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294 THE TEXAS ALMANAC.
TEXAS JUDICIARY.
Note.-Dates in parentheses indicate expirations
of terms of office.
Supreme Court*
Chief, Justice, C. M. Cureton (1-1-31);
Associate Justices, Thomas B. Green-
wood (1-1-29), and William Pierson (1-1-
33.) Justices are elected by popular vote
for six-year terms. Salary $6,500.
Commission of Appeas--Section A: Pre-
siding Judge, J. D. Harvey (June, 1931);
Judges, Luther Nickels (June, 1929) and
-r. R. Bishop (June, 1927).
Section B: Prestding Judge, Ben H.
Powell (June, 1927); Judges H. B. Short
(June, 1931) and Ocie Speer (June, 1929).
Members of commission are appointed by
Governor for two, four and six-year
terms. Salary $6,500.
Clerk of Court, F. T. Connerly. Loca-
tion of court, Austin.
Court of Criminal Appeals.
Presiding Judge W. C. Morrow (1-1-29);
JuCges, O. S. Lattimore (1-1-31) and F.
L. Hawkins (1-1-33). Judges are elected
by popular vote for term of six years.
Salary $6,500.
Commission to Assist Court of Criminal
Appeals-J. K. Baker (4-1-27) and Lamar
Bethea (4-1-27).
Clerk of court, Olin W. Finger. Loca-
tion of court, Austin.
Courts of Civil Appeals.
Note -Justices are elected for six-year terms.
Sala y $5.000
First District-Galveston: Chief Justice,
R. A. Pleasants (1-1-33); Associate Jus-
tices, C. E. Lane (1-1-31) and George W.
Graves (1-1-29); clerk of court, H. L.
Garrett.
Second District-Fort Worth: Chief
Justice, Truman H. Conner (1-1-29); As-
cociate Justices, Irby Dunklin (1-1-31)
and Raymond H. Buck (1-1-33); clerk of
court, James A. Scott.
Third District-Austin: Chief Justice,
James W. McClendon (1-1-31), Associate
Justices, J. H. Baugh (1-1-33) and M. B.
Blair (1-1-29); clerk of court, R. H. Con-
nerly.
Fourth District-San Antonio: ,Chief
Justice, W. S. Fly (1-1-31); Associate Jus-
tices, Thomas D. Cobbs (1-1-33) and Ed-
ward W. Smith' (1-1-29); clerk of court,
Joseph Murray.
Fifth District-Dallas: Chief Justice,
Ben L. Jones (1-1-29); Associate Justices,
Robert M. Vaughan (1-1-33 and Ben F.
Looney (1-1-31); clerk of court, George
Wr. Blair.
Sixth District-Texarkana: Chief Jus-
tice, Samuel P. Willson (1-1-33); Asso-
ciate Justices, Richard P. Levy (1-1-29)
and William Hodges (1-1-31); clerk of
court, E. T. Rosborough.
Seventh District-Amarillo: Chief Jus-
tice, R. W. Hall (1-1-31); Associate Jus-
tices, H. C. Randolph (1-1-33) and M. J.
R. Jackson (1-1-29); clerk of court, J. M.
Oakes.
Eighth District -E1 Paso: Chief Jus-
tice, W. H. Pelphrey (1-1-31); Associate
Justices, E. F. Higgins (1-1-29) and A. M.
Walthall (1-1-33); clerk of court, J. I.
Driscoll.
Ninth District-Beaumont: Chief Jus-
tice, L. B: Hightower (1-1-31); Associate
Justices, T. B. O'Quinn (1-1-33) and Dan-
iel Walker (1-1-29); clerk of court, W. G.
Woodard.
Tenth District--Waco: Chief Justice, J.
