Memoirs of the judiciary and the bar of New England for the nineteenth century : with a history of the judicial system of New England . and finished his law course with Edward tirayin Boston. He was admitted to the bar in1804, and moved to Waterville, Maine, wlierehe lived until he closed a long and busy life,November 12, 1855. At first our subjects business was small, butso was the pojiulation, and not much could l)eexpected; l)ut it gradually increased as the 52 THE JUDICIARY AND THE BAR OF NEW ENGLAND. population Ijecaine greater until he stood atthe front rank of his profession througiiout
Memoirs of the judiciary and the bar of New England for the nineteenth century : with a history of the judicial system of New England . and finished his law course with Edward tirayin Boston. He was admitted to the bar in1804, and moved to Waterville, Maine, wlierehe lived until he closed a long and busy life,November 12, 1855. At first our subjects business was small, butso was the pojiulation, and not much could l)eexpected; l)ut it gradually increased as the 52 THE JUDICIARY AND THE BAR OF NEW ENGLAND. population Ijecaine greater until he stood atthe front rank of his profession througiiout thatsection of the State. (Jhief Justice Shaw saidof him: In a har eminent for talents andlearning, he had the reputation of heing a well-tiained and well-read lawyer, with a <juickapprehension antl a power of legal discrimina-tion which enaliled him to discern and ajjplytiie sometimes nice distinctions of the connnonlaw, to invohed and intricate comhinations oftact, with peculiar force and effect. With amind acute and comprehensive, and wellstored with legal principles and standaiilauthorities, he could not fail to command a. TIMOIHY hdl .share of the hest l) Jle was a greatreadeiof current events and of history and fewmen were hetler infornied regarding the pio-gress of society the world over. In his early practice iMr. Iknitelle luld ahxiffrom i) The only office he consented tofill hefore the separation of Maim- hom Massa-chusetts was that of presidential elector \\\18U). When the .separation was 1820, Mr. Boutelle was elected thr tiistsenator honi Keiniehec. Ihi early years fol-lowing the separation were prohahly the mostimportant in Maines history and during the first twenty years Mi. Pioutelle was frequentlycalled to Hll puhlic office. He served six yearsin the , the .same in the .senate, holding[lositions on various connnittees and ids workbeing of exceptional value on the judiciarycommittee, of which he was often
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