Stephen Sewall
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| Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature | |
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| Appointed by | William Shirley |
| Preceded by | Paul Dudley |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Hutchinson |
| Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature | |
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| Appointed by | Jonathan Belcher |
| Preceded by | Thomas Graves |
| Succeeded by | Chambers Russell |
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| Education | Harvard University |
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Stephen Sewall (December 14, 1702 – September 10, 1760) was a judge in colonial Massachusetts. Born in Salem, Massachusetts, he was the son of Stephen Sewall, the clerk of court at the Salem witchcraft trials, and a nephew of Chief Justice Samuel Sewall, who presided at the witchcraft trials. He was the uncle of lawyer Jonathan Sewall and of the poet, lawyer and patriot, Jonathan Mitchell Sewall of Portsmouth, NH.
He attended Harvard University, graduating in 1721.[1] Although never formally trained as a lawyer or admitted to the bar, he was appointed first as an associate justice, and then as Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature, the highest court in the colony.[2] He also served on the Massachusetts Governor's Council, which was then the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court. He was generally respected by both friends (the "court party") and foes (the "popular party") of royal government.
Sewall's death in Boston in 1760 was followed by controversy. James Otis, Jr. believed that his father, James Otis, Sr., had been promised the office of chief justice, but Governor Francis Bernard appointed Crown supporter Thomas Hutchinson instead, creating a political rift that would have important implications in the development of the American Revolution. While Sewall had expressed doubts about the legality of writs of assistance, which were controversial general search warrants, Hutchinson authorized them—over the objections of Otis—in the famous "writs of assistance case" of 1761.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."[Spring 1759.] [from the Diary of John Adams]". founders.archives.gov.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Wetmore's Minutes of the Argument: Essex Superior Court, Ipswich, June 1772". founders.archives.gov.
- Wroth, L. Kinvin. "Sewall, Stephen". American National Biography Online, Feb. 2000.
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