Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-09
Judge Smith Selects the New
Grand Jury.
1t Will Hold Sessions in the Old
Masonic Hall.
A Country Justice Whose Dignity Was
Not Respected.
A Female AIbIno Sues Her r"Iron-Jawed'
Husband for Divorce-The Case OF
Weyse VS.. Weyse Settled.
General Court Notes.

| grand jury yesterday IN department. one
of the superior court. The jury is COM
posed of the following nineteen mem
bers:
E. Bouton (foreman), F. w. Tyler, F..
S. Munson, j. L. Blackman, G. w. Nor
gan, Thos. Landreth, A. P. Kerckhof,
J. @. Houser, j. G. Eiatt, Thos. Goss,
J. M. Frew, C. N. Earl, julius N. Car
ter, John Brooker, 0. w. Baldwin, H.A.
Barraeiough, A. l.. Ball, j. B. Banning,
and w. S. Arnold.
Judge Smith instructed the jury at
some length and informed them of the
duties incumbent on such bodies. He
told them to make a thorough investi-
CATION in all cases where they had rea-
son to believe crime had been com
mitte0 and to obtain and carefully weigh
all the testimony pertaining to the mat
| ter.
With regard to the county officers he
said:
''It is your duty also to make care
ful AMI complete examination OF the
hooks, records and accounts of all the
officers of the county. and especially
those pertaining to the revenue, and
W
And to this end you have the right to
employ an expert. This is the most.
important duty you will have to dis
charge. For, as our laws are at pres
ent administered, you are relieved
largely from investigating infractions
of the criminal code, since the district
attorney now presents these by informa
tions from time to time, as the commit
ting magistrates hold the offenders to
answer upon the otfense charged"
The jury was specially warned to keep
all of their transactions secret.
By order of the court the old Masonic
hall, 127 North Main street, was secured
for grand jury room.
TERM TRIAL JURY.
A term trial jury to try the cases
which will come up in department one
during the next three months was also
chosen. 1t is composed of the follow
ing:
G.. w. Adams, VIM. Ashmead, James
Baldridge, L. f. Bixby, G. S. Bradford,
j. F. Branch, VIM. Caruthers, Delos
Campbell, T. A. Duy, L, B. DeCamp, Z.
p. Dolley, j. M. Houser, j. Q. Hutton,
S. X. Jones, L. M. La Fetra, L. s. Long
stadter, John Lowell, J. j. Mahoney, w.
H. McVean, w. F. Nordholt, A. NJ.
Peck, e. H. Pike, H. j. Pinney, James
Setbrght, F. Z. Stockwell, John Web
ber, j. 2. Welcom, G. H. Wright, w. H.
Young. A special venire for seven
jurors was issued by the court to make
out the required number.
wEYsE VS.. wEYsE.
The somewhat celebrated case of r.
G. Weyse VS.. O. G. Weyse which has
been pending in the courts for the last
year, was decided yesterday by Judge
Van Dyke in accordance with the fol
lowing decisions 1t was an action for
partition and to settle the title to GER
tain real estate valued at about $75, 900.
The courts conclusions are:
"First-Tbe defendant, Louisa Weyse,
was not member of'th firm of Maud.
Weyse & Co. or Weyse Bros. & Co.
"Second-The alleged parole agree
in the real estate is not such, as to part
performance or otherwise, as to be en-
forceable against defendant, Louisa
Weyse.
"Third-The defendant, Louisa Weyse.
did execute and deliver to o. G. and
R. G.. Weyse a deed conveying a one
sixth interest in the real estate, as
alleged.
Findings will be prepared accord
ingly; also the interlocutory decree in
the partition suit submitted herewith"
THE COUNTRY JUSTICE.
Nellie E.. Bowen, a resident of this
city, was subp@naed as witness for the
defense in the examination of Lavinia
White for assault, at Calabasas. on last
Thursday, before Justice I. r. Newell.
Attorney j. Marion Brooks was retained
to defend the White woman, and, hav-
ing made up his mind to offer no de-
tense, he notified Nellie Bowen, among
other witnesses, that she need not go 20
Calabasas. When the examination
came off, the court was informed that
te defense did not wish to offer any tes-
timony, but Judge Newell insisted that
his subp0nas should be obeyed just the
same. and ascertaining that Nellie
Bowen was not present he issued a
bench warrant for her arrest, as pre-
liminary step to Furnishing her for con-
tempt.
The witness was arrested yesterday in
this city by Calabasas constable, but
before she was taken out of town At
torney Brooks applied for writ of
naDeas corpus, look ner before Judge
Smith and had her discharged. The
affront to the Justices dignity, there
fore, remains unpunished.
THE DIVORCE MILL.
More testimony was offered in the
Lockredge VS.. Lockredge divorce case
in Judge Shaw's court yesterday, and
the husband, a color ed man, was granted
a decree on the grounds Of desertion.
The couple formerly lived in Wyandotte,
and Mrs. Lockredge there left her hus-
band without cause.
Cadie Mrinzo has begun suit for di
vorce against her husband, Mont Mrinzo,
on the grounds of cruelty and drunken
ness. MriDzo is known as the man with
the Iron Jaw" and Mrs. Mrinzo is an
Albino. Both are professional dime
museum freaks, and their romantic
elopement some time ago has been told
in these columns.
Mary E. Workman is suing George
Workman for divorce on the grounds Of
desertion.
COURT NOTES.
Tho NJ