Life of David Belden
David Belden, John J. Berry (Editor), Belden Bros (Publisher)
Born in Connecticut in 1832, Belden went to California in 1853. He served on the Nevada County Court from 1857 to 1861, in the State Senate from 1865 to 1868, and on the District and Superior Courts of Santa Clara County from 1871 until just before his death in 1888
History
vi, 10-472 pages : frontispiece (portrait) ; 27 cm
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"No keener wit, / No intellect more subtle, none more bold / Was found in all our host."--Title page epgraph
Consists mainly of decisions rendered and sentences delivered by Judge Belden