The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-11-12
The Criminal Courf.


ments yesterday afternoon against Ih'
following persons
} William Craig, for burplariziue
Seibe's safe on on Main street.
Mary Venable, a colored woman
for stealing clothing from the resi-
deDce of j. E. johnson.
Turner Roesten, colored, for as
saultlng Geo. T.. Jones and robbing
him of So cash.
Mason Jones, colored, petit larct Dy.
Frank StGddard, for feloniOus as.
sault upon p. 2. Murphy.
All of the parties were arraigned
and entered a plea of not guilty, ex-
cept Mason Jones. He WAS sentenced
to Jail for thirty days and the trials of
the others set as follows:
VIM. Craig aud Mary Venable,
Monday, Nov. IL.
Turner r ,esten and Frank Stod-
dard, Tuesday, Nov. II.
The case of the state vs. Joe
Roe, who was tried yesterday
aft ernoon for stealing two wheelbar-
rows was dismissed, the testimony
showing that he had innocently
bought them of parties who had no
right to sell them.
THIS MORNINGS SESSION.
William Craig, who pleaded not
guilty yesterday to the indictment for
attempting to commit a burglar, E,
withdrew his plea this morning and
entered a plea of guilty, throwing
himself upon the mercy of the court,
whe sentenced him to one months
imprisonment in Jail.
Robert Mshan, who MAS found
guilty of grand larceny and sentenced
to the peDitentiary by jury yester-
day, fled a motion for new trial
and in arrest of judgment
Mary Venable, who plead not
guilty Yesterday to an Indictment for
stealing from a dwelling house, with
drew her plea and entered one admit
ting Der guilt.
The case of the state We. Robert
Evers for grand larceny was taken
up, jury enpanneled and the trial be
gun. The hearing of the testimony
occupied the entire morning. The
attorneys began their speeches immed-
lately after the opening of the after.
noon session and the case was still on
hands when the BAzoo went to press.
Evers caused quite sensation few
months ago by stealing horse from
the front of the market house for
the purpose, so he declared at the
time of his arrest, of getting term
! in the penitentiary so he could re-
form and get away from women.
"WOmen and wine" said he, 'have
been my ruin and | doE't have enough
will-power to cut away from them aud
make a man of myself. Ny ouly
hope is to get into the penilentiary
awhile where | can't see a woman, or
get drop of whiskey." He, how
ever, told a BAzoo reporter, a few
hours after his arrest, that his sweet
heart had Tilted him, and that was
the chief cause If his
trouble. When placed upon
the witness stand this morning be
did not seem as anxious to 60 to the
penitentiary as he was when arrested.
He set up the insanity plea claiming
that his mind had become so atfiic,ed
by secret habits, began when he WAS
only IL years OF age, that he was not
accountable for his acts. His testimony
before the jury was so revolving that
it made the jury and spectators hang
their heads for shame and DISCUS &.
Evers is "a years of age and his hume
has heretofore been in Crawford
county.
Friday afternoon the grand jury
returned true bill against James
Ho ard for felonious assault upon
his brolher,In-law John Eli OF last
August.
And against William Howard,
colored, also charged with feionious
assault upon Mr.. Kleink last summer,
for milking his cow.
Both defendants were arraigned
yesterday morning and entered
plea of not guilty.
In the case of the State, VS. Robert
Evers, the jury was out all of Friday
night and until noon Saturday,
when they came into the court room
and reported that they could not sgre e,
six standing for aequittal and six for
conviction. The jury was discharged
and the case stricken from the docket
The Court said be would not have sp-
proved a virdict of guilty as it was
clear that the young man did not in
tend in felonious manner to steal
the horse, as he plainly declared be-
fore taking it, that he intended