Order from District Court Judge Streeter ordering an adjournment Transcription: District Court Adjournment
By virtue of the power and authority
vested in me by law, the ___-
___. Judge of the second Judicial Dist-
rict of the Territory of Nebraska ac-
ting in the place of ___ Pitt Kellogg
judge of the first judicial District
of said Territory (and who is now
___ juror.) The Territory hereby
order the district court for said
___ judicical district for the
county of Douglas adjourned
from the third Tuesday of april
___ (the time ___ by law for hold-
ing said court) until the ninth day
of (that month at 10 o’clock ___
of that day-
Given under my hand this
15th day of april AD 1862
Joseph E. Streeter
Judge of Judicial District
Nebraska Territory
Research Notes: Joseph E. Streeter was appointed a Territorial Court Justice in 1861 under Republican President Abraham Lincoln. He served in that capacity until 1863.
