Interview with Judge R. Black, May 17, 1966 Page: 12
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Judge Black: Eighty-five civil cases and one divorce case. I believe three or four
adoption cases. Course that was unusually heavy, but that was the July filing.
Don Wilson: Normally back when you first started practicing, back there in Baird after
you got your license, about how many cases would be filed say in Taylor County or in
Baird during the period of a month's time?
Judge Black: Oh, I don't think it would be very many at that time.
Don Wilson: Well, do you think it would be as many as ten a month?
Judge Black: I doubt it. Of course, they just had one court in Taylor County then, when
I was, at that time when I was practicing. [Don Wilson: We now have... ] We have two
courts now.
Don Wilson: Two courts now. [Judge Black: Yeah.] And in the past few years, of
course, the jurisdiction of your court has been reduced in size. You no longer have
Shackelford County. Is that correct?
Judge Black: That's correct.
Don Wilson: And the 42"d Court just has Taylor County and Jones County, I mean, and
Callahan County. The 104th District Court has Jones County and Taylor County. Now,
Judge, when did the 104th District Court actually come into being?
Judge Black: It was along about the time I won district attorney, along about '27 or '28.
Don Wilson: And it has been in operation since that time.
Judge Black: That's right.
Don Wilson: All right. I'll ask you one more thing if I can, if you can remember. Do
you remember when we used to have public hangings in the state of Texas?
Judge Black: Yeah, I don't know when it was stopped. I remember when they had them
back there.
Don Wilson: Do you specifically remember any that occurred in this area?
Judge Black: Yeah, I remember one in Callahan County in Baird.
Don Wilson: Do you remember about when that was?
Judge Black: It was along about 1906, '07. Sheriff Hal Laren [spelling?] was sheriff of
Callahan County, as I recall, seems like.12
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Wilson, Don & Black, R. Interview with Judge R. Black, May 17, 1966, text, May 17, 1966; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth865942/m1/12/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.