The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-11-19

vs. Stoddard was taken up and by
agreement the State dismissed the
charge of felonious assault :leaving
it stand as common assault.
StOddsrd Withdrew his plea "f not
guilty and flied one OF guilty and the
court assessed a fine OF $50 against
him.
In the case of the state against j.
G.. Beaman, who was recognized to
court 10 await the action of tue grand
jury, the prosecuting witness James
L. Beaman, fai,ed to appear and the
grand jury could not therefore inves-
Iigaie the charge. The bond of the
delinquent witness was then deia ulted
and an attachment issued for HIM.
The case was then continued until
next term the defendant giving a new
bond of $500 for his appearance for
trial at that time.
The case of Turner Roysten,
charged with highway ROBBERY was ia
ken upand jury impanneled but it vas
discovered that the prosecuting wit
ness. George e. Jones, was absent
and the trial could not proceed. An
attachment was issued and the trial
postponed until the witness can be
had.
The grand jury brought in an in
dictment against Dallas Bremen, a
boy IA years of age, charged with
stealing some carpenter tools about two
months ago. The Indictment reduced
the of; nse to petitllarceny and the boy
entered plea of guilty. On account
OF the tender years of the defendant
and In view of the fact that he had
been in jlil nearly two months, the
court made the punishment ole day
in Jail and dated it yesterday. He
gave the lad a fatherIy lecture and
sent him home with bis mother.
Ire case of the state against Rob-
ert Roysten was taken up this morn
ing. The testimony was short and |
sweet and the jury retired to make up
their verdict before noon. They were |
out only few moments when they
returned verdict of guilty and fixed |
bis punishment at II years in the
peniientiary.
The case of the state against NJ. G.. |
and kae A. White on charge of
maltreating their adopted daughter
was continued until next term, the
defendants giving bonds of $500 for
their appearance for trial at that time.
The witnesses for the state were re-
quired to give bonds of 500 each for
their appearance at that time.
Immediately after the opening of
the afternoon session all of the prison
ers convicted during the term we're
brought before the court for sentence
as follows:
Henry Zissler, grand laaceny, two
years.
Robert Mahan, grand larceny, two
years.
Daniel Boon, attempting to commit
rape, FIVE years.
Mary Venable, stealing from a
dwelling house, two years.
Pat Griffin, burglary, three years.
Turner Roysten, highway robbery,
ten years.
John Ruby, grand larceny, two
years.
Frank Cox, the boy charged with
to commit rape upon a
5-fear old girl, but whose trial resulted
In disagreement of the jury, was
the last of the prisoners. The state
the felonious feature of the
case and he pleaded guilty to common
assault and the court sentenced him to
the reform school. The Judge said
the charge against the boy vas so he
neous and as there was no question
but what he is guilty, he disliked to
allow any change to be made, and be
was only induced to do so by the boys
tender years and the fact that his pa
rents had sorely neglected him. He
gave the boy fatherly lecture and
him to remember that mos,
fathers would have killed him instead
Of handing him over to be dealt with
Dy the law as the father of his victim
lid.
Turner R9ysten, the prisoner who
gets the appalling sentence of u
years in the penitentiary for smuggling =
md robbing MIR. George Jones of =
Pilot Grove on last Fourth of July
night, is a stalwart colored man.
The testimony showed that Mr.. Jones a
anne here TO spend the 4th and a
Ibout IL o'clock he went to the de-
BOT to see about his train. While I
Waiting he stepped across the street s
n the shadow of the building, known d
Is the Missouri Pacific Bar. He was a
ollowed by Roysten and another >