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Miller, Richard Thompson

lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 16, 1845, in Cape May City, N. J. He received his education at Pottstown, Pa., and at Easton, Conn.; and subsequently received instruction at the West Jersey academy of Bridgeton, N.

J., and from private tutors. He soon acquired prominence as an able lawyer; was elected city solicitor of Cape May City, and prosecutor of pleas for Cape May county. He has served with distinction as district judge of Camden City; law judge of Camden county; and is now circuit court judge of New Jersey. He is prominent in the public affairs of his state; and ranks high in several fraternal orders.

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