History of Oakland County Michigan a narrative account of its historic progress, its people, its principal interests / compiled from the official records of the county, the newspapers and data of personal interviews, under the editorial supervision of Thaddeus D. Seeley.

HISTORY OF OAKLAND COUNTY

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county political conventions were held in it, and there were many times
when it was packed to the limit as rival candidates struggled for places
upon the county ticket. It is almost literally true that forty-six years
of the history of this county was made in that old court room. With
it are associated memories of some of the most notable trials, civil and
criminal, in the history of the state. With it are associated memories of
some of the most diligent and forceful lawyers and judges of the state.
I omit their names because others today are likely to refer to them by
name.

COURTHOUSE OF 1857-8

"Merely as a matter of future history, it should be stated that from
May 20, 1904, to the present time, the county officers, with their files,
books and records, have been quartered in the Davis block (so-called)
and the sessions of this court were held in the basement of the Congregational church. During that time, many have attended church who
had sadly neglected that duty. It is to be hoped that the religious surroundings and appropriate mottoes of that basement Sunday school
room have not been entirely lost upon the jurors or upon the members
of the legal profession. I am quite sure that they failed to sufficiently
influence some of the witnesses.