Fremont Wood
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Fermont Wood (1856–1940) was an American lawyer and government official who served as the United States Attorney for Idaho Territory from 1889 to 1894.[1] Previous to this he served as the Assistant District Attorney for Idaho Territory from 1881 to 1886.[1] He was a private attorney in Boise during the early 1880s before becoming city solicitor, serving from 1883 to 1884.[1] Wood graduated from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine before entering into private law practice.[1] After retiring from the U.S. Department of Justice, Wood was elected a state judge in Idaho's third district.[1] He presided over the 1907 murder trial of Bill Haywood.[2]
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[edit]- ^ a b c d e Bates College (1915). General catalogue of Bates College and Cobb Divinity School, 1863-1915. The College. hdl:2027/njp.32101074049659.
- ^ "Fremont Wood; Idaho Jurist Presided at Trial of 'Big Bill' Haywood in 1907". The New York Times. December 23, 1940.
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