William Little Lee
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William Little Lee was an American lawyer who became the first chief justice of the Supreme Court for the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Lee on left, with Charles Reed Bishop in 1846
John Ricord
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John Ricord was a French-American lawyer and world traveler. He was involved in cases in Texas, Oregon, Hawaii, and California.
William Little Lee
…stop at the Hawaiian Islands for provisions and repairs on October 12. Lee was only the second person in Hawaii with any western-style law training. John Ricord had arrived just two years earlier, and was acting as attorney general. Ricord convinced Lee to stay, and Bishop was given the job of sorting out the…
John Ricord
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Kamehameha III in military uniform