Concerning Justice (Esprios Classics)

Lucilius A. Emery (July 27 1840 - August 26 1920) of Portland Maine was a Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from October 5 1883 to July 27 1911. Born in Carmel Maine Emery graduated from Bowdoin College in 1861 and read law to gain admission to the bar in 1863 at which time he settled in Ellsworth Maine. He was the elected to the Maine Senate in 1874 and 1875 and then as Maine Attorney General from 1876 to 1879. On October 5 1883 Governor Frederick Robie appointed Emery as an Associate Justice. He became Chief Justice on December 14 1906 and serving in that capacity until his resignation on July 27 1911.