Viewing "The Bench and Bar of Minneapolis" (1923)."The Bench and Bar of Minneapolis" (1923).An eighteen page chapter on judges and lawyers of Minneapolis appeared in the first volume of "History of Minneapolis: Gateway to the Northwest" edited by Rev. Marion Daniel Shutter and published in 1923. The chapter has lists of judges of the district, municipal and probate courts, sketches of a dozen or so judges and lawyers, a section on the city bar association and its fire-prone library, another on the Eliza Winston case and some tall tales taken from writings of Isaac Atwater. It is posted here. |