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First Montana judicial district opens at Virginia City in 1864
The article recounts the 1864 opening of the first judicial district court in Montana at Virginia City. Chief Justice H. J. Hosmer convened the court and named the territorial grand jury, with a lengthy charge praising the vigilance committee's role in restoring order amid lawlessness.
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Montana Territory
Virginia City
J. U. Sanders
Montana Historical Society
Society of Montana Pioneers
Montana
Clark
Lewis and Clark
North Dakota
Northwest Company
Assiniboine River
H. J. Hosmer
Judicial District Court
John J. Hull
Foreman
Thomas Banmie
William Decker
George Brandt
Samuel Russell
L. H. Davenport
John Ault
Joseph Brown
Henry Thompson
B. R. Martin
J. W. Pattee
W. P. Wheeler
Lester Campbell
James Williams
J. Hilderbrand
John Vanderbilt
L. S. Peck
Hosmer
Grand Jury