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Calvin Maples Cureton, Texas attorney general from 1919 to 1921, Texas chief justice 1921–1940; James T. Draper Jr.; Texas Southern Baptist clergyman was a pastor in Iredell in Bosque County in the late 1950s. James E. Ferguson 26th governor of Texas; Miriam A. Ferguson, James' wife and the 29th and 32nd governor of Texas
The building was initially used as a facility for dispensing justice but, following the implementation of the Local Government Act 1888, which established county councils in every county, it also became the offices and meeting place for Kent County Council. [2] Internally, the principal room in the Sessions House was the council chamber. [3]
Until the early 1980s, the main venue for criminal court hearings in Maidstone was the County Hall. [1] However, as the number of court cases in the Maidstone area grew, it became necessary to commission a more modern courthouse for criminal matters: the site selected by the Lord Chancellor's Department, on the north east side of Barker Road, had been occupied by a timber yard with a river wharf.
The Superior Court of Washington for King County (more commonly, the King County Superior Court) is the largest trial court in Washington state. It is based at the King County Courthouse, 516 Third Avenue, in downtown Seattle, Washington. It also operates a juvenile facility and a Regional Justice Center in Kent, southeast of Seattle.
Maidstone is the largest town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town.Maidstone is historically important and lies 32 miles (51 km) east-south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the centre of the town, linking it with Rochester and the Thames Estuary.
In Great Britain and Ireland, a county town is usually the location of administrative or judicial functions within a county, and the place where public representatives are elected to parliament. Following the establishment of county councils in England in 1889, the headquarters of the new councils were usually established in the county town of ...
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In July 2020, he proposed to Kent County Council a motion against racism but the Conservative majority amended the motion and refused to give "unequivocal support" to ethnic minorities. [ 17 ] He was elected to Kent County Council for a second term on 6 May 2021, with 45% of the vote over his Conservative rival Andy Culham on 31%.