 In his book, "Early Bench and Bar of Illinois", inspired by an 1893 speech given to the Illinois Bar Association, Judge Caton claims to have tried the first jury case in a court of record in Cook County, Illinois.He recounts his experiences riding the circuit in the early days of Illinois statehood, and his later appointment to the Illinois Supreme Court, a period of some sixty years.He relates a number of humorous anecdotes about his days as a circuit rider.