Justice Adelbert Petty Rich

About this episode

The episode discusses the legal career of Adelbert Rich, a NYS Supreme Court Justice involved in significant court cases.

Adelbert Rich was a third generation practitioner of law. He was engaged in the profession for over thirty years in which his latter years was a NYS Supreme Court Justice. He presided over a plethora of cases involving such matters as murder, interlocutory decrees and election fraud.

Topics covered

• law
• justice
• court cases
• history
• election fraud

Keywords

• Adelbert Rich
• law
• NYS Supreme Court
• justice
• court cases
• election fraud
• murder

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NYS Supreme Court

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