Career
He occupied the office for one year, producing three volumes of the Reports, containing decisions from May 1803 to November 1805. Under the archaic transcript system once used for case citations, these reports are officially known as Caines" Reports, and are abbreviated as (volume) Cai. R. (page). Cases from other courts also reported by Caines are in volumes titled Caines" Cases, abbreviated as (volume) Cai.
Cas.
(page), while his edited versions of cases reported by William Coleman are titled Coleman & Caines" Cases, abbreviated as (volume) Cole. & Cai. Cas. (page). Prior to becoming Reporter, Caines was a New York City lawyer, published the first volume of Lex Mercatoria Americana and prosecuted a noted libel case, People v. Croswell (3 Johns Cas 337 ).
He died in Catskill, New York, and is buried in the Thompson Street Cemetery there.