from well-travelled – marianne vasara-aaltonen 323 president of the Svea court and took part in several commissions and the law commission preparing the Chapter on heinous crime.951 One might conclude that the first decades of the court do not show any distinct trends in one direction or another. From 1654 onwards, we see a slight tendency towards more judicial careers. It was, however, not a straightforward path, but rather a fluctuating one, with the changes being most evident when comparing the first and last sample year of this section. Compared to the court in the early decades of the seventeenth century, the corps of assessors at the end of the century is clearly starting to become more oriented towards the judiciary. Turning to the eighteenth century, the organisation of the court changes as the division into separate classes had been abolished in 1698. The president still had a background in civil administration as Gentleman of the Bedchamber (kammarherre) and provincial governor, but had stepped into the judiciary in 1693 as president of the Turku Court of Appeal. A clear majority, 13 of the 17 assessors who worked at the Svea Court of Appeal in 1714, had had other judicial tasks prior to their office at the Svea court or made their whole careers at the court. The corps of judges is increasingly familiar with the judiciary, but there is still some variance as to what their previous experience was. Four of the assessors may illustrate this. Representing the “traditional” path from general administration is Johan Swebilius Adlerberg, who after his law courses worked at the German office (tyska expedition) of the Chancery, secretary at an embassy to Warsaw and secretary in the Chancery. He became assessor at the court in 1714 and appeal court councillor in 1728. Jacob Huber (nob. Falkencloo) (1649 –1716) was born in Brieg (now Brzeg), Silesia, and began his career at the Court of Appeal of Brieg as an advocate. After coming to Sweden, he worked as praeceptor of some young noblemen and as an advocate. He then became a public notary in Stockholm in 1681, prosecutor at a military court (krigsfiscal) in 1694 and an assessor at the Svea Court of Appeal in 1711. Palm Rigeman (d. 1715) probably began his career as a trainee (auskultant) at the Dorpat Court of Appeal in 1684 and then worked for the town judiciary 951 Anjou, A. 1899 pp. 7, 48 and passim. Emerging Judicial Careers: 1714 and 1734
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