Butler Archives-- Permission for C.B. Crook to practice law in MO.


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  To all to whom these presents shall come Know ye, that I, Harrison Hough the
  undersigned judge of the tenth judicial Circuit of the state of Missouri have
  examined Cincinnatus B. Crook Esq touching his qualifications to practice law, and
  the said Cincinnatus B Crook Esq having produced to me satisfactory evidence of his
  good moral character

  Therefore by virtue of the power vested in me by law, I honor the said Cincinnatus B
  Crook Esq to practice as counsellor and attorney at-law and Solicitor in Chancery in
  all Courts in the State of Missouri

          Given under my hand at poplar
Bluff in said Circuit - this 17th day of
September 1853 -
                                     H Hough
  Be it remembered that Cincinnatus B Crook Esq personally appeared before the
  undersigned judge of the tenth judicial Circuit of the state of Missouri and made
  oath that he would support the constitution of the United States and the constitution
  of the state of Missouri and that he would faithfully demean himself in his practice
  as counsellor and attorney at law and Solicitor in Chancery to his best ability.
  Done and given under my hand at Poplar Bluff in said Circuit this 17th day of Sept
  1853
                                     H Hough