Papers, 1815-1902.

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Papers, 1815-1902.

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Papers of Judge Edward G. Ryan, chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1874-1880, including certificates and appointments, some drafts of his letters and a small amount of correspondence, poems, religious articles, and addresses.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Ryan, Edward G. (Edward George), 1810-1880

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Wisconsin. Supreme Court

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The basic powers and framework of Wisconsin's court system is laid out in Article VII of the state constitution. Judicial power was vested in a Supreme Court, circuit courts, courts of probate, and justices of the peace. According to the 1848 constitution, the state was divided into 5 judicial circuit districts and the five judges presiding over these circuits were to meet at least once a year at Madison as a Supreme Court until the legislature could establish the Supreme Court as a...