The Hartford herald., 1879-06-18
HARTFORD, KENTUCKY, JUNE 49, 1879.

law. i will qualify the above state
ment whenever called on.
"Given under my hand this 10Th day
of June, 1874.
SAMUEL r. ELLIOTT.
"Attest: Il. w. SANFORD,
l.. 5. SANFORD"
At the May term, 1866, of the Rowan
County Court, on the motion of Cyrus
Alley, then Clerk of said court, the fol-
lowing order, of which have an Off
cial copy, was entered:
Rowan COUNTY COURT, MAY
TERN, 1S66.-On motion of Cyrus Al
ley, Thos. j. +. Hargis appeared in
open court and produced his license to
practice law, and, having taken the
oath required by law, the said Hargis
was admitted to practice his profession
i'm this court.
"Given under my hand this 18th day
of November, 1873.
JAS. w. JOHNSON, Clerk r. G.. C.p
Mr.. Alley, few days after the Of
fense was said to have been committed,
expressed just Indignation against the
outrage sought to be perpetrated upon
me, and voluntarily wrote and signed
the following statement:
al, Cyrus Alley, state that / was
Clerk of the Rowan County Court from
1868 to 1870 continuously, and also
Clerk of the Rowan Circuit and Quar-
terly Courts during the whole of the
above period, from 1868 to 1870; and
Thomas +. Hargis, who then wrote his
name T. j. +. Hargis, was sworn i'm as
practicing attorney at law i'm the Row.
an County Court some time i'm the
spring of 1866, either i'm the month of
April or May of 1866, and he was also
sworn in the Circuit Court in August,
1866, and during that year 1 was very
intimate with Mr.. Hargis, and employ
ed him as my attorney, and have since
employed him in various important
suits.
"Given under my hand this 25th day
of April, 1874.
"CYRUs ALLEY.r
Mrs. Mamie f. Alley sent, through
her husband, to me. the following state
ment, with permission to publish:
al, n. f. Alley, state that / am the
the wife of Cyrus Alley, who was for
merly Clerk of the Rowan Circuit and
County Courts, and that / was well ac-
quainted with Thomas +. Hargis i'm the
year 1866, and that upon one occasion /
well remember of having conversa-
ton with said Thomas +. Hargis about
his practicing law. l remember that
he had not been practicing long, aud
this conversation was sometime i'm the
spring of 1866, and think either i'm the
month of April or May of 1885,
"Given under my hand this 25th day
of May, 1874.
ATTEST: MAMIE +. ALLEY,
"CYRUs Alley
Some question was raised after the
18th of April, 1874, as to the Indefinite
ness of Mr.. Alleys statement relative
to the month of my admission, and on
the 9th day of May he wrote, signed
and made oath to the following state
ment:
"MOREHEAD, KY, May, 1S74.-I,
Cyrus Alley, state that Thomas +. Har-
gis was sworn to practice law i'm the
Rowan County Corut, at the court
house in the town of Morehead, at the
May term of said court, 1866. / have
looked over the orders of April, 1866,
none being missing, and none i'm that
month i'm reference to him. / can not,
therefore, state the month, and this was
the meaning of the first certificate /
gave him. | was Clerk of the Rowan
County and Circuit Courts.
CYRUS ALLEY.
''Sworn to before me by Cyrus Alley,
this 9th day of May, 1874.
JAMES w. JOHNSON,
''Clerk Rowan County Court"
"This is to certify that / have been
acquainted with II. +. Hargis as icen-
sed lawyer since the early spring of
1866. He began his studies In the year
1860, whilst boy, under my supervis-
ion, and after the war he resumed his
studies for u short time, and was soon
licensed as a lawyer to practice. have
been associated with him in the practice
of the law since the spring of 1856; this
9th April, 1874. HI. G. BURNS"
al, William Stewart, state that 1 was
Justice of the Peace in Rowan county
from 1864 up to 1870 continuously, and
that knew Thomas F. Hargis, and
have known him since July 1866, and
knOU that Thomas f. Hargis was and
did practice law before me in my court,
at my spring term, 1856, in various
suits. And have no doubt this fact,
of which / am certain, he had been
practicing law at Morehead before the
August election, 1866, at which election
said Hargis was a candidate for County
Judge. 1 am a Republican in politics
and have been. i knew said Hargis
well in the fall of 1865 and the winter
of 1865 and 1866. was frequently i'm
his law office, and he always had his
law-bOoks and thought he was study
ing hard. Given under my hand this |
18th day of April, 1874.
WIN. STEWART.
"Att-CYRUs ALLEY"
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