A R O C H A 



GUSTAVO F. AROCHA Y LLANERAS 



Lawyer; magistrate. 



Gustavo F. Arocha y Llaneras was 

 born on the first of May, 1864, at the Villa 

 of Guanajay, in the Province of Pinar del 

 Rio. He was educated under the direction 

 of F. B. Ramos, at the Colegio of San 

 Jose de Calasanz. After studying at the 

 Jesuit College of Belen he received the 

 degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1879 and then 

 took up the study of civil and canon law 

 at the University of Havana. After six 

 years' study he was admitted to practice 

 in both these faculties. While at the uni- 

 versity he worked in a law office and was 

 admitted to the bar in Havana, where he 

 exercised his profession from 1885 to 1899. 

 At this last date the first American Govern- 

 ment of Intervention nominated him for 

 Judge of the First Instance and Instruc- 



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