the svea court of appeal in the early modern period 324 as town clerk and town court judge in Riga before being appointed to the Svea court in 1712. Last but not least, there is Magnus Sternell (1664 – 1718), who represented the future with his straightforward career at the Svea Court of Appeal: trainee in 1681, notary in 1683, Crown prosecutor in 1691, secretary in 1698 and assessor in 1711.952 These examples show not only what kinds of judicial career the assessors had but also highlight the fact that the court also still employed men who came outside of Sweden proper. In 1734, eight appeal court councillors and ten assessors worked at the Court next to the president and vice president. Quite naturally, and emphasizing the still existing link between civil, military and judicial administration, the Great Northern War (1700 –1721) is reflected in the careers of the judges. Among the appeal court councillors two had been in the Ottoman Empire, to which the Swedish king had fled after the defeat at Poltava in 1709, one as the secretary of a legation and the other one accompanying the King. The appeal court councillors of the court had varied experiences within the administration and with judicial matters prior to and after their employment at the Svea Court of Appeal. A good example of this is Carl Diedric Ehrenpreus (1692 –1760). After studying in Uppsala, he became an extraordinary clerk (kanslist) at the Chancery and later copyist at the German office (tyska expedition) of the foreign affairs committee. He was sent abroad between 1712 and 1714 a few times, and also held the position of clerk and acting registrar (registrator) at the war office (krigsexpedition). After his return from Turkey, he was appointed registrar at the interior committee (inrikesdeputation) in 1716, assessor at the Svea Court in 1718, and then member of the justice committee of the estates (justitiedeputation) and the mining committee (bergsdeputation). In 1729, he was appointed as an appeal court councillor at the Svea Court. He was a member of the secret committee of the diet on several occasions and was a member of several other committees. After becoming Councillor of the Realm in 1739, he, among other things, took 952 This type of advancement within the court is perfectly illustrated in the letter regarding Sternell’s advancement, where Falkenberg, the Court’s president, suggested that after assessor Stiernmarck’s death in 1711 secretary Sternell should be made assessor, Crown Prosecutor Fehman secretary, Vice Prosecutor Rudberus Crown Prosecutor, and so on, RA, SHA, Skrivelser från hovrättens personal och från advokater, E III; Anjou, A. 1899 pp. 87, 128-129 and passim.
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