Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Historical Review of Chicago and Cook County, Vol. 2: And Selected Biography
By act of January 17, 183 5, Cook county became part of the newly created sixth circuit (embracing nine counties-tor about a third of the state). Thomas Ford, who had 'been state's attorney in the fifth circuit, was appointed judge of the district. The terms in Cook county in 1835 Were held by Sidney Breese and Stephen T. Logan respectively, Judge Ford presiding here at the two sessions of 1836. The First Presbyterian church (north of the present Sherman House, and fronting on Clark street) was the court house during these two years, and in that pioneer religious edifice several hundred cases were tried, including the second murder trial in Chicago and the famous Beaubien land case. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
