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The Cook County Juvenile Court was the first juvenile court established in the U.S., in 1899. During its first quarter century, its most important person was Mary Bartelme, whose official titles were Cook County Public Guardian and then (after 1913) assistant to the judge. Bartelme devoted much of her life to child welfare and the reform of ...
Richard Jones Hamilton, First Circuit Court Clerk of Cook County, 1831–1841. On January 1, 1964, the circuit courts of Cook County were unified. [1] Before this, there were more than 200 separate courts in Cook County. [1] In its unified form, it now had a single, popularly elected, clerk of court. [1]
He was born in Belvidere, Illinois, in 1861 the child of Irish immigrants. [3]Sullivan came to Chicago about 1879 to work in the railroad yards on the city's west side. He served only a single term in elective office, as the clerk of the Cook County Probate Court, to which he was elected in 1890.
Cook County Probate Justice of the Peace [3] In office 1845–1848: Succeeded by: position abolished: City Clerk of Chicago [4] In office 1840–1842: Preceded by: William H. Brackett: Succeeded by: James Curtiss: Personal details; Born: February 11, 1817 New York City, US: Died: July 27, 1883 (aged 66) Carlton, New York, US: Resting place ...
Cook County to request pretrial detention in violent cases Cook County's new state's attorney has announced a change to the county's policy involving the controversial SAFE-T Act. Eileen O'Neill ...
(The Center Square) – The new Cook County state’s attorney is setting policy for pretrial detention and retail thefts. After officially being sworn in to replace Kim Foxx, Eileen O’Neill ...
A Cook County Circuit Court courthouse in Rolling Meadows. The Illinois circuit courts are trial courts of original jurisdiction. There are 24 judicial circuits in the state, each comprising one or more of Illinois' 102 counties. [1] [2] Six circuits comprise solely of a single county; these are Cook, Kane, Will, DuPage, Lake, and McHenry. [3]
Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough has been dogged by accusations she inappropriately mixed her work as a public official with her personal and political business, even to the point that a federal ...