &. n. Harris, formerly judge of
this District, the present Land Regis
here, and a most Trustworthy law
yer; Hon. Chas. Belknap. a former
Justice of our Supreme Court, a very
and painslaking attorney and
the son-in law OF his exceilencv Gov
ernor Bradley; and Hon. Tom Wells,
also an ex-Judge and practitioner OF
more than twenty-five years standing.
We doubt if such an array of legal tai
ent as this has ever before been as
sembled, at any term of court
in this State. We call to mind
the trial of the celebrated Greenback
case of Milliken Brothers VS.. Slnst.
before the Supreme Court of this
State and the many lawyers of high
attainments and widely extended fam e
the late A. p. Criltenden among the
number-but the number of first rate
lawyers was very much less than here.
As to the causes Of this large congre-
cation of the gentlemen of the bar.
there are several important cases and
a very full calender. Among the inn
porIant mining suits are the cases of
the Richmond vs.. the Eureka Consol-
idated; the heirs of the late j. Nicely
johnson VS.. the Ophir mining Compa
ny; the case of Sinclair Barnes ct. al.
VS.. the Consolidated virginia Compa-
ny, etc. We believe that the Stale
Prison title case also DIN up for trial
at this time. Altogether a very i'm
por,ant and notable term of the
Court.