Moses Hallett

Moses Hallett (July 16, 1834 – April 25, 1913) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. Education and career Born in Galena, Illinois, Hallett attended the Rock River Seminary in Mount Morris, Illinois. Hallett read law to enter the bar in 1858. He was in private practice in Chicago, Illinois from 1859 to 1860. He was a gold miner in what was then the western end of the Kansas Territory in 1860, returning to private practice in Denver, Kansas Territory (unorganized territory from January 29, 1861, Colorado Territory from February 28, 1861) from 1861 to 1865. He was a member of the Colorado Territorial Council from 1863 to 1866. He was in private practice in Denver, Colorado Territory in 1866. He was the Chief United States Territorial Judge for the District Court for the District of Colorado Territory from 1866 to 1877. Federal judicial service