In 1870 and 1871 he was concerned in the investigations
concerning the fraudulent transactions of the Tweed
Ring, and prepared some of the indictments as well as con-
ducted some of the prosecutions growing out of, and con-
nected with, those transactions. In 1871 he was nominated
upon a joint Republican and Anti-Tammany ticket, with
the late William E. Curtis, for the office of judge of the
Superior Court of this city ; there being at that time two
vacancies to be filled at the election in November, 1871.
They were both elected.
During Judge Sedgwick's term he became, in August,
1880, Chief Justice of the Court, by the selection of his
associate judges. In 1885 he was re-nominated by both
the Democratic and Republican parties, and was re-elected
for a term of fourteen years from January 1, 1886. He
continued to act as Chief Justice of the Superior Court
until that court was consolidated with the Supreme Court
in January, 1896, by the new Constitution of 1894, when
he became one of the judges of the Supreme Court into
which the Superior Court had been merged. He there-
after acted as a judge of that court, until his death, which



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occurred on September 11, 1897, completing an honorable
judicial service of nearly twenty-six years.
