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Oliver St John, English judge and politician, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (born 1598)
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Oliver St John
English judge and politician (1598–1673)
Sir Oliver St John was an English barrister, judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640-53. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
Archaic position of honour in English common law court
The chief justice of the common pleas was the head of the Court of Common Pleas, also known as the Common Bench, which was the second-highest common law court in the English legal system until 1875, when it, along with the other two common law courts and the equity and probate…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)