Bennett, Granville G. 1833-1910
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- Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme court of the territory of Dakota, 1879-1894:t.p. (Granville G. Bennett, assoc. justice, Supreme Court)
- OCLC, Oct. 14, 2002(Bennett, Granville Gaylord, 1833-1910)
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Granville Gaylord Bennett (October 9, 1833 – June 28, 1910) was an American lawyer who served as a justice of the Supreme Court for the Dakota Territory and as a delegate to the United States House of Representatives. He was the presiding judge at the trial of Jack McCall for the Aug. 2,1876 murder of Wild Bill Hickok in Deadwood, Dakota Territory. This trial was held in Yankton, the then headquarters of the Territory. Judge Bennett later was assigned to Lawrence county and moved his family there.
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