Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-04-02
letter from slIiisbDro.
, lhe Llilors OF iLe Dallas llcralll

~ ANN AHANNAN " f-tN s"HffH HHNH@FN'
llLIsRoRo, March 30, 1870.
This place has again been cnlivcn-
ed by session Of the District Court,
aud II multitude OF people, lawyers,
clients, witnesses aud lockers on in
attendance.
Judge \. Il. Norton of your city
was in attendance, aud at the time
appointed, proceeded TO business
There being no regular District At
t0rncy, Messrs. Snccd and Stone
represented tho State ia its various
cases. All business ready for trial
was disposed Of promptly. In con-
victions, the most noticeable cases
were:
The State rs Barton for disturb
ing the public pcace-vcrdict of the
jury guilly-fincd s22 l6i. Turner
& Tarvcr for defendants. Tho fine
was promptly paid, and the defend
ant wisely concluded that he was
doing well 10 get or from Il jury who
could so nicely. calculate the frac.
tons OF n cent.
The State rs A. II. Adkins-adul-
terry, was contested heavily by his
attorney, Bradshaw-but TO no
avail, for the jury returned n verdict
of guilty; placing tho punishment
at $500 fine. A low estimate for
years of open and acknowledged
service.
The State rs Osborne, for using
an estray, Turner & Tarvcr for de-
ftndant, resulted in II verdict OF
guilty and u fine of ssh 16.
The State Us Jctfc Smith, Abbott
for defendant, for an aggravated
assault, resulted in finding simple
assault and fining Jcifc So. He got
of easily, but the probability is that
lhcjury was made up Of strong dem
ocrats who had Il tender regard for
the memory Of the immortal Jcllcr.
| sun.
, y very important case arc that
of the State rs Hiram West, for an
assault with intent to mardcr one
r. d. Collins. Tho arguments in
the case were madc by Snccd and
Abbott for tho State and Bradshaw
and Davis for defendant. Many at
torncys were engaged in the case,
and they laborcd hard. The jury,
in exercise of their judgment, nc
quilted Hiram-and he walked erect
out of the court room, satisfied how
ever, lwt he had passed the fiery
ordeal With "a tam tight squeeze.
In the case of the State rs Hester,
for not complying with the law in
regard to duties fbutchcrs, the jury
were greatly puzzled and came into
court reporting that by the law he
was guilty, but they could not find
the evidence to make him guilty
After returning to their room they
concluded to return verdict of "not
guilty." butchers being scarce in
Hill county, it would not do to bear
down too heavy upon poor Hester
Other cases of misconduct for
marking and branding the wrong
calves, and using another mans
horses, etc were considered. Such
offences are so common as to be al
most unworthy of notice.
Some civil cases were disposed Of
but your readers arc only interested
in matters pertaining to the State
There is quite large docket in
Hill; many of the cases very old
some dating before the food
should have written it "thc break
up" as that is to be regarded here.
after as the second dclugc-but from
defective service, want of efficient
officers, &C., they went over.
There was an excellent Grand
Jury, and they laborcd faithfully,
and as the result of their investiga.
tons made a searching and scathing
report asking that a Court of Inqui
ry to look into and take action il,
regard to affairs in Hill county. To
this, | may again refer.
The financial affairs in Hill county
are in n most deplorable condition
The acting Treasurer reports on
oath, but $50 26 in the county Treas.
ury. County script is almost valu.
less, and yet no improvements have
been made in the county; the Jail il
dilapidatcd, its door broken off the
hinges, and the courthouse without
an enclosures; the roof leaks, and
there is nothing TO be heard juggling
in the Treasury vault. Why is thisi
Echo answers from Hackberry's
banks "why is this y
The bar was strongly represented
Waco was there in her strength;
Coke was not there it is true upon
Littleton, but this time came to town
on Anderson, and Norvi was there
with Sleeper, and Peane, Davis and
Goodrich. Waxahachie was repre-
PRESENTED by Bradshaw, Ferris and
Sneed, and L observed That Dallas
had q Stone there and also Good.
There would doubtless have been
more down from Dallas, but for the
fact that a hard rain set in, and be-
ing without wire suspension
bridge, it was feared they could moi
get back, if they came. In this re
spcet, the attorneys in johnson and
Tarrant arc better off, for Cleburne
has a bridge which Bradshaw, Rat
cliff and Tarrcr the commissioners
at the last fall term pronounced a
suspension and over that III. ID.
Hendricks Of TT. Worth and j. W.
Hendricks Of Clcburnc came safely,
though from appearance think
that ono eye Of ono Hendricks