THE JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT. The judiciary department of the State of Illinois is composed of (1) the Supreme court; (2) appellate courts; (3) circuit courts; (4) courts of Cook county; (5) county and probate courts; (6) city courts. THE SUPREME COURT. (Article VI, Section 5 of Constitution.) The Supreme Court consists of seven justices, elected for a term of nine years, one from each of the seven districts into which the State is divided as follows: First District-The counties of St. Clair, Clinton, Washington, Jefferson, Wayne, Edwards, Wabash, White, Hamilton, Franklin, Perry, Randolph, Monroe, Jackson, Williamson, Saline, Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, Union, Johnson, Alexander, Pulaski and Massac. Second District-The counties of Madison, Bond, Marion, Clay, Richland, Lawrence, Crawford, Jasper, Effingham, Fayette, Montgomery, Macoupin, Shelby, Cumberland, Clark, Greene, Jersey, Calhoun, Christian, Pike and Scott. Third District-The counties of Sangamon, Macon, Logan, DeWitt, Piatt, Douglas, Champaign, Vermilion, McLean, Livingston, Ford, Iroquois, Coles, Edgar, Moultrie and Tazewell. Fourth District-The counties of Rock Island, Mercer, Warren, Henderson, Fulton, McDonough, Hancock, Schuyler, Brown, Adams, Mason, Menard, Morgan and Cass. Fifth District-The counties of Knox, Henry, Stark, Peoria, Marshall, Putnam, Bureau, LaSalle, Grundy and Woodford. Sixth District-The counties of Whiteside, Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, Kane, Kendall, DeKalb, Lee and Ogle. Seventh District-The counties of Lake, Cook, Will, Kankakee and DuPage. The election is held in June of the year in which any term expires. The State was formerly divided into three grand divisions, Southern, Central and Northern, in which the terms of the Court were held, with one clerk for each of the three grand divisions, elected for a term of six years, the Court sitting at Mt. Vernon, Springfield and Ottawa. In 1897 the three grand divisions of the Supreme Court were consolidated into one, comprising the entire State. and provision was made that all terms of the Supreme Court shall hereafter be held in the city of Springfield, on the first Tuesday in October, December, February, April and June of each year. The The chief justice is chosen by the Court, annually, at the June term. rule of the Court is to select as successor to the presiding justice the justice next in order of seniority who has not served as chief justice within six years last past. Mr. Justice Cartwright is the present chief justice. CLERK. Christopher Mamer, Springfield. REPORTER. Isaac N. Phillips, Bloomington. LIBRARIAN. Ralph H. Wilkin, Springfield. APPELLATE COURTS. (Created by Act of June 22, 1877.) Under the provisions of the Constitution, the Legislature, in 1877, created four appellate courts, and divided the State into four appellate court districts. Each court is held by three of the judges of the circuit court, assigned by the Supreme Court, three to each district, for the term of three years at each assignment. Two terms of the appellate court are held in each district every year. One presiding justice is chosen in each district by the judges thereof, for such time and in such manner as they may determine. Two judges constitute a quorum, and the concurrence of two is necessary to a decision. Clerks of the appellate court are elected, one for each district, and hold office six years. REPORTERS. Jones and Addington, 100 Washington st., Chicago. FIRST DISTRICT. Composed of the county of Cook. Court sits at Chicago on the first Tuesday of March and October. Farlin Q. Ball, Presiding Justice, Ashland Block, Chicago. Francis Adams, Justice, Ashland Block, Chicago. Edward O. Brown, Justice, Ashland Block, Chicago. Branch Appellate Court. This court is a branch of the appellate court of the First district, and is held by three judges of the circuit court, designated and assigned by the Supreme Court, under the provisions of the act of the General Assembly approved June 2, 1897. [Hurd's Statute, 1897, 508; Laws of 1897, 185.] Abner Smith, Presiding Justice, Ashland Block, Chicago. Frank Baker, Justice. Ashland Block, Chicago. Henry V. Freeman, Justice, Ashland Block, Chicago. SECOND DISTRICT. Composed of the counties of Boone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Henderson, Henry, Iroquois, JoDaviess, Kane, Kankakee. Kendall, Knox, Lake, LaSalle, Lee, Livingston, Marshall. McHenry, Mercer, Ogle, Peoria, Putnam, Rock Island, Stark, Stephenson, Warren, Whiteside, Will, Winnebago and Woodford. Court sits at Ottawa, LaSalle county, on the first Tuesday in April and October. Clerk-Christopher C. Duffy, Ottawa. Dorrance Dibell, Presiding Justice. Joliet. THIRD DISTRICT. Composed of the counties of Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Fulton, Greene, Hancock, Jersey. Logan. Macon. Macoupin, Mason, McDonough, McLean, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie, Piatt, Pike, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, Tazewell and Vermilion. Court sits at Springfield, Sangamon county, on the third Tuesday in May and November. Composed of the counties of Alexander. Bond. Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Massac, Monroe, Perry. Pope. Pulaski, Randolph, Richland, Saline, St. Clair, Union, Wabash, Washington, Wayne, White and Williamson. Court sits at Mt. Vernon, Jefferson county, on the fourth Tuesday in February and August. Clerk-A. C. Millspaugh, Mt. Vernon. James A. Creighton, Presiding Justice, Springfield. Harry Higbee, Justice, Pittsfield. Colostin D. Myers, Justice, Bloomington. CIRCUIT COURTS. (Apportionment of 1897. Term, six years, expires June, 1909.) Exclusive of Cook county, the State of Illinois is divided into seventeen judicial circuits, as follows: First Circuit-The counties of Alexander, Pulaski, Massac, Pope, Johnson, Union, Jackson, Williamson and Saline. JUDGES. William N. Butler, Cairo. Second Circuit-The counties of Hardin, Gallatin, White, Hamilton, Franklin, Wabash, Edwards, Wayne, Jefferson, Richland, Lawrence and Crawford. JUDGES. Jacob R. Creighton, Fairfield. Enoch E. Newlin, Robinson. Third Circuit-The counties of Randolph, Monroe, St. Clair, Madison, Bond. Washington and Perry. JUDGES. Benjamin R. Burroughs, Edwardsville. Robert D. W. Holder, Belleville. Fourth Circuit―The counties of Clinton, Marion, Clay, Fayette, Effingham. Jasper, Montgomery, Shelby and Christian. JUDGES. William M. Farmer. Vandalia. Fifth Circuit-The counties of Vermilion, Edgar, Clark, Cumberland and Coles. JUDGES. James W. Craig, Mattoon. E. R. E. Kimbrough, Danville. |