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...convict a Judge of "treason, bribery, high crimes Or misdemeanors." The new Judge, George W. English, took residence in East St. Louis with his wife, his son. There he became intimate with one Charles B. Thomas, who had been a local judge. The eastern Illinois district was not entirely civilized??? the Herrin massacres soon happened. Rough ways, rough words were not unknown. Money was made, lost, quickly, loosely. Judge English became careless. He got into the habit of assigning lucrative bankruptcy cases to his good friend, Mr. Thomas. In court he was heard, allegedly, to curse, to refer...
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