McGee & Puckett
Attorneys-at-Law
Practice in all the state courts. Examine Land Tides and Furnish Abstracts of Titles from Records in Lubbock, Texas
JAMES R. ROBINSON
Atty and Counselor-at-Law in LUBBOCK, TEXAS
Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Attention to business in Lubbock Surrounding Counties
W.D. Benson (1865-1946), one of several lawyers who advertised in the 1908 Lubbock Avalanche, has been called Lubbock’s first “modern” lawyer. He established a permanent office on the town square, maintained a law library and an abstract plant, owned a typewriter and employed a stenographer. His son “Dub” Benson and grandson Daniel H. Benson were also distinguished Lubbock lawyers
W.D. Benson
LAWYER AND ABSTRACTOR
Lubbock, Texas
Will practice in all the Courts of Lubbock and attached counties
—lawyer ads, The Lubbock Avalanche, August 7, 1908
75 Years Ago
Prisoners Are Freed to Army
Three persons who have been in county jail on county court judgments have been released to go to the army, Bill Christopher and Roy Franklin, each 19, and La Veme Wagnon, 23.
County Judge G.V. Pardue announced several weeks ago he would release any prisoner serving such time under his court’s judgment if army officials accepted a prisoner for service.
State headquarters of the selective service system in Austin has announced that induction of many registrants who had been barred from military training because of statutory law violation is now possible because of a revision of regulations resulting from modification of army requirements for recruitment.
The revision removes the sweeping disqualifications of all men who had been convicted on an offense which the laws of the jurisdiction in which it occurred defined as a felony. Instead, debarment as felons is limited to perpetrators of certain “heinous” crimes and habitual criminals.
“This will enable many patriotic young Americans who had been debarred because of some youthful misstep to served their nation . . . it makes the proper discrimination between offenses that are merely violations of statutory law and crimes which denote moral turpitude. It bars the criminal but it opens the door to the man who has atoned for and repented of an offense against society that is not generally accepted as a felony.”
Persons found to be morally unfit for military service will be placed in class IV-F, together with any registrant who is found to be physically or mentally unfit. That class also includes those who have been discharged dishonorably from any branch of the armed services.
—Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, June 1, 1941
50 Years Ago
Custody Hearing Set For Infant
Quinn Brackett (1936-1998), who filed a petition in aid of an abandoned infant in 1966, became a distinguished Lubbock trial lawyer. A recovering alcoholic, he served as president of the Lubbock Regional Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, and assisted many lawyers who suffered from substance abuse.
A custody hearing has been scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Friday in 140th District Court for an 8-day-old boy abandoned early Saturday at St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church, 2305 Main Street.
A petition was filed this morning by Asst. Co. Atty. William Quinn Brackett to have the child declared dependent and neglected. In the petition, the Catholic Family Service, Inc., of the Diocese of Amarillo is seeking to gain custody of the youngster, and obtain adoptive rights.Quinn Brackett (1936-1998), who filed a petition in aid of an abandoned infant in 1966, became a distinguished Lubbock trial lawyer. A recovering alcoholic, he served as president of the Lubbock Regional Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, and assisted many lawyers who suffered from substance abuse.
Judge Robert H. Bean, in setting the hearing this morning, granted temporary custody to the Catholic agency.
An early-morning worshipper discovered the baby on a pew of the church near the altar. Wrapped in a blanket, the baby was in a pasteboard box and reportedly in “excellent health.”
A note attached to the box read, “Please take my baby and give him to someone who wants to adopt a baby. I cannot keep him as I am not married and cannot take care of him properly. Today he is five days old.”
—Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, August 17, 1966
25 Years Ago
Newly elected officers of the Lubbock County Bar Association for 1991 -92 are, from left, Chuck Lanehart, President Elect; Larry Elms, Director; John Sims, President; Laura Monroe, Director; Beni Hemmeline, Treasurer; Ralph H. Brock, Director; Jack McCutchin, Director; and Bym Bass, Director. Not pictured is Bill Sowder, Secretary.
Lubbock Law Notes, August, 1991
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