On May 5, 1892, aged 22, he passed his bar examinations to practice law in Missouri, working from the offices of a firm named Draffen & Wright as a trial lawyer. Rutherford would also serve four years as public prosecutor for Boonville, Missouri. On occasion he would be called upon to act as a stand-in judge for the Eighth Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri.[132] Despite these being only fleeting positions of no great significance or prestige, Rutherford would still leverage them to style himself as “Judge Rutherford” upon finally securing the reins of power at Watchtower—but all of that was
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