Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-04-15
District Court.

the onllre uay. hdcncl WAS u nous
] servant and was accused of stealing
money from her employer.
Friday.-Statc VS.. Sam wilkins
! robbery; not guilty. This cas-
came here on a change of venu
from Austin county and the yer
dict was rendered on plea o
! former jeopardy.
Saturday-Brenham Water Co
VS.. tho City of Bronham, motor
for new trial ovcrruled; dotcndan
F excepts and gives notice OF appeal
State vs.. Sllas Ayers, colorod
motion for new trial granted.
State VS.. Austin johnson. col
ored motion for new trial granted
State VS.. VIM. Bouldin, colored
fraudulentIy disposing of mort
gagged property; verdict of moi
guilty.
State VS.. Peter Fielder, coIored
theft; continued.
Mondsy-Stato VS.. Dennis Hud
son, theft of cattle; continued.
State VS.. Ammon Chappell,
theft of cattle; continued.
State vs.. Jack Wilson, theft Of
cattle; continued.
All OF the above defendants are
negroes and the cases were con.
tlnued by tho State owing to the
absence of witnesses.
Tuesday-State VS.. Albert John
son, negro about % years old,
indicted for raping Anna Kneup-
pei, German girl, aged Is years,
on the afternoon of January Goth,
1886, on the Santa Fe railway, two
or three miles south OF town,
about ESQ o'clock in the afternoon.
The entire day up to five o'clock
was consumed in empanoling q
Jury. The following arc their
names: Peter Jalger, ] r Bro
ply, R II Clark, R p Buckingham,
6 NJ Bizzcll, W H Eldridgo, I E
McDermott, J Jacob, Hal Loch-
ridge, A J Hardwood, H Gardner,
W 81 Marshall. MISS KneuppeI
was the first witness examined.
The State is represented by Dis
trict Attorney Muse and County
Attorney Rogers; the defendant
by Major B. A. Bassett and Mr..
Eugene Muse.
Wednesday-Tho entire day was
occupied in tho examination of
witnesses in the case of the negro
Albert johnson charged with rape.
The testimony was closed about
dark court adjourned till Thurs
day morning, when the argument
will be begun. This being u CAPT
tai case the jury are kept tngether
and have to "camp" as best they
can in the courtroom.
State vs.. John A. Traylor, charg-
ed with tho murder of Bill Allen,
continued till next term. Both
parties were ready for trial but the
case was compelled TO 90 over, the
time set for the trial having pass
ed. A special venire had been
summoned for the case.
JUSTICE CoURT.-Monday.-Allen
johnson, colorcd, disturbing the
peace; fined $40 and trimmings.
Alex. Campbell, colOrcd, same
charge as the above; fined So and
trimmings. In default of payment
Mr.. Campbell was sent to jail.
Caleb Farrell, colored, aged IS,
made complaint against Jesse
Cooper, colorod, aged so, charging
him with unlawfully using an an
Imal. The animal in question is Il
male donkey or burro about 20
years old, and now simply and an
mated skeleton or bag of bones.
Some six years ago Caleb bought
the donkey from n Mexican for
$3.50. He, the donkey, not tho
Mexican, changed hands number
of times and was out on the range
when Cooper took him up. A jury
was empaneled and the case took
half days time, during which
the history of donkeys was fully
discussed. The jury being unable
to agree were discharged.
MAYORS CoURT Tuesday - A
sort of q free-and-easy Sunday
fight occurred IN the vicinity OF
the union depot last Sabbath. The
following participants in the irolic
were Ecooped up;
William Coleman, fghtingJ Sd
and trimmings.
Jim Watson, same as above.
Jim Bradford, dismissed.
The parties are all colorcd. In
default of payment Messrs. Cole
man and Watson were assigned 10
duty on the streets.
D1ED.-In thls city at 6:25 p. M,
on the 11th inst, THOMAS W. CHAP,
PELL, aged about so years.
The deceased was one of the
Oldest settlers of this county, the
town of Chappell Hill having boon
named for one of his family. He
was engaged in merchandising at
Chappell Hill at one time he serv-
ed a number of years as deputy
sheriff and atterward engaged in
farming which he abandoned at the
beginning of the year and moved
to town. He was we'll known to
most of the older settlers in the
county and was quite popular with
his intimate friends, being of q
jovial disposition. He leaves three
children, his wife haying died sew
eral years ago. For the past two
or three years he had been in fail
ing health, suffering from lung dis
ease. His last illness was of brief
duration he having taken his bed
last Tuesday. His remains were
buried at the Chappell family
graveyard, near Chappell Hill.
Peace to his ashes.
FAILED.-Tuesday afternoon
about 5 o'clock lack DarneII,
white, confined IN the county Jail
for crookedness in horse trading,
was discovered working on the
lock of the cage in which no is
now spending his leasuro time. He
had piece of the bail of 2 water
bucket with which he was trying