Early republican terminology developed independently; e.g., Latin consul 'consul' but Oscan meddíss designate the first magistrate, to Latin senatus 'senate' corresponds Oscan kúmparakineís (genitive singular), and to Latin comitia 'assembly' the Oscan forms comono or kúmbennieís.
Whatever the reason, most will agree with John Adams that even if Burr's guilt were "as clear as the noonday sun... the first magistrate ought not to have pronounced it before a jury had tried him".
But the first magistrate they spoke to, as Carol Ann recalled in a piece for the Raleigh News and Observer this week, told them that they weren't going to get a wedding license from him.
Marshall, sitting as a trial judge in 1807, "at first concluded that since the President is the first magistrate of the United States, and not a King who can do no wrong, he was subject to the judicial subpoena power," according to the OLC memo.
On June 1st, James Wilson of Pennsylvania, the man who contributed the phrase "We the People" to the preamble, expressed support for popular election, noting that "Experience, particularly in N. York & Massts, shewed that an election of the first magistrate by the people at large, was both a convenient & successful mode".
A second magistrate also said no. Carol Ann and Thomas walked down the street to a Legal Aid office; a couple of lawyers there offered to walk right back to the courthouse with them.
With regard to the third, the magistrate must be presumed to have taken the requisite oaths, since he is found acting as a magistrate.
The lawlessness of the region led to the appointment of the first resident magistrate on 1837 – Allured Tasker Faunce, who was also known as "Ironman Faunce" since his time as a magistrate at Brisbane Water.
Thomas became the first military magistrate of Butterworth.
