Celestine J. Blair, D., 4538; D. H. Kinkead, R., 4186. F. B. Jones, R., 5870; Daniel A. McGough, D., 4997. William H. Strauss, D., 9418; Charles C. Linton, R., 1904. Arthur Griffith, R., 10179; Wm. H. Strauss, D., 8899; Alex. McDowell, Pro., 466. ASSOCIATE JUDGES. Where a judicial district consisted of more than one county, each of them was entitled to have two associate judges to sit with the president judge, who until 1851 were appointed by the governor. For Cambria county they were: 1807. Abraham Hildebrand and George Roberts. 1826. George Roberts and John Murray. 1838. John Murray and Richard Lewis. 1843. John Murray and Philip Noon. Judge Lewis was appointed by Governor Ritner, and Governor Porter desired to appoint Judge Noon, but Lewis refused to resign, when he was removed. 1851. Harrison Kinkead, D., 1610; Evan Roberts, W., 1451; George W. Easly, D., 1417; Michael Levy, W., 1294. Judge Roberts resigned September 3, 1855, and Governor Pollock appointed Moses Canan to fill the unexpired term. 1855. Harrison Kinkead and Moses Canan. 1856. George W. Easly, D., 2742; Richard Jones, Jr., D., 2710; Stephen Lloyd, Rep., 1537; Moses Canan, Rep., 1590. 1861. George W. Easly, D., 2304; Henry C. Devine, D., 2239; Isaac Evans, Rep., 1279; James Purse, Rep., 1272. 1866. George W. Easly, D., 3307; James Murray, D., 3281; John Williams, R., 2605; Charles B. Ellis, R., 2485. 1871. Rees J. Lloyd, D., 3057; John Flanagan, D., 3051; Daniel J. Jones, R., 2367; David Hamilton, R., 2287. 1876. John Flanagan, D., 4283; John D. Thomas, D., 4135; Richard Jones, R., 3020; Irvin Rutledge, R., 2950. 1881. Joseph Masters, R., 3840; John Flanagan, D., 3433; Richard Elder, R., 3165; James Myers, D., 3120. The December court, 1886, was the last one to sit where associate judges sat. J. Frank Condon was appointed court reporter on June 8, 1880, by Judge Dean, and died at Altoona, April 25, 1901. Mr. Condon was succeeded by F. C. Sharbaugh, of Ebensburg. DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. Prior to the act of 1850, the prosecuting officer for the county was the attorney general for the state, who appointed a deputy attorney general in each county, or wherever he deemed it necessary; after that date the office of district attorney was made elective. The following are the attorney generals and their deputies: 1808. Joseph M. McKean. 1809-1810. Walter Franklin. 1811. Richard Rush. 1812 to 1816. Jared Ingersoll. 1817 and 1818. William R. Smith. William R. Smith. Amos Ellmaker. Moses Canan. 1819 and 1820. Thomas Sergeant. Henry Shippen. 1821, '22 and '23. Thomas Elder. William R. Smith. 1823-1826. Frederick Smith. Carpenter. DISTRICT ATTORNEY. This office became elective in 1850. 1850. Edward Hutchinson, Jr., W., 1175; Michael Hasson, D., 1081. 1660. 2253. 1577. 1853. T. L. Heyer, D., 1675; Geo. M. Reade, W., 1046. 1862. Philip S. Noon, D., 2773; John H. Fisher, R., 1455. 1865. John F. Barnes, D., 2715; Samuel Singleton, R., 1946. 1868. Francis P. Tierney, D., 3293; Joseph McDonald, 3037. 1871. William H. Sechler, D., 3107; Thomas W. Dick, R., 1874. W. Horace Rose, D., 3480; E. G. Kerr, R., 2082. 1877. W. Horace Rose, D., 3192; James C. Easly, D., 1880. William H. Sechler, D., 4460; no opposition. 1883. Harry G. Rose, D., 4281; no opposition. 1886. Harry G. Rose, 5070; T. F. Zimmerman, R., 3907. 1889. John Fenlon, appointed vice Harry G. Rose, deceased. 1889. R., 4061. 1892. D., 6032. 5019. 1895. Francis J. O'Connor, D., 4619; Henry Wilson Storey, Robert S. Murphy, R., 6334; Francis J. O'Connor, Robert S. Murphy, R., 5924; James M. Walters, D., 1898. M. B. Stephens, R., 7039; Francis P. Martin, D., 6450. 1901. M. B. Stephens, R., 9580; Horace R. Rose, D., 8228. 