San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-08

ue ut" gTdnu jury maui IuelI uIsb Ie-
port this morning. Indictments for seven
felony cases were reported.
Judge Noonan addressed the Jury in a
brief speech. He said that matter of
great Importance is the recent wreck that
occurred on the Southern Pacific at Mac
dona, iu which one man was killed and
two seriously injured and that il the jury
would not give it their immediate atten-
ton they would neglect their duties.
He then read the following from the
penal code Of the Texas statutes under
Article No. CTS, entitled Constructing
Railroad Track, etc." III any person
shall willfully place any obstruction up
on the track of any railroad, or remove
any rail therefrom. or displace or inter-
fere with any switch thereof, or In any
way injure such road, or shall do damage
to any railroad, locomotive tender, or
car, whereby the life OF any person might
be endangered, he shall be punished by
Imprisonment in the penitentiary not less
than two nor more than seven years. Ii
the life of any person be lost nv such IN
lawful act, the offender is gdilty OF MUIR
der"
OTHER PROCEEDINGS.
A suit for debt OF $500 OF Reagan
Houston, assignee for Sam Maverick
against William BradeB, Ed Braden, Jr.,
Il. p. Clandon and A. Dierken. was taken
up in the Thirty seventh District court
this morning. and is being tried by jury
The death of William Braden was sug-
gested to the court and the case against
him was dismissed.
Judgment was rendered for plaintiff
10 a divorce suit of Mary Jane King
against William King.
NEW SUITS FILED.
A suit for damages of s700 was filed in
the Forty tifth:District court this morn
ing by j. p. Rice against L, Cannon
Plaintiff claims that while In possession
of the Riverside Stock Farm, situated
near the Losoyo crossing of the Medina
river, Tom Cannon did on last Novembe
"A, with malice aforethought and for th,
purpose of harassing and iujuring plain
tiff, cut and destroy portion OF the fenc,
Of plaintiff, and did also cut, damage ant
destroy large portion of the partition
fence between tho premises OF plaintiff
and the ranch OF defendant adjoining.
j. L. Starr Hunt, receiver for the TeXa
National bank, has filed a suit on promis
sorry note OF $3.50 against Richard Gehler
in the Forty fifth District court.
A suit on promissory note OF So 1927. 81
was filed in the Forthwith District cour
this morning by Fred Mayer against Bel
Collins and Richard Woolley, Jr.
MRS. DANIELS GETS 81, 900.
The damage suit of Mrs. Bridget Dan
iels against the Galveston, HARRISBURG
and San Antonio Railway company
which occupied all Of last week in the
Thirty seventh District court, was de
cided Saturday night. The jury brought
ia a verdict about 7:30 o'clock awarding
plaintiff damages in the sum of 1000
The suit was for damages in the sum Of
1850 o for the death OF plaintiffs hus'
band in wreck in Val Verde county or
September %, 1856 The wreck was
caused by bridge being washed away
The train went down the embankmen-
and Daniels, who was the engineer. was
scaided to death. Judgment was rendered
for plaintiff in this suit before, but de-
PENDANT appealed the case and IL was or
dered reversed and remanded by the Su.
preme court. Judgment in the first trlal
was in favor Of plaintiff for $4,000.
COURT NEWS NOTES.
A. NJ. LasSiter & Bro, grocers of Main
avenue, have made an assignment tc
George w. Sampson. The liabilities
amount to S46l.50. which are covered by
the assets.
The county clerk has granted marriage
licenses to Aleck Buchanan and Alice
Glynn and to Joseph Simon and Emile
Herbert.