The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-09
BAR RE.0RG ANIzED.. DOCK.
ET OF COURT SOUNDED
,tORk OF JUDGE RUSSELL IN
DISTRICT COURT.
Forty Lawyers Qualify by Taking
the New Oath-A Number Of
Cases Stricken From the
Docket.

The first matter TO receive atten.
ton OF the district court at this
mornings session was the reorganl.
zation OF the bar OF the city and
county and requiring all the mem.
bers thereof to subscribe to the new
oath required by the supreme court
OF the state before practiclng.
Immediately after this proceeding
was completed the court then took
up the work Of sounding the dockcts
and arranging for the trial Of cases
wherein a jury would not be re-.
quired, and securing the agreement
or attorneys to set cases for trial
during this term of court. While
Judge Russell was sounding the
docket and calling the cases. the
attorneys OF many OF the cases took
orders ~ dismissal Some of the
cases that were on the docket and
had been postponed from term to
term and year to year were erased
and marked dismissed The dock.
ct Is an unusually heavy one and
It seems TO be the intention Of the
district judge to get the docket
cleared OF a large number of cases
that the probability of trial Is dim.
\ great many of the causes were
cases wherein no orvice had been
secured and postponemcnts asked
Several of the cases stricken from
the docket were didvorce uts that
have been pendidng for two or more
years and no disposition made OF
them.
The court will be in session for
several days and probably a week
or longer, with perhaps the dispo.
sal OF a number of cases wherein
the prisoners will enter pleas OF
guilty.
Forty-two attorneys subscribed to
the oath required of the supreme
court this morning. the oath being
as follows
You do solemnly swear that you
will support protect and defend the
constitution of the United States.
and the constitution OF the state of
oklahoma; that you will do no
falsehood or consent that any be
done in court, and II you know OF
any you will give knowledge thereof
to the Judge of the court or some
one OF them, that II may be reform
ed you shall not Willingly, willing
ly or knowingly promote, sue or pro-
cure to be sued. any false or unlaw.
ful suit, or give aid or consent to
the same; you shall delay no man for
lucre or malice, but shal act in the
office of attorney in this court ac.
cording to your best earning and
discretion. with all good fidelity as
well to the court as to your client,
SO help you God"
The following is the list of at
torneys who qualified this morning
Judge Hosea Townsend, s. T.
Blcdsoe, Thos. Norman. w. =. Da-
Wis. John S. Cadel, J. p. Mullen.
Jas. II. Mathers X. +. Lee T. n.
Robnett, T.. l.. Deem, S. II. Butler.
w. S. Crockett, John p. Gilday, l.
II. Mason, l.. S. Dolman, w. II.
Bleakmore, A. X. Swan, j. f. Bled.
soc, A. G. Cruce, Il. +. Turner, s.
c. Matson, J. A. Cotner. George T.
Rider. b. Moore. W. +, Bowman
W. +. Freeman, n. II. Mccoy,
Geo. +. Yates. II. NJ. Lester. II. r.
Sims. j. W. Harreld, Harry X.
Allen. c. Lincoln Mcclure, J. G..
Thompson. A. Eddleman, w. B.
Johnson. II, A. Ledbetter, II. w.
McGill. J. T. Coleman, and Josiah
Clark and T. S. T.. Brown, negrores.
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