The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-04-14

as post and getting more go all tht
time.
Court-Are you putting this up tc
keep from serving?
Juror, knowing nearerl-what die
you say?
The court repeated the question in
a loud tone.
Juror-What, sir, putting his HAND
behind bis left ear.
Court, Fat the top Of his voice i
Are you playing deaf to get rid o.
serving?
Juror-No, sir.
Court, very loud you are ex
cused.
l.. T. Kirk, the gardener was ex
cused because he served on the jury
last November.
Fred Ripping sent the certificate
of a physician that he was bed-fast
with malarial fever. Leave of absence
granted.
Henry Rinken was excused.
SECOND DAY.
The criminal court opened quite
dull-nothing very startling or inter.
esting.
The first case taken up was the ap-
plication of q. T. Greenwood for dis
charge from the county jail under the
insolvent act. This prisoner was
committed to the county Jail in de-
fault of payment of $40 fine for va
grancy adjudged against him by JUS
tice Fisher on the Oath day of March,
1891. The prisoner was discharged.
The costs in the case which the state
must pay is S14.60. Mr.. Greenwood
went hence a free man. The next case
was the action of the State vs.. Frank
jackson, charged with an assault On
John Bryant, which took place April
IL, 1890. The case was tried before
Justice Fisher who fined the defen-
dant $40. The case was appealed TO
the criminal court. This morning
the plea of not guilty was withdrawn
by the defendent and plea of guilty
entered, and the court fined him So
and costs amounting in all to about
$38.15.
The case of the state VS. John Z.
Higgins, charged with the killing OF
Thomas Price, was set for special
term of court yesterday in accordance
with a request made by the attorneys
for the state and defense and August
9th, the time fixed upon.
The next case was of the State VS..
j. S. Morris, charged with cutting a
fence unlawfully. This is a neigh.
borhood squabble about a road and
has been in the county court, circuit
court and criminal court several years.
Near the Cooper county line
in the northeast part of Pettis
county, one lot of citizens, headed by
Charles O'Neil, petitioned the county
court to close up an old highway and
open a new one in the same vicinity.
This was opposed by another party of
citizens, headed by j. s. Morris. The
county court sent j. G. johnson,
bridge and road commissioner, to the
locality to view the situation and pass
on what was the necessity of the COM
munity. On Mr.. Johnson's report
the county court closed up the old
road and ordered the new one opened.
Mr.. Morris, in July, 1889, In the
daytime after the cid road had been
closed and the new one opened, cut q
way through by the old road-cuttipg
the fence and for this offence Morris
was indicted in November in 1889
Morris claims he did not know the
road had been ordered closed by the
county court and he was advised by
his attorney, Capt. l.. l.. Bridges, to
tear the fence down or cut it and go
through. He did as advised and ad.
mitted it on the witness stand to-day,
hence the Indictment.
The jury in this case retired about
3 o'clock this evening, and up to the
time of going to press had not report
ed an agreed verdict.
There are two more cases similar to
the one against Morris, and probably
the verdict in this one will govern the
others.
The case of the state against James
st. Clair Morris, indicted for the ma
licious destruction of the fences of
Charles O'Neill and others in Bowling
Green township, was given to the jury
and after short deliberation verdict
of 'not guilty" was rendered.
Addison Mock, IL years old, con-
victed of burglary and larceny, was
sentenced to three years in the reform
school at Boonville and Sheriff Smith
took him to that institution Yesterday.
THIRD DAY.