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He came to Canada in 1779, receiving a licence to practise law, and did practise law in Montreal.

Being created first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the District of Hesse, he went to Detroit in 1789; when the Court of Kings Bench in Upper Canada was organized under the Statute of 1794, he was made the Senior Puisne Judge.

He became Chief Justice in 1815, and resigned in 1825 on a pension, dying in 1834.

Amongst other services of a public nature, he served as a Commissioner to treat with the U.

S invader when Toronto capitulated in 1813.