Centennial observance tape recording [sound recording], 1953.

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Centennial observance tape recording [sound recording], 1953.

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Tape recording of the Court's centennial observance at the State Capitol, June 25, 1953, held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Wisconsin Bar Association; including a speech by John P. McGalloway on the history of the Court and its achievements and a response by Justice Edward T. Fairchild.

2 tape recordings.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Fairchild, Edward Thomas, 1872-1965.

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McGalloway, John P., 1888- .

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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...