Compiled by Chuck Lanehart

100+ Years Ago

Base Ball Betting

It is against the law to bet on baseball games.

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Information has been requested on the above subject. Let the Statute itself answer. . . “It shall be unlawful for any person in the state to enter into any agreement with another, either orally, written or implied, whereby either one or both shall bet or wager money or anything of value or otherwise become a party to any gambling scheme based upon the final result or outcome, or any play or portion thereof of a game of baseball or football.”
“(A)ny person found guilty of violating this law shall be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.”
—Lubbock Avalanche, July 24, 1909

75 Years Ago

Bush Sentence Is Suspended

John Bush was found guilty of murder without malice of Glenn Davis and his punishment at five years in the penitentiary suspended by a jury in 72 district court this morning shortly after 10 o’clock.

Bush was stoically calm as he has been throughout the three-day trial as Judge Daniel A. Blair read the verdict in a courtroom which contained only a handful of spectators as compared to the crowds which heard the trial. Bush, 21, was charged by indictment with the shooting of Glenn Davis, 22, on the morning of May 23 at a small café at 1505 Sixteenth street after Davis had driven up in a small coupe with Mrs. Bush. Davis was shot five times by a .32 caliber pistol.
—Lubbock Evening Journal, June 26, 1941

50 Years Ago

Man Acquitted Of DWI Charge

Fifty years ago, Judge Pat Smith Moore presided over the September 19, 1966 trial of Raimon R. Coleman. She began her practice in Lubbock in 1949, shortly after graduating from SMU Law School. In 1953, she became the first woman president of the Lubbock County Bar Association, and four years later she was elected as the first woman judge, of Lubbock County Court at Law Number 2. In 1968, she was elected the first woman district judge, of the 72nd District Court. Judge Moore’s accomplishments came despite a severe disabilitv caused by a childhood bout with polio, and she died

A jury in County Court-at-Law No. 2 here Tuesday acquitted Raimon R. Coleman Jr., 23, 2604 Cornell, of driving while intoxicated.

Judge Pat Moore presided. Judge Moore assessed a fine of $50 and court costs against Mrs. Max Randolph Owen, 23, 3115 37th St., who pleaded guilty of a check law violation.
—Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, September 21, 1966

25 Years Ago

Lubbock County Bar Association Receives Certificate of Achievement for Second Year

For the second year in a row, the Lubbock County Bar Association has been honored by the State Bar of Texas with the Certificate of Achievement Award, this year in recognition of the LCBA’s Pro Bono Legal Clinics which were conducted in 1990-91. Only 12 other local bar associations across the state were similarly honored by the State Bar. Last year, the LCBA won the award in recognition of the Lubbock Law Notes as a local bar project.
—Lubbock Law Notes, September 1991