The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-03-08
HON. GAVIN HOGG
Something of the Life OF a
Great Lawyer.
FRIEND OF 81 MAHYS
WAS ACTIVE AND LIBERAL IN
IT'S ESTABLISHMENT.
AN ILLUSTRATIVE ANECD01E
He Was as Brave as He Was Able--He Would
Not Take a Drink With the Man Whose
AcquittaI For Stealing He
Secured.

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Ine standing and reputation OF the
ante-bellum lawyer was high and above
reproa IN. The short cut, or the willy
practice met the quick rebuke, and
certain condemnation, both from the
humblest and highest members, and the
client received the earnest work, and
was not suspicious or fearful Of his at
t%orney's action. The person of this
sketch was as refined as pure gold.
Mr.. Gavin Hogg was born in Wick,
Caithacas, northern ~poSt-ofice, Scotland,
on August 9th, 1888, and was the son
of James Hogg and Mary Finlayson.
His father and family moved TO
Anstruther, Fife, and came to America,
Wilmington, \. Co. in 1900.
He went to school in Anstruther, and
after coming to this country entered the
University of North Carolina, and
graduated in 1907. He was Il memDe
OF the Dialetic Society. In 1903 he
was tutor in the University. After this
Az ltuSIII pllc "lt ~. loIha
Atkinson's elder brothers, in Dinwiddie
county, Notwithstanding which time he
read law, and upon obtaining his license
to practice, located in the town of
Windsor, BERTHE county, \. C. He never
held any public office, but was once n
candidate for Judge Of the Superior
court Of law and equity, but was defeat
"a ~ +ln 1n{0 I,lr1 Con yrn1l
In 1922 he married Miss Mary A. B.
johnson, of Stratford, Connecticut. The
issue Of his marriage was four children.
only one of whom survives, DIR. Thomas
D. Hogg, of Raleigh, n. G.. In 1884,
he married Mrs. Sarah L.. Blount,
widow Of the late John Gray Rlount,
Of Beaufort county. Mrs. Blount was a
daughter of the late Sherwood Hay
wood, Esq, of Wake county, and q sis
ter of the late Mrs. George T.. Badger.
Mr.. Hogg was five feet ten inches in
height, weighed about one hundred and
ninety pounds; complexion bright, more
than t1orid, blue eyes, and light hair.
He commanded q company in Norfolk.
Virginia, in the war of 1912, though
he was a Federalist, and opposed to
the war, and yet at the time of his
death was q Jackson Democrat.
LUIS VIEWS ILL oIflllOiS. III oppO3lUoll
to the war, were SO pronounced and de
cided that public sentiment was fercels
arrayed against him, and so excited and
defiant had it become, that his life
was threatene., and he defed, singly
and alone, a mob in the streets OF
Windsor and stationed on his front
porch, with gun in hand, threatened
death to the first who should invade his
domain. And yet after his return from
the war, he had four hundred, out OF
four hundred and twenty-three cases or
n docket, for these same people who
had been at one time so embittered
against him.
He was the principal mover in the
building OF the Episcopal school at Raj
eigh. The brick building was not above
the first story when he died. His judg
ment, wisdom and guiding hand being
gone, it soon drifted into financial.
trouble and wound up. He was a par
ticular friend of the late Bishop Raven
scroft, who uled at his house. He wa:
a prominent lay delegate always at tn,
t%riennial conventions.
He was 4 successful and we'll equip
ped lawyer, and controlled as larg,
and lucrative practice as any attorney il
the East ever enjoyed. He was bold, ag
g%ressive and determined. He would, il
strict conscience, prosecute or defend
to the full limit, confirming himself strict
~ and solely to the evidence detailed
no inducement could alter or ewerve hi
convictions. In his speeches to tn,
jury he would frequently ask the cour
to stop I'm if he transcribed the limit
not warranted by the evidence present
ed. He was a fine advocate, and argue,
his points Of law and evidence clearly
forcibly and i%ntrepidly. In all matter
he followed his convictions rigidly al,
implicitly. He was one OF the mos
positive and determined men the Eas
ever had. He never gave Il threat o
took one. Courteous, respectful, an
affable, yet dignified, deferential, thong
Of easy approach.
He was a fine criminal lawyer, an
performed his duty alike to high an
low. When he would appear for
client, charged with theft, or other heiI
ous act, the case being over. he Won
allow no social intercourse. The follow
ing anecdote is characteristic:
In HEREFORD Superior court he al
peared for one Henry Stevens. charge
with stealing a pig. Stevens told him a
about stealing the pig, and what he d.
with it. Mr.. Hogg made a strong effol
for his client, and secured an acquitta
AS the attorney was leaving the couI
house, and was making his way to til
hotel, on the opposite side OF the stree
Stevens accosted him, and said: IN
HOgg, you cleared me of stealing tn:
pig, and now / want you to go and tai
a drink with me-" He politely decline
and proceeded to the hotel. Steve,
following n insisting, and he refusin
until they reached the hotel pore
where several members Of the bar we
sitting. At this juncture, Steven
piqued at the refusal, said: Il kno
Mr.. Hogg, why you won't drink wi
me. You are too proud to drink wi
me-" With sharpness, and in presen
OF the others, he turned upon him, al
said: Eyes sir, you are right; l am t
proud TO drink with you. You stole tn
pig-you told me you stole tn
pig-and 1 I'M too proud to drink wi