Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19
THE COUKTS.
DISTRICT COURT.

being occupied by attorneys and witnesses
in the different cases. and the seats with
out by spectators and parties more or less
interested in the different suits
Four indictments were returned by the
grand jury yesterday.
The demurrer In Catherine Pullen VS..
Caleb Teeter ct al. was sustained, and
fifteen days to amend and five days to
answer were granted.
The argument in state vs. Harrison was
given to the jury; after short deliberation
they returned verdict of not guilty, and
the prisoner was discharged
State VS.. S. r. Jones. one of the most in
teresting criminal cases of the term was
then commenced. The charge against the
defendant is thus set forth in the indict-
ment which contains two counts. The
first states:
THAT at and within the county of Sedg-
wick and the state of Kansas, on the Sd
day of October, 1887, the defendant. s. T.
Jones did then and there, unlawfully and
feloniously make and forge one certain
promissory note, the same purporting to
| be made by ore Charley Gardner on the
18th day of April, 1887, for the sum of $500,
| payable to said S. T. Jones, defendant, and
due one year after date, the said promis-
sorry note being in words and figures as
| follows to-wit:
$4,000
WICHITA, Kansas, April II, 1887.
For value received, one year after date |
promise to pay to the order of 5. L. Jones
| eight hundred dollars at the bank in Wich-
! ita, with interest at the rate of per cent,
payable annually, if paid at maturity, but
! if not so paid, then this entire note to bear
| II per cent interest from its date. Bal
| lance due on house. The sureties, grantor
and endorserS on this note sew
orally warn, protest and no
| tice of protest and do hereby grant any
| holder of this note the right to grant ex-
| tensions on this note to makers without
notifying them; either of them hereby rat
| flying such extensions and remaining
| bound on this note as if no extensions had
been obtained. CHARLEY GARDNER
Said note purporting to be endorsed on
back thereof as follows, to-wit: Henry
Schweiter, s. T. Jones'
The second count alleges the possession
of aforesaid note and concludes as follows:
and well knowing the said note to be
falsely made and forged, the said defend
ant did then and there unlawfully and
feloniously sell, exchange and deliver said
false note for a valuable consideration, to-
wit: $500, to the Wichita Banking COM
pany, a corporation duly organized and ex-
listing under the law of the state of Kan
sas, with the intent then and there to cheat
and defraud the said Wichita Banking
company, and to have the said promissory
note passed out and uttered"
The state introduced as witnesses o. c.
p.,r har -
The defense, greatly to the surprise of
not only the spectators, but also
the court and attorneys for the
state will attempt to prove the defendant
non compos mentis. They introduced nine
witnesses, among whom was the defend
ant himself, Doctors Furley and Rentz and
Rev. o. w. Jones The defendant was
first put upon the stand and stated that he
had been a soldier in both the Mexican war
and the Rebellion. In the former he was
wounded by the bursting of a shell and a
sabre cut upon the head, and in latter by
the discharge of a musket These are the
injuries which his attorneys, Henry Jones
and D. w. Welty, will endeavor to main
tain affected his brain and made him an
irresponsible being. The other witnesses
were put upon the stand to prove the pro-
position advanced. The case will he re-
sumed before the opening of court this
morning. AZ
JUSTICE COURT.
Yesterday Maud Wilson swore out a
warrant for the arrest of one Eta Preston
whom;;she accuses of stealing her trunk and
its contents from a room in the Noble
building. The latter was arrested and
hut CHI h,l
taken the trunk and sent it to Derby. As
the trunk and contents were valued at S35
she will have to answer to the charge of
grand Iarcency. Being unable to furnish
the required bond she was sent to Jail to
await trial
+. f. Skates issued a warrant to search
the house Of W. T. Moberly, No. 213 North
Wichita avenue for some property pair
OF shoes and $50 worth of groceries which
he suspected Moberly of taking and carry
ing away from the store of Skates g. Moore.
The warrant was intrusted to Constable
Rufus Cone and all the goods except the
shoes found. Moberly was arrested and
an information charging him with grand |
larceny was filed. His bond was fixed at |
$500. which being unable to give he was |
sent to jail.
PROBATE COURT.
Settlement was yesterday made by |
James L. Dyer as guardian of the estate of |
the Dyer minors.
A petition was yesterday filed to have |
Minnie Cowley and Helen II. Carlton APP
pointed administrative (both to act with /
equal power and conformity of the estate
Of II. O. BUrleigh, deceased. Both are
daughters of the deceased, the latter.
Helen II. Carlton, being the oldest but one
Of the living children. The personal
estate is estimated to be worth from r, 900
TO SIS, go, and the real estate situated in
Sedgwick county and elsewhere from
s590, 900 to 81. 000,00O
Marriage license was yesterday issued to
he following: Fred James Miller and
Maggie Mannebach, both of st. Marks
A. w Renshaw and Margaret Ackley,
both of Wichita
George B. Williams and Ella Warner,
.lso both of this city.
The last two couples were married by
Judge Thomas at the parlor of the probate
'ourJ.
POLICE COUNT.
Two plain DRINKS, john Farley and
John Evans, were up before his honor
They were such sorry looking /,
lights and appeared so humble and peni-
ent that the kind hearted judge took pity
ipon them and assessed but a nominal
inc of 81 and costs which they paid.
uARRJED