Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-15

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lllsl@ytt The Gaseilc's Libel Suit Vow
PendlngmsAeDlslrie, Court
n pas Pinsss
One Hundred as'd ghlriyTwo rsus p.i,y
Re'orned py ghA 9rnhd 1nry-
psipoicA Soscss
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cofrcspondonceof ifAGssldc
tAAo PiNroN Tx, Msteh ~. our
district court convened Monday, March
I, thciisn. Thomas 4. Nnaent, iuCre of
tnis, lwen '5-pliih 5udEkl disirlct, brc.
siding. CT George ~, Miltef, ,hsttict
attorney, va here also cdS Ml,cr suf.
iared most Of the hist week from fever
arising from yaeeiaated arm. Jadce
Nugert's Charge IS thc arsiia isiv Was
lorclblc mud 70 llie polnt aNo Bose ple.
inent % lHlo Pinto county conf,osub the
grand Jury and work on law yi0iators mes
oeepi WitnOutQn exception, The sreest
ever done IN one session in palo Pfafo
county. No wheel was ltfr untnrndd 6y
/ theinr going 81 Work Monday, March
and closing Thursday, March sl3
Ihey worked day and Night through the
I term as result 1872 bAls were found
( against yiolators OF The local option law.
cight bills for felony, fitcen bills Tor
mlsdemeaupls and nipc for gamelng. Inak-
ing total OF l64 bulls Surolythis grand
Jury has taken 0the ribbon, Tno court
qua not get TO work IN q fair way untn Inc
( middle Of the irst week. Ss
The first case was an application for
change of venue by Robert Morrow. M.
dlcied Tor theft of cattle; granted and or.
dered removed To Parker county. The
cause Of I l., Marsaik vs. LuckabS
Broekner Co., suit on open account,
was tried and judgemeht rendered ibr
Plaintiff for $500 and costs The next
case tried was the State VS. Elk. pav.
Tor Tor cNtOrtlQp This case al.
tracted considerable attention ard
was closely contested Col. Miller was
attorney for the state and Judge waits OF
Weatheriord for the dGense. A short
history Of this case msy hQi 20 cut of
place. At the August term OF our com.
missloners' court, 1854, Judge Taylor
presented and had his account allowed
,tor opp9rtioiFltg the sbtte soho0llfdnd
The law required him 20 add TO this state
fund the uountyiHnd itauy and app6rti0n
all at ,0ne time, Judge Taylor laled 10
90 THIS as our county schuOl laid ha1'
been sold and thG Interest ACQUIRING on
the notes given tor this lgpd amounted to
$500. This interest Whsduo Sbptbmhct
J, 1855 }ant was paid shortly after ltiidh
due. Judge Taylor appoli0ped this
when y came due and charged our county
tnrmaRmg two apponiohmcnts as tho
rate % per cent on the ilrS. SI0p0 IN
each. BY this means lie got Si1 more
thanhe was entitled 60 tlhdtr the laAdi
Our commissioners court sitting I'm No,
Nember, 1850, allowed the Judges account
Tor making the two apporeionInaats afttr
Song wfapgllng over the mStter this cogt
being assured by the Judge that The ac-
count was legal and It wOnld hot Violate
The lazy 20 allow the same. The account
was allowed upon his word without In
reslgation as TO Its legality Our grand
Jury sitting In September, 1855, had this
matter brought 20 It's attention, Ono or
two of the commission wcre suinmoned
who were present. when the account for
making the second apportlonment was
presented. The fac6 that this
account was shown to said
grand jury as allowed on the
representation of The Judge that 70 was
legal, caused bill TO De found FOR eXtor-
ton against our Judge. at The trial OF
this cause Judge Nugent charged the jury
that the account being allowed by the
commissioners court did away with
criminal part as TO our judge, but the
amount allowed him was more than he
\ was entrledeto under the law, and7 for
4 the guidance Api commissioners 'courtsSn
I such cases in the future he departs from
his regular course in so stating. Our
I Judge was acquitted, but his feathers
were badly trimmed, and presented any
I thing but d glorious victory over what he
! termed an outrage on his honor. The
I correspondent for THE GAZETTE aud
4 Dallas Herald ut Mnefal Wells, IN this
! county, having been informed, as your
I correspondent here was, that the grand
/ Jury had found u bin for theft against our
\ Judge, reported the same 10 these yaiua-
/ bic papers, giving his comment in each
paper on our Judges action. The judge
! being charged IN. the indictment with eN-
I torliOn, Instead of Ntheft, drought suit
I against the Herald, GAZETTE, apdy Or G.
I b. Rairgs, Jr. correspondent at Mineral
4 Wells, alleging $4,000 damages to his
character This cause Is now pending
\ ia cur district court, With the prevail.
! Ing opinion that he wlll take
naught in bis judgment. The caso
OF the stale VS.. Thomas Cotney
for the murder Of George ingle took up
/ the courts time from Friday until
/ Wednesday. This case was managed
! with great caro- on both sides, every inch
/ OF ground helaI contested, &c. M---MaS-
! sic, NJ. l., Garrett and Col, George 7.
[ Miller acted Tor the PROSECUTION and Nc
/ Call & Mccall and j, $, Stranyan for tic
defense Theiury returned verdict of
acquittal. We noticed 10 attendence dur.
( iug the court Col. Malone, editor Of
I TIM GAzETTE, and Capt. W j.. Hall Of
! the Herald, Capt Thomas freeman Of
1 Dallas, Hon w S. Pehdieton from the
4 Fort, Mccall Mccall, Jasper N flany,
10. n Roach aud Col. Nicolson OF the
I Weatherford bar.
/ G. W Dalton aud lady A g. Crawford
and lady Col NJ. o. Lynn, Maj Henry
7 Bedding and Others aro attending therat-
4 Tie convention at Weathenord this week
4 Have used Tongallne in neuralgia and
rheumatism aad Il has acted Ike charm
I 1t IS certainly specific IN that class OF
! disease FRASN .. YorSGi MD
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