Wichita eagle., 1888-06-15
THE COURTS
JUSTICE COURT.

D. J. Benneck yesterday swore out a
warrant at Justice Walkers for the arrest
of one Smith, WHOM he charges with an
assault.
W. I. Kyle, station agent at Maize, yes
terday sWore out warrant charging Jesse
4. Bridgeman and Fred VI. Tanner with
burgIarizing the station and carrying
away two satchels of goods belonging to
Cole & Jones, and valued at SOS, and a
ticket punch worth s.. These were the
two men who were arrested By Detective
McMahan in Butler Co Their bond wa
fixed at $1,000 and in default of this
amount they were committed to the coun
ty Jail
Constable William Weiss swore out a
warrant for the arrest OF Frank Schmidt,
the man who made the assault upon him
in the discharge of his duties on North
Fifth avenue.
The case of State VS.. John Curry was
yesterday taken out of the hands of the
justice courts by the defendant pleading
guilty to the charge of burglary at the dis
trict court and receiving a years sentence
Ii the state penitentiary.
DISTRICT COURT,
T.. W. Clapp VS. Henry c. Barrow ct al;
judgment in favor of plaintiff against II.
c. Barrow and Ellen + Barrow. b. Wiki
enson and Oliver f. Hobbs for S205.75.
Sarah T. eager VS.. Merton +. eager;
dismissed without Judgment at cost of the
plaintiff.
Eliza Hazard vs. J. E. Hazard dis
missed at cost of plaintiff
+. j. Moore VS. Chas. p Downing: iudg
ment for plaintiff against Chas. p. and A.
Downing for S336. SO
Hockham and Schray Us. VIM. Fletcher
ct al. was OH trial yesterday.
SENT TO THE PEN.
State VS.. John =. Curry was yesterday
called and the defendant sentenced to one
year at hard labor in thl penitentiary.
Curry was arrested some time ago by Tom
Mcnamara for burglarizing the residence
of Hiram Imboden. on North Emporia.
and carrying away a fine gold watch. At
first Curry maintained his innocence and
said said that he could prove an alibi; but
later on he saw the evidence which would
be used against him and made mp his
mind to plead guilty. On Wednesday he
sent for County Attorney Jones and ex-
pressed his Willingness 10 have his case
disposed of, and il was set for yesterday.
He seemed to think himself very fortunate
in getting off as well as he did.
PROBATE COURT.
A petition was yesterday filed to mort
gage real estate in the Long minors es-
tate; the order granted.
Settlement was yesterday fled by j. I.
Bean. guardian of I. K. Bean, idiot.
Marriage license was Yesterday issued by
Judge Thomas to the following persons:
Samuel Shatta and Jennie Davis. both of
Valley Center; ID. s. Trimbo, Of Benton.
KY, and Mary +. West, of Wichita.
POLICE COURT.
Lucy McCracken, the colored girl ar
rested the night before for indecent ex-
posure, appeared in court yesterday morn
ing after an AL nights incarceration in
the cooler, pleaded guilty to the charge
and paid a $40 fine.
J. W. Perry aud SYLVAN Kim each con-
tributed So and costs TO the city treasury.
Silva Heller and Bula Johnson, two col
ored girls, were arrested for prostitution
and committed in default Of payment
their fines.
Charles Robinson. Brock, " answered 70
one Of his many oEeBses yesterday morn
ing, an assault upon old man Kearney. Il
cost him g and costs.
Otto Heller. G. 3 Wilson, Ed .Jetty and
Dan Mckenzie were the men arrested yes
terday for not working their road tax
Heller exhibited his receipt and was dis
Wilson aud Mckenzie had their
cases continued until the 18th; Jetty was
found guilty and had execution suspended
until Saturday. There has been altogether
fOrry-t7yo warrants issued for the arrest Of
men refusing to work ont their Rad tax
fifty names were turaed into the court yes
terday, and Commissioner Stone says there
are almost two thousand yet TO come.