Viewing Joseph A. Willard, "Half a Century with Judges and Lawyers" (1895).Joseph A. Willard, "Half a Century with Judges and Lawyers" (1895).Joseph Augustus Willard had an eventful life before he became the assistant clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in Boston in 1846. Thereafter he rose in the ranks of the clerks, eventually becoming Clerk of the Superior Court. During the almost fifty years he worked in the clerk's office he heard and remembered many colorful anecdotes about the bench and bar. His anecdote-filled recollections, published in 1895, are posted here. |