Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-12
THE COURTS
DISTRICT COURT.

| Wickery vs. Tisdale, the $4,000 damage
suit brought to this county from Summer
upon change of venue, occupied the time
| yesterday in the district court-Mr- Martin
judge pro tenn. At the conclusion OF the
evidence the argument for the plaintiff
was opened by Judge Wall He was fol
lowed by Judge Sluss and Mr. Stanley for
the defendent, Mr.. George, for the plain
tiff, closing. The arguments were all
mastery efforts, and during their delivery
there were large number of attorneys IN
attendance upon the case. The case was
given 10 the jury about g O'Clock, with In
structions TO bring III sealed verdict.
PROBATE COURT.
E. B. levitt was yesterday appointed
guardian OF the person and property OF
Jennie o. Retta kahoe, minor.
Marriage licenses was issued TO the fol-
lowing persons:
Charles Thomas Purcell and Rosa May
Anderson; Gustave Kaiser and Mary A.
Simpson, all of Wichita.
POLICE COURT.
John Galloway and Andrew Terrell were
names given by two DRINKS who the night
before fell into the hands of the city au-
thorities Ferrell paid 81 and had execu-
ton Of sentence for the remainder sus-
pended; Galloway had no money at all and
was committed TO the cooler.
c. Z. Grant, George Norman, E. Roller
and A. w Hensey were the men arrested
the night before in the joint raid. They
were all charged with being all around
Migrants and were fined SIS and cost each,
which amount they paid. In the
afternoon man named L. w.
Clark was brought in by Officer
Fenner and upon being charged
with a similar offense paid the same
amount.
Against young man named Charles
Rollins stands more serious charge, dis
turbing the peace of the girls at the Fourth
ward school. The man, 50 says the janitor,
has been making himself particularly dis
agreeable around the building and he
could stand it no longer. His trial comes
off today, when the particulars of the case
will come to light.
Late in the afternoon a man named Lar
kin was arrested by Officer Jim Antrim
and taken before his honor for tearing up
paper belonging to one of the news boys
and refusing TO pay for it. His honor
fined the fellow 81 and costs and gave the
boy 80 cents as witness fees.
JUSTICE COURT.
State vs. J. W. Stone was called yester-
day at Justice Walkers, but continued
until Saturday The defendant is the
young man who, it is alleged, broke into
cell and took therefrom a quantity of beer
while he was confined III the city prison.
Oakford, the young man charged with
seduction, was to have had his hearing
yesterday, but the case was continued I'M
til Friday. 1t was intimated too that the
matter was in course of settlement and
may never come to trial.
A civil suit growing out of the loss by
colored boy of bundle of clothing at the
laundry of Jim Lee on North Main, came
up yesterday 1t resulted in a verdict of
s. for the plaintiff.
State VS.. T. T. Creller was also called
yesterday and the defendant given a pre-
liminary hearing. He was charged with
an assault with intent TO kill. The de-
PENDANT was approached in his office over
106 North Main by Henry Jones and asked
regarding certain duns which had been
sent to him. In an alteration which en-
sued, Jones was struck upon the head by
the defendant and quite badly injured.
Creller was bound over TO the district
court, his bond fixed at 81 900.