N. Gallasher (1-1-29); Associate Justices,
G. W. Barcus (1-1-33) and J. A. Stan-ford (1-1-31); clerk of court, D. W. Stall-
worth.:
Eleventh District-Eastland: Chief Jus-
tice, William Pannill; Associate Justices,
J. E. Hickman and W. P. Leslie. (Two
Justices elected in 1926; had not drawn
for long and short terms at date of pub-
lication of The Texas Almanac. At this
date Justice J E. Hickman had qualified,
but Justice W. P. Leslie, who succeeds
Justice John B. Littler, had not qualified.
Justice Leslie's name is carried above,
however, because he will serve the term
beginning in 1927.) Clerk of court, Roy
Nunnally.
SUPREME JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.
Note.-See also State Courts of Civil Appeals fort
names of Justices, clerks and expirations of terms.
First District-Gaiveston: Houston,
Walker, Harris, Grimes, Washington,
Waller, Fort Bend, Brazoria, Matagorda,
Wharton, Colorac'o, Austin, Lavaca, Jack-
son, Anderson, Chambers, DeWitt, Galves-
ton, Burleson, Trinity.
Second District-Fort Worth: Wichita,
Cooke, Montague, Clay, Archer, Young,
Jack, Wise, Denton, Tarrant, Parker,
Hood, Somervell, Johnson, Baylor, Knox.
Third District-Austin: Coleman, M:l1s,
Lampasas, San Saba, McCulloch, Concho,
Llano, Burnet, Williamson, Milam, Lee,
Bastrop, Tiavis, Blanco, Hays, Comal,
Caldwell, Sterling, Tom Green, Irion,
Schleicher, Crockett, Brown, Bell, Runnels,
Coke, Fayette.
Fourth District-San Antonio: Val
Verde, Sutton, Edwards, Kinney, Maver-
ick, Menard, Kimble, Kerr, Bandera,
Uvalde, Zavalla, Dimmit, Webb, La Salle,
Frio, Medina, Duval, McMullen, Atascosa,
Bexar, Kendall, Gillespie, Mason, Guada-
lupe, Wilson, Live Oak, Zapata, Bee, Gon-
zales, Karnes, Calhoun, Victoria, Goliad,
Refugio, San Patricio, Aransas, Nueces,
Hidalgo, Cameron, Starr, Jim Hogg, Real,
Brooks, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Kenedy,
Wil[acy.
Fifth District-Dallas: Grayson, Collin,
Dallas, Rockwall, Ellis, Navarro, Kaufman,
Henderson, Van Zandt, Rains, Hunt,
Wood, Delta.
Sixth District-Texarkana: Lamar, Red
River, Bowie, Hopkins, Franklin, Titus,
Morris, Cass, Marion, Camp, Fannin,
Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Smith,
Upshur, Rusk.
Seventh District-Amarillo: Dallam,
Sherman, Hansford, Ochiltree, Lipscomb,
Hartley, Moore, Hutchinson, Roberts,
Hemphill, Oldham, Potter, Carson, Gray,
Wheeler, Deaf Smith, Randall, Arm-
strong, Donley, Collingsworth, Parmer,
Castro, Swisher, Briscoe, Hall, Childress,
Bailey, Lamb, Hale, Floyd, Motley, Cot-
tie, Foard, Hardeman, Wilbarger, Crosby,
Lubbock, Hockley, Cochran, Yoakum,
Terry, Lynn, Garza, Dickens, Kent, King.
Eighth District-El Paso: Gaines, An-
drews, Martin, Loving, Winkler, Midland,
Glasscock, Reeves, Ward, Crane, Upton,
Reagan, Terrell, Pecos, Brewster, Presidio,
Jeff Davis, El Paso, Ector, Culberson,
Hudspeth.
Ninth District-Beaumont: Shelby,
Nacogdoches, Angelina, San Jacinto,
Montgomery, Liberty, Jefferson, Orange,
Hardin, Newton, Jasper, Tyler, Polk, Sa-
bine, San Augustine.
Tenth District-Waco: McLennan, Cor-
yell, Falls, Robertson, Hamilton, Lime-
stone, Hill, Freestone, Madison, Bosque,'
Brazos, Leon.
Eleventh District-Eastland: Stonewall,
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