1914 May 12 Atlanta Constitution 88 Pages Georgia

1914 May 12 Atlanta Constitution 88 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1914

PDF PAGE 3, COLUMN 1 HUGH M. DORSEY Hugh M. Dorsey, the present Solicitor General of the Atlanta judicial circuit, is a man whose rise and recognition by the public, within the past few years, has been spectacular. His appointment in 1910 to fill the unexpired term of the late Charlie D. Hill as Solicitor of the Atlanta circuit, saw the beginning of his public career. In 1912, the stamp of approval was put upon his work as Solicitor General by his overwhelming election to serve the full term of four years, carrying every ward in Atlanta, and every precinct in the county. It was this year that the famous Grace trial took place, in which the young Solicitor General first won his spurs in the handling of a big case. But while the Grace trial gave him some prominence and applause over the country, it remained for the stubbornly fought Frank case to give Solicitor Dorsey the hardest fight of his life and to bring him before the public eye in striking silhouette as the bold defender of the state’s cause in demanding justice in the courts. Mr. Dorsey is a Georgian by birth and parentage. He spent his boyhood days in Fayette County and then came to Atlanta, and studied law under his father