The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-11
rT IS ACQUITTED.
Jury Took Eight Minutes
Y Find Him Guiltless.
IN INCREASE or LAWSUITS.
,16fan Qasli6es for Moore OF Dss
ll.ss Fame-Forser Hodge 40
quilted Court Notes.

ming - IT8S Wa eO40Asscu u
1870 Of numbering Charles A. Dob
~ iury of his peers yesterday fore
ond walked from the courtroom :
- With his bondsmen. At IL rs The
x5vfne received the charge OF Judge
yetired with the case. After they
ri ~ out, the conrt Immediately or
- larry called for the trial Of the
1901 -. Clerk McGaughey had called
~ 8 four Jurors, who were taking their
~ 8 their names were called. when
f6ltif announced that the jury in the
~ 60 had agreed upon verdict.
: enu,t ordered the Jury box vacated.
{ 0lfhin eight minutes after they had
sis1. Ne twelve jurors filed into the
Ss1ors. The defendant and his young
r1(fayed . little uncasiness % the
Wsre being called, but their attor-
FAMED with confident anticipation
~ victory which the reading Of the
- announced. Attorney Ronald inn
10y reached over and grasped Mr..
~ hand, and was followed by the
number Of friends Of the defendant
~ family, who were present through
~ trial
18oush Pratt was acquitted by the
1. " has not escaped without suffering
~ unfortunate occurrence which re.
~ "a the death of Dobson last June.
coneciousness of his connection with
~ weighed heavily upon his mind and
Snily's ever since. The three days OF
~ havs been . severe ordeal Tor them.
- IL closing arguments they wept
IS q The time.
IKE REV PRINTED DOCKET.
~ n. II. Holmes has received IN adj
. copy Of the new civil calendar, which,
noW being published. 1t makes . vols
u 81 pages-twice as thick as any|
ulons printed calendar. It will bel
- Tor distribution next Saturday. Ii
tS|ns l,67l cases, which were undeter-|
111 September l. It gives IN idea Of
= moving magnitude of The business Of
Superior court. On November Is. 1880.
= Were 100 civil cases undetermined on
1oeket From that date until Septem-
~ there were filed 1867 cases, while
- o1S cases, less than half Of the num-
r. laed, we're disposed Of by the three de-
slnonts. The rules OF practice, a. soon
|71 improved, together with . list OF the
|Snbers Of the bar, who give in their
6nss, will be printed in . separate vol
MI xooRE's GUARDIAN QUALITIES.
(f1nsy B. Vrooman, appointed by Judge
Nom - guardian of John Moore. the in
- owner Of the Des Moines townsite,
51)torday qualified by fling in the probate
mt bond for $4,000. His bond was
lgoved BY the court, and Is ample for .
IN larger sum. His sureties are n. H.
my, ]. G. Kellogg, Robert Knipe and
5on Phelps. It Is quite likely that In
osing litigation will soon b COM
noed to restore, If possible. to the Moore
l1e the land held by the Des Moines
~ and Improvement Company and its
naises, valued at 100000 to $3.50, 900.
40 Osborn has expressed the belief that
- property now belongs to the Moore
-. The title claimed by the adverse
3nants originated In . tax sale
the property made In 1881.
III toldOm that tax titles have stood the
TT htigation in the courts Of this state.
hiho opinion Of many good lawyers there
Zy4X00Q So0W VA OkS0AAuk Was SoA SAssCs w
- = 1t was on sale for taxes while
esWnsr was suffering from the disability
J sanity.
xcourrrKp ON GROUND or INSANITY.
0axiss A. Hodge, after trial on charge
aiRysry in Judge Humes' department,
~ acquitted BY the jury in the afternoon.
HodGs went into . clothing store ut ,307
ylont street on August last and passed In
nymsnt for = suit Of clothes forged check
epon Dexter Horton & Co.. bank, drawn
N account Of Pelton q Tibbetts. The
eothier suspecting something wrong, sent
- check 70 Pelton q Tibbetts before
Hodge left the store. Mr.. Pelton returned
Win It and Hodge was arrested. The plea
= insanity was made Dy the defense and
eeeablished by the testimony of Hodges
hther and DR.. Waughop, SUI
asylum. The defendant is II years of age.
Ais father testified that, When he was .
Md, be was attacked with erysipelas of
- brain, which arrested his mental devel-
spment In 1889 he was committed to the
osylum from Spokane county, and dis.
eharged about SIX months later, not az
cured, but as no longer dangerous. His
Miner said that he had frequently pun.
hhed the boy for such escapades as that
lor which he was on trial. DR.. Waughop
essihed to his insanity, and to the fact OF
BIZ commitment.
wTE-sEArER rELrIER's BANK ACCOUNT.
Judge Lichtenberg yesterday ordered
nat the money in bank to the credit of
John Peltier be paid into court, pending
&c bearing of the cause OF the suit of
.sfy Peltier. his wife. for divorce. 1t was
leown that there were $500 in the Bank of
sesth Seattle to the credit of the
Nfendant. The court further
eeered, upon showing that the
nnan was dependent and in need of
inning and medical attendance, that she
I'VE $50 for her care this week and next
-ee hearing OF q motion for alimony was
= for September 10.
q AND SLIGHTLY DAMAGED WITH A BEER
GLASS.
The jury returned verdict in favor of
e plaintiff. assessing his damages ut $50,
me case OF Gustave Erickson VS.. Albert
uosser. This was the case of q suit for
images for injuries received by the plain
rom blow on the head with q beer
TopAY's FILINGS.
me Journal Publishing Company filed
: .a''s Tor the collection OF bills for advertis-
- against the Moore Land Company for
vsuzS, and F. J. Monroe & Co. for $97.
ida A. Barkett flied suit against J. H.
aooenead and c. ]. Selwyn for the recoy.
OF payment on a note for $500.
uSlrEp STATES COMMISSIONERS couRr.
INN Hee. arrested by Inspector Thomp-
- lev days ago on suspicion of being
= OF the Chihamen who arrived in the
noop Louisa, was discharged Yesterday by
Onlsed States Commissioner Emery. The
y. sscence showed that he had been an EN-.
I0ye of Nva-es carrn.r