T. M. HICKEY.
 Judge Hickey was a man of far more than ordinary abil-
 ity. For a number of years before his appointment as
 judge he was associated in practice with Robert N. Wick-
 liffe, as partner, and commanded a very large and pay-
 ing practice, which of itself in that day of giants, was
 sufficient evidence of ability. His wife was the widow of
 Judge Barry, and survived him several years  Judge
 Hickey was the successor upon the bench of Judge Bled-
 soe, which position he held until 1836. While acting as
 judge he acquired a national reputation for refusing to
 grant a mandamus to Mirus W. Dickey, who sought to
 compel the directors of the Maysville and Lexington
 Turnpike Company to permit his stages to pass over the
 road free of toll, because he carried the United States
 mail. He was a man of very strong convictions, and on
 one occasion sent his entire grand jury to jail because they
 refused to indict a number of prominent citizens for in-
 dulging in a quiet game of "draw,"most prominent among
 whom were several members of the imprisoned grand jury.
 Judge Hickey was also for a while identified with the
 great Lee and Breckenridge suit, as the lawyers have
 come to style it, which was brought in 1803, for a trivial
 amount, and was finally disposed of by former Judge
 Morton. In the progress of this very remarkable suit,
 which rivals Jaundice vs. Jaundice, there were connected
 with it, as judge and attorneys, some of the most prom-
 inent attorneys of Kentucky, such as John Breckenridge,
 George Nicholas, Henry Clay, John Allen, Benjamin
 Mills, George Robertson, Jesse Bledsoe, Judge Hickey,
 Judge Goodloe, Madison C. Johnson, John C. Brecken.
 ridge, F. K. Hunt, J. B. Beck, Robert Wickliffe, Sr.,
 Joseph R. Underwood, Judge Woolley, R. A. Buckner,
 G. B. Kinkead, General William Preston, James 0. Har-
 rison, Colonel R. W. Woolleey, John T. Shelby and Col-
onel Breckinridge. Such an array of talent was never
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