Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-11-08

tally. and he would have made hisl
mark in this community had. he
lived, but death knocked at his;
door and took him away
Then there was little, Talbctt
Jackson, a grandson OF John
Speed, a gentleman by birth and
by raising and education; a nice
young man He became mem
Der OF this Bar he was left with
out anything and | invited him
into my office, and he used rlly Of
fee and Became a good student
and a fair lawyer, but death PITT
its hand on him There was a
merchant living ar Pamela that
came TO my Office and accused A
young man living in the neighbor
hood of stealing some stockings
from him, and Talbot was there
and / said, Nov, Talbot, ] am
going to put you in this case, and
you have got to be prompt" and
he said ooh, no Mr.. Smith" /
said Yes, sir" And he brought
the suit for damages and ! put
Talbot in the front all the time.
made him examine all the Wit
nesses and make the first speech
and he got n Judgment for $500.
and took that money and hand
ed il to the young man. and YOU
never saw young mans face
brighten so. and hope sprang in
his breast 1T once. But in less
than six months, death had knock
ed at the door. and he was gone
Now here comes alou@-it ap-
pears from history that Martin
----------- was Jhe frs; LAWYER
that ever appeared a -. Ba' ia
1S01-my wife's grandfather took
the first case TO the Curt 81 Ap-
pcals. and there the history i at
fault. and you Cdn:rt tell when
the circuits of this state were cs-
tablishcd. arri ! looked through
the records care'.'.: ard can
not find them. ] wantvt - ind
Il list OF the la'vvC~, from lTq-
when this stat: was ;l1mitT ID INTO
the Union, out cannot find :i:1m.
But there were lawyers. Here Is
the discision of the Court of APP
peals: II. Y. Hardin was Il law
yer at that time. and after this in
Collins History. there i Il lapse
in there. cannot find out anything.
cannot tell when IN" circuits -
this state were eStabl she'd from
any records YOU sec in this coun-
~, and this county is ,,r; q, she
greatest counties in the state. We
were part OF Virginia Tor awhile
This county belonged ID Eirg,nia
from 1895 and then in ;798 it was
turned over to the state Of Ken
tucky.
I have seen every Circtii. Judge
except one On this bencn pass
away Every Circuit Cour- AT
torney, but enc, mas died si'.;.c l
have been at the Bar. Low we
have some strong men from Md
ison county, and way hacl; there
in Collins History, il you will
read some. you will find there he
says the Richmond Bar was then
regarded as = strong Bar all along
and The men that gave II that re-.
putation are the men | have been
talking about
Now, lets come home shut
my eyes and | wonder. wonder
about the future. | wonder il
n the future there will be anoth-
er ID. Parrish. waiting for the
motion hour. and still raising a
point that viii make the Judge
scratch his head. wonder II
there will be one OF that kind !
suppose there will be.
Now. l am wondering about in
years to come, il there will be an
other John holland TO come into
court dressed neatly. portfolio
under his arm, taking it to the ia
BILE and pulling out some papers
and making a few marks ON them
and then looking wise.
! wonder If we will have an
other Murray Smith. Lean see
Murray Smith in years to Comic
another one. not this one here.
there. everywhere. whispering to
this man and whispering to that
man. | wonder if we will have
another one-,not that he has said
anything wrong, but | am admir- I,
ing his energy, and / wonder
there will be another Murra.
Smith. suspect so; | hope 81
Now, here is Capt. Short; he
is my friend, Oldham, and older
than they comes one Judge Hen
Rice. He has been here a Ion
time. He don't look old, but b
has been here a long time, an &C
tive practitioner, and now a car