Wichita eagle., 1888-05-29
THE COURTS.
DISTRICT COURT.


In the district court state vs. Frank
Trainor ct al. was taken up, by the trial OF
one of the defendants, Al. BERTHE. The
defendants in this case are the boys who
some time ago broke into the cellar OF
Fritz Schnitzler on North Market and
stole therefrom wines and liquors amount
ing in value to $40 The trial consumed
most of the day, the case not being given
to the jury until o'clock. They were
instructed to bring in a sealed verdict, and
| returned shortly after the adjournment oil
the court with their verdict, which will
not be opened until this morning.
JUSTICE COURT.
At Justice Walkers state VS.. j. B.
Curry, accused of stealing a watch from
the residence of Hiram Imboden, was con
tinued by consent of the parties until
Monday.
90 AT the same court state VS.. Korns came
up for trial The defendant was arrested
Saturday night, charged by his DIVORCED
wife, Mrs. Storms, with disturbing the
peace.
G. w. NJ. Case appeared be-
fore Justice Barrett yesterday
morning and swore out a complaint
against the redoubtable Cyclone" Mrs.
Connolly. She was charged first with
running a house of public prostitution,
and second with stealing from the affiant
$50. To the first charge she pleaded
guilty and paid S. and costs. In the
second the defendant failed to appear and
so it was dismissed.
At Justice Hammond's warrant was
icc,,al for f1,a n Of InhU Erao,1 N
He is accused of attempting to make away
with a mule team upon which was a
chattle mortgage. This paper was origin
ally made to Little & Kimble, but is at
present in the hands of Levi Wilson. The
property has been recovered. and, it is
thought that the accused will be arrested
before morning.
There was, too, the usual amount of
civil business before the courts. Justice
Barrett had up before him sixteen cases
and has nineteen set for today.
PROBATE COURT.
A petition was yesterday fled to appoint
an administrator on the William A. Pink
ham estate.
Marriage licenses were yesterday issued
by Judge Thomas to the following persons:
y. H. I1dllDlCh, VI OliCh, anu Il. L .
Kentzley, Wichita; John j. Muller and
Mana Barba Wasting, both of Wichita;
H. B. Reynolds and Hannah Spiger, both
of Cheney.
POLICE COURT.
VIM. Silvers, NJ McFadden, James
Smith and George Kornes were the DRINKS
arraigned before his honor yesterday.
Kornes was wanted upon a more serious
charge, Smith was dismissed and the
other two committed.
George Christy, for fast driving. paid So,
and Jim Stally for fast riding s..
Z. NJ korneS, who had been making
things interesting In his locality, was
found guilty of disturbing the peace and
planked down S. for she offense.
Thomas Dunn, James Martin and James
Ryan. three hoboes found asleep in car,
were all dismissed.
Tom Mcguire, J. f. Black, Henry Her
man and William Blankenship appeared.
charged with vagrancy. Mcclure and j.
+. Black each paid S25 and costs, and Her
man had his case continued until the 29th.
Blankenship was the man found in pos
session of the club room on north Main,
and the action of the court in the case is
looked forward to with no little interest
Cora Howard yesterday turned in her
monthly fee
Warren Maxwell was accused of disturb
ing the peace of Mr.. w. Fl. Hall.
A young Englishman giving the name of
Primrose was tried in the afternoon for
disturbing the peace, charges being pre-
ferred against him by Dick Collier. He
was found guilty and fined s. and costs.