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Legislature in 1846, and of the Gamble Convention in 1861. He remained continuously in the practice of his profession until 1881, when he assumed his seat as a member of the Supreme Court. Judge Ray's opinions display a laborious consideration of the case before him, and are in most instances exhaustive discussions of the questions involved. Some of them will always be worthy of attentive perusal. Many of them discuss interesting questions.
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