The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-11-18
CRIMINAL COURT.
Report of the Grand Jury
Cases Disposed of
Yesterday.
Short and Kelly Get Two
Years Each in The
Penitentiary.
Other Curioeities in Crime-Evils
OF Whisky and Vice.
REPORT OF GRAND JURY.


The grand jury yesterday morning made
the following report 10 Judge RylaDd, al
'er which they were discharged.
I'VE, the grand jury empanneled No
vember 9Th, having attended to the duties
laid down to us by your honorable court,
would respectfully make the following re
port:
We have examined the county jail and
| find it neat and clean, and prisoners we'll
satisfied under the circumstances. Their
food and bedding Is good for prison fare
w would however suggest, that owing to
the crowded condition Of the Jail, no pris-
oneIs be taken from other counties at the
present time.
We have also examined the books add
81 stem of book keeping of the county clerk
and treasurer, and take pleasure in report
ing them as corresponding to The b ,lances
taken November lst 1884. The books are
neat and we'll kept and certainly a credit
10 our efici, Mt county officers"
Resp cfully submitted,
A. w. BLACKBURN, Foreman.
SHORTS SHORTCOMINGS.
On The Goth of August David Short
hired horse OF the livery men, Hughes &
Harris, and rode il away TO Marshall, No.,
where he sold the same. Subsequently he
was brought back aud tried and found
guilty. Yesterday Judge Ry land sentenced
the boy 10 the penitentiary Tor two years.
When the sentence Vas la>s.d the young
man dropped his head and the tears rolled
out freely. The Judge gave him a lecture
on the troubles that beset dishonest young
men and told of the life of sorrow which
would follow.
KELLY CURBED.
Judge Ryland next passed sentence on
Patrick Kelly, who was slso given two
years in the penilentiary. Patrick robbed
George Leonard of s45 on the 18th of Sep
TENDER lat He is a hardened customer,
and will be we'll at home in the ZEN.
A CASE OF MoRMoNIsN.
Joe Wright, an old colored man, was ar
raigbed On an indictment for bigamy.
Joe says he did not k-ow it was
crime 10 marry again since
his wife said she wss willin'. The Judge
.. gave joe n sold lecture on the duties of
, husband and after the prisoner had plea ted
guilty, be sentenced him to six months in
the county jail.
STEVENS STEALING.
Harry Stevens who was indicted for rob-
berry, Was ought into court St.vens was
in the city on the 10th day Of August last,
with r g. Radcliffe, Of Morgan county.
Both Stevens and Rsdcliffr were drinking
hesvily. While pariislly intoI icsted Rad
clife gave 81 zoo to Stevers to keep for
him. Subs, quenlly Radcliffe missed his
watch and accused Stevens of stealing il,
and the accused was arr sted. Subsequent
| " two respectable ladies were arrested at
the union depot, charged with completely
| iu the crime They were taken 10 Beck &
Messerly's store and while there the watch
droped out OF the iol.!s of the buster of one
of them. The supp osition is that the thief
who sto.e the watch, being CLOSELY pressed,
wen, into the depot and seeing the custer
on the seat, probably secret d the watch
within the folds. The ladies were dis
charged at the time as beyond doubt they
we're innocent of any crime. Yesterday
Stevens was srraigned on an indictment
| for grand larceny. He pleaded not guilty,
Prosecuting Attorney Heard gave his
| tory of the case to the court and said no
case could be made and asked that nolle
prossequin be entered.
Before dischsrging the prisoner the court
gave him a temperance lecture which
should be listered to by every drinking
man. The court said he reare; ed, exceed
inely, that he could not visit punishment
upon the men who sold the
whisky as well IS those who drank
il to excess. He counseled Stevens never
again to drink in,oxicants, which he prom
ised to do.
GUILTY GRANT.
Lee Grant, a sleek on, pleaded guilty
to assault on the person OF j. ]. Cliir
and was fined $50 This fellow was also
held in bonds of $500 to answer an indict
ment for rape. He languishes In jill.
Court adjourned TO term in course.