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- Chief Justice James Thomas Brown headed the Royal Commission on customs and excise, 17 Nov 1926, investigating customs corruption in cross-border alcohol smuggling, involving Rocco Perri and Thomas Hatch.
He was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Souris in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1905 to 1908 as a Provincial Rights Party member.
He was born in Huntingdon, Quebec, the son of Samuel Brown and Margaret White, and was educated there and at McGill University. Brown moved to Manitoba in 1833 and to Saskatchewan in 1896. He practised law in Moosomin, Saskatchewan and later served as Crown Prosecutor for Assiniboia district.
In 1891, James was residing in Hitchingbrooke, Quebec, Canada with his parents and siblings. He was a law student.
In 1922, he married Alice M. Lewis. Brown was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the House of Commons in 1908.
He later lived in Regina. Brown served as a puisne judge for the Supreme Court of Saskatchewan. He was named Chief Justice for the Saskatchewan Court of King's Bench in 1918.
Brown died in Regina on April 28, 1957, at the age of 86.
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Obit
Brown - Sunday, April 28th, Chief Justice Hon. James Thomas Brown, dearly beloved husband of Mrs. Laura Brown, 2159 Scarth St., passed away at the age of 86 years. Funeral services will be held on Wendesday, May 1st at Knox-Metropolitan church at 3 p.m. Rev. H. A. Mutchmore and Rev. A. H. E. Barger will officiate and burial will be in the family plot, Regina cemetery. Besides his wife Chief Justice Brown is survived by four sons, Dr. J. L. Brown, 69 Leopold Crescent; Allan L., and Wilfred G., of Ottawa; and Leonard R., Toronto; and one daughter, Winnifred, of Huntingdon, Que.; also nine grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. E. C. McCoy and one brother, Frank R., both of Huntingdon. Arrangments in care of Speers Funeral Home.
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The Honourable James T. Brown
1910 - 1918 Justice Supreme Court of Saskatchewan
1918 - 1957 Chief Justice of the Court of King’s Bench for Saskatchewan
James T. Brown was born in Huntington, Quebec in 1871. He graduated with honours from McGill University in 1893. He was admitted to the Manitoba Bar in 1896 and then moved to Moosomin (one of the most active judicial centres in the Province at that time) to establish the well-known, successful firm of Brown, Wylie and Mundell.
In 1910 he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Saskatchewan and in 1918, when the Saskatchewan Courts were reorganized to establish an Appeal Court and a King’s Bench Court, he was appointed the Chief Justice of the Court of King’s Bench where he presided for thirty-nine years.
Justice Brown served on the Regina Riot Inquiry Commission (1935-1936), the Royal Grain Inquiry Commission (1928-1931) and the Brown-Elwood Royal Commission (1916).
Chief Justice Brown died on April 29, 1957.
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