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Robert Lettis Hooper or Robert Lettice Hooper (died 1738/39) was a chief justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. ==Biography== Robert Lettis Hooper was a son of Daniel Hooper, a native of Barbados. A merchant in New York City, he subsequently relocated to New Jersey. He was Warden of St. Peter's Church, Perth Amboy in 1726, and Vestryman from 1734 to 1738. Robert Lettis Hooper was elected to the eighth New Jersey General Assembly (1721-1725 Legislative Session), representing the Somerset County Constituency.〔''Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey'', date: various (pre 1950)〕 He was commissioned as Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court on January 1, 1724/5 (O. S.) and took the bench on March 30, 1725. Hooper would serve as Chief Justice until his death, with the exception of a brief interruption in 1728, when Gov. William Burnet had named Thomas Farmar to the post; Hooper was reinstated the following year.〔''The Province of New Jersey 1664 - 1738''; Edwin P. Tanner, Ph. D.; Columbia University; Longmans, Green & Co., Agents; New York, 1908; p. 479〕 One of the more prominent cases heard by the Hooper Court was ''Lithgow v. Schuyler'' in 1734, in which the East New Jersey Proprietors attempt to oust a settler from land in Elizabethtown was defeated by a jury.〔''Conceived in Liberty, Vol. II'', Murray N. Rothbard; Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, AL; 1999; p. 47〕 On November 16, 1738 he was commissioned of the New Jersey Provincial Council, but would only serve briefly before his death. Robert Lettis Hooper made his will on January 27, 1738; it was proved February 19, 1738/39. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Lettis Hooper」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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