Legal Career
Heston received his law degree from the University of Michigan in 1904. In 1908, he established a law practice in Detroit, Michigan. He served as an assistant prosecuting attorney for Wayne County from 1911 to 1916. He became a judge on the Detroit Recorders criminal court bench in 1916 and continued in that capacity through 1923.
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