He was a very efficient judge. In his report to Laurel’s City Council in 1926, he claimed to have “tried cases and imposed fines amounting to $1,173.00, which has been turned in to you, and for which I hold the cancelled checks.” Considering that most fines were a dollar or two (or less), that’s quite a lot. He also disclosed that “of the cases tried, more than 99 per cent have been for being drunk and acting in a disorderly manner.”
