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STEVENS, James Gray, Canadian jurist, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, 25 February, 1822. His father, Andrew Stevens, was a writer to the" Signet," and his mother, Grace Buchanan, daughter of Sir Colin Campbell, of Auchinbreck, was an author. He was educated at Edinburgh university, came to New Brunswick in 1840. studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1847, and practised his profession at St. Stephen's, New Brunswick He was a member of the New Brunswick assembly in 1861-'5, was created a queen's counsel m February, 1867, the same year was appointed judge of four county courts, and in 1875 was a delegate from New Brunswick to the convention in Montreal, which resulted in the union of the various Presbyterian bodies in Canada. He has been president of St. Croix agricultural society thirty years. He is the author of "An Analytical Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Courts of New Brunswick from 1825 to 1873, inclusive" (St. John, 1873); a further digest of the same reports from 1873 to 1887 (Toronto, 1887); "Index to the Statutes, Rules, Orders, Regulations, Treatises, and Proclamations of the Dominion of Canada" (St. Stephen's, 1876) ; and "Indictable Offences and Summary Convictions " (Toronto, 1880).
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