The Green Forest tribune., 1912-02-16
HISTORY OF
 CARROLL COUNTY
Compiled by the Goodspeed Publish ing Go. and Was First Published
 in the Year 1889.

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 Sneed, on Osage, probably in the year 1888; Archibald Yell presided. and
 David Walker was prosecuting attorney.
 The county formed part of the third judicial circuit, of which Samuel s.
 Hale was the regular judge.
 Circuit Judges. The county has always been embraced in the fourth judicial circuit, to which judges have been commissioned as follows: J. M.
 Hoge, November IS, 1840; s. c. Sneed, November IS, 1844; A. B. Greenwood,
 March 8, 1851; F. l. Batson, August 20, 1853; J. M. Wilson, February 21, 1859; J. J. Green, August 23, 1860; Y. B. Sheppard, May 9, 1863; Thomas Boles, August 3, 1865; ". N. May, April "A, 1868; M. L. Stephenson, July 23, 1868; c. B. Fitzpatrick, March 23, 1871; J.
 H. Huckleberry, April 10, 1872; J. M.
 Pittman, October 31, 1872;J. H. Berry, October q, 1878; J. M. Pittman, Oct ober 31, 1882.
 Prosecuting Attorneys for the fourth circuit during the same period have been as follows: A. M. Wilson, Novem- Der 13, 1840; A. B. Greenwood, January 1, 1845; H. F. Thomasson, September 6, 1858; Lafayette Gregg, August 23, 1856; B. J. Brown, December 1, 1862; J. E. Caverns, January ', 1865; Squire Boon, October 15, 1866; Elias Harrell, August Il, 1868; S. W. Peel, April 26, 1873; E. I. Sirman, October 13, 1876; H. A. Dinsmore, October IA, 1878; J. F. Wilson. October 30, 1881; J. V. Walker, October 30, 1886.
 County Judges. George Campbell, 1834-35; William King, 1835-38; Hirman Davis, 1838-40; M Perryman, 1840-42; w. J. Estis, 1842-44; J. D. Blair, 1S44- 46; Matthew Bristow, 1346-48; T. H. Clark, 184S-50; James Simmons, 1850; Samuel H. Ewing, 1850-52; Matthew Bristow, 1852-54; J. B. Turney, 1856 58; c. w. Walker, 1858-60; J. B. Tur- ney, 1860-64; Samuel H, Ewing, 1864-68; Robert Rains, 1868-71; Cyrus Maxwell, 1871; A. Tanning, 1874-80; T. s. Bunch, 1880-S2; William Walker, 1882-84: H. A. Pearce, 1884-66; R. II. cones, 1886; Bradley Bunch, 1887.
 Attorneys. A. M. Wilson was the first resident practicing attorney at Carrollton, and seems to have been there as early as 1886. John Wilson was his brother and partner, and their office was on the southwest corner of the square. David Walker, from Fay etteville, subsequently, United States Senator from Arkansas, was also an early attorney w. D. Reagan, J. P. Neill, J. M. Pittman, the present pre- siding judge of the fourth circuit; James H. Berry. at present member of the United States Senate from Ar kansas, and ex-governor of the State, and George J. Crump, of Harrison, one of the most prominent ottorneys in the northwestern part of the State, are among the former members of the local
 bar The following is a list of resident practicing attorneys in the county: o. w. Watkins, Henry Glitsch, R. H. Jones, J. H. Show, A. Davis, M. R. Baker, George Weymouth, E. R. Ray, George w. Ray, John Watkins, John Chiles, Joseph Naples, J. E. Jones, Charles Watson, John I. Warrington. The First Circtit Court for the West ern district began it's session May ', 1883, Judge Pittman presiding. No jury commissioners having been ap- pointed the court, as it's first proceeding, directed the sheriff to impanel the grand and petit juries. These respect i've bodies, the first for the Western district, were constituted as follows: Grand Jury.-R J. Insenberry, w.
 H. Jones, Wesley Kelley, Samuel Gregg foreman), Bart Moore, L. B. White,
 F. J. Russell, F. s. Riley, Henry Arney,
 D. B. Jeringan, z. P. Freeman, A. T. Wilson, D. A. Powell. Edward Picker ing, w. W. Davis, James Ramsey. Petit Jurors. IL Collins, J. V. Raw
 lins, Isaac Chidester, Samuel Mont gomery, A. B. Combs, W. D. Ingram,
 l. E. Perain, P. Landaker, E. A. Tray der, s. s. Purcell, Samuel Hollsman,
 J. W. Cary, L. M. White, N. B. Bar field, W. w. Hudson, David Conway, K. B. Thornton, G. A. Beaver, T. o.
 P. Terry, J. H. Hamilton, T. W.Nor
 wood, Philip Noll, William Leach, impanelled May 8, 1883.
 First Case, etc. The first case
 tried was that of George P. Young vs.
 J. H. Nuttall, and resulted in verdict
 of S6S.17 in favor of the defendant. The first person admitted as an attorney after examination was John Carroll, who applied for a committee to inquire
 as to his qualifications May 8, 1883. The first murder in the county was committed by W. w. Hutson, who was confined in jail, but escaped. Louis 1 Russell, William Goforth and Jack Musick served as coroner's jury in making the iquest. The second murder was that of Thomas H. Clark, during his incumbency as county judge, 1848- 50. His brother-in-law, Rudd, and a son of the latter accused, and a change of venue was taken to Washington county. A nolle pros. was granted in the case of Rudd, Jrs, and Rudd, Sr.,
 was acquitted through lack of circum- ll,tn orr;Io,, no Iln 4h;..I ,,,,,rl o,.