[1] Milton John Helmick served as Attorney General of New Mexico from 1923 to 1925 and from 1925 to 1934 as judge for the 2nd District of Albuquerque.

On December 8, 1941, Japanese troops occupied the United States consulate in Shanghai where the court was based.

[3] His appointment as judge formally came to an end in May 1943 after the Treaty for Relinquishment of Extraterritorial Rights in China was ratified.

[4] In 1953, Helmick was appointed Judge of the United States Consular Court for Casablanca and Tangiers where he tried one of the few cases of piracy against an American citizen in the 20th Century.

[5] Helmick retired in January 1954 and died in San Francisco in October 1954 at the age of 69.