Harrison County to have two sitting judges for first time in more than a century

Republican-Clipper photo Taking office: Retiring County Clerk Jackie Deskins, in one of her final acts, administers the oath of office to Tom Alley, new presiding judge of the 3rd Circuit Court.

Harrison County’s first presiding circuit judge in more than a century, Tom Alley, moved his office into the courthouse’s usually empty second floor judge’s chambers on Jan. 1 after taking his oath as the judge of the four-county 3rd Judicial Circuit.