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When the judges shall be obliged to go armed, it will be time for the courts to be closed.

Stephen Johnson Field

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Stephen Johnson Field
Age: 82 †
Born: 1816
Born: November 4
Died: 1899
Died: April 9
Former Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
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