presiding judge

“Edward Tuner, then the presiding judge of the District Court, was a Kentuckian.”

The Memories of Fifty Years

“Lord Sydney’s indefatigable and highly efficient secretary, Mr. Evan Nepean, forwarded it on the 15th of April to the chambers of Sir James Eyre in Bedford Row; it would be up to him, the presiding judge in Morgan’s case, to review that case and advise Lord Sydney as to whether the King’s Mercy might or might not be extended to Richard Morgan.”

Simon & Schuster: Morgan’s Run

“He said you may be certain that Sir Abraham Isaac will be the presiding judge at your trial, and while he may serve ye a hideous homily on the temptations of a Lilith, the charges will not stick.”

Simon & Schuster: Morgan’s Run