BETANCOURT 



TEM1STOCLES BETANCOURT Y 

 CASTILLO 



Lawyer, Magistrate. 



Temistocles Betancourt y Castillo 

 was born at Camagiiey on the fifteenth of 

 May, 1873, where he was educated and 

 from where he proceeded to the University 

 of Havana, in which he graduated in law. 

 During the Spanish regime, as well as 

 the period of intervention, and afterwards 

 under the Republic, he has served in va- 

 rious public positions, beginning with Dis- 

 trict Attorney for Camagiiey and occupied 

 in succession the following posts: Court 

 Officer of the Provincial Court of Cama- 

 giiey, Judge of the First Instance, etc., of 

 Moron; Judge of Instruction, etc., of Pinar 

 del Rio; Secretary of the Provincial Court 

 of Santa Clara; Prosecuting Attorney of 

 Provincial Court of Oriente; Magistrate 



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