The Biographical Dictionary of America/Appleton, John (jurist)

APPLETON, John, jurist, was born in New Ipswich, N.H., in 1804, and was graduated from Bowdoin college in 1823. He practised law in Sebec, Piscataquis county, Me., in 1826. In 1832 he removed to Bangor. He was appointed reporter of decisions in 1841, associate justice of the supreme judicial court in 1852, and chief justice in 1862. In 1883 he retired to private life. He was the author of "Appleton on Evidence," a compilation of matter which he originally wrote for the "American Jurist." He died in Bangor, Me., Feb. 17, 1891.