Judge G. W. Herdman presiding.
Was your case decided to suit you?
W. H. Carlin vs. Geo. W. Long dismissed.
James Metz against John Rosa
Dismissed.
S. A. White against Jason Geeding dismissed.
F. B. Hadley
vs. Jesse Foval, appeal, dismissed.
Geo. A Garner vs. Geo. B. Child, suit
dismissed.
$5,000 is not a circumstance to a woman’s affection.
Havana
Press Drill Co. against S. A. White dismissed.
Attorney J. L. Dyer, of
Pike, was down Monday and Tuesday.
The jurymen are allowed $2 per day and
5 cents per mile each way.
Mrs. Otilla Brands walked out of court
divorced from her husband, E. W. Brands.
The grand jury is not yet
dismissed and is not likely to be for a day or two.
George W. Long was
appointed foreman of the grand jury and A. B. Lowe, clerk.
Calhoun County
vs. M. Telcamp et. Al, judgment for defendants in the sum $98.
There
was no harm in it,
It was only my Childish ways.
There are 39
chancery, 29 common law and 7 criminal cases on the docket for trial.
Attorney B. F. Slaten, of Elsah, was in attendance for the first time in
several years.
The indictment against Charles E. Rose was nolie prossed
by motion of State’s attorney.
The grand jury has returned a flood of
indictments, the nature of which we have not learned.
The juries were
called and organized ready to transact business before eleven o’clock
Monday.
The Garner divorce case was dismissed. The treasure has been
Garnered in Jewhitticans.
Atty. Ward is not much on chess, but is a
thoroughbred on scrimmaging around in the evenings.
Attorney J. S. Carr
quotes poetry very elegantly, but is some what personal in his remarks when
making an argument.
Calhoun county vs. John F. Nolte the damages to
real estate for public road. Judgment of defendant in the sum of $70.
Constable David Burns of Gilead, had charge of the grand jury, and deputy
sheriff Churchman looked after the needs of the court.
Those hearing the
instructions read to the jury in the case of the people vs. David Smith, et.
al, knew the verdict would be without waiting to her further.
There
is a question among some of our citizens whether Billy Brown or George W.
Herdman is the court. From our knowledge of court rulings, we cannot decide
it.
There have been more compromises than decisions in this court so
far. It would have been well had the compromises been made before entering
court.
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