Document Type
Writing by Dean David Banta
Publication Date
1892
Publication Citation
9 INDIANA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY 234-246 (1913)
Recommended Citation
Banta, David Demaree, "The Criminal Code of the Northwest Territory" (1892). David Banta (1889-1896). 11.
https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/banta/11
Comments
Judge Banta was born in Johnson county, May 23, 1833. He was educated at Franklin College and Indiana University, graduating from the latter institution with the class of 1855. Two years later he graduated from the Law School of Indiana University. In 1888 Hanover College conferred upon him the honorary degree of LL.D. He was in public service continuously from 1857 to his death in 1896, during the last six years of his life being Dean of the School of Law of Indiana University. He was the author of a History of Johnson County, History of the Presbyterian Church of Franklin, Making a Neighborhood, and many shorter papers and essays. This paper was read before the Fortnightly Club of Bloomington on May 2, 1892.
The paper was later reprinted in 9 INDIANA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY 234 (1913). The digitized copy is from the 1913 reprint