1904. J. W. Leech, R., 10951; Edward T. McNeelis, D., 8376. CHAPTER VIII. THE JUDICIAL DISTRICT―JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS, AND LEGISLATION SPECIAL ACTS, THE JUDGES AND LAWYERS-INCIDENTS. The first legislative act of the colony of Pennsylvania in establishing courts was that of 22 May, 1722 (1 Smith, 131). At that time the territory now in Cambria was a part of Chester county, and the courts convened "on the third day of the week called Tuesday" in February, May, August and November, and the court of quarter sessions of the peace was to continue for two days. In 1722 the supreme court was established, to consist of three judges, of whom David Lloyd was the chief justice. By the Act of 8th of April, 1826 (9 Smith, 179), it was increased to five members, and by the constitution of 1873 it was again increased to seven justices. The Western District was established at Pittsburg in 1806, to continue for one week. Our county court was held in Lancaster from 1729 to 1749, in Carlisle, Cumberland county, the county capital, until Bedford was created in 1771, and then followed Somerset in 1795. The Act of 13 April, 1791 (3 Smith, 29), created the Fourth Circuit Court District, consisting of Bedford, Cumberland, Franklin, Huntingdon and Mifflin counties. Our county court was then in Bedford. The Tenth Judicial District was created by the Act of 24 February, 1806 (4 Smith, 270), and was composed of Armstrong, Cambria, Indiana, Somerset and Westmoreland counties, with Judge Young of Greensburg, as president judge, at a salary of $1,600 per annum. There were also two associate judges for each county. The Act of 14 April, 1834, P. L., 344, authorized any two of these judges "to hear and determine all causes, matters and things cognizable therein." Our records show that the associate judges frequently held court in the absence of the president judge, when they tried civil and criminal causes, charging the jury and entering judgment. Under the last mentioned act the return days for our court of common pleas were "on the Mondays following the fourth Monday in March, June, September and December" and continued for one week. The special Act of February 27, 1873, P. L. 169, provides for other return days than those mentioned. The Twenty-fourth Judicial District was created by the Act of 5 April, 1849, P. L. 368, composed of Blair, Cambria and Huntingdon counties. Our court convened on the first Mondays of January, April, July and October; however, the Act of 1 May, 1852, P. L. 508, changed the regular terms to the first Mondays of March, June, September and December and to continue for two weeks. This act has never been changed. The constitution of 1873 provided that when any county had a population of 40,000 or over it should be entitled to its own court and judge, and the office of associate judge should be abolished. The census of 1880 gave Cambria over that number, whereupon the Assembly authorized and created the Fortyseventh Judicial District, by the Act of 7 August, 1883, published in the laws of 1885, P. L. 323. FIRST JUDGES OF BEDFORD COUNTY. At the time Bedford county was formed we were a part of it, as has been noted. On March 11, 1771, Lieutenant Governor John Penn appointed the following named persons as justices of the court of general quarter sessions of the peace and of the county court of common pleas for the county, and a commission was accordingly bestowed upon each of them. There were fifteen in the entire county, namely: John Frazer, Barnard Dougherty, Arthur St. Clair, William Creaford, James Milligan, Thomas Gist, Dorsey Pentacost, Alexander McKee, William Proctor, Junior, John Hanna, William Lochry, John Wilson, Robert Cluggage, William McConnell and George Woods. A dedimus potestatem was directed to John Frazer, Barnard Dougherty and Arthur St. Clair, which means in substance they should administer the oaths of office and allegiance to the Proprietors of Pennsylvania. At that period all the territory west of the mountains was in Bedford county, and these judges must have been located at various places therein for the convenience of the people. Judge Hanna was the first judge of Westmoreland, and held court at Hannastown; William Lochry was a resident of that portion of the county also. The first court in Bedford county was held 16 April, 1771, and the judges present and sitting were: William Proctor, Rob |