Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-21
NUMEROUS CRIMINAL CASES
WHAT'S ON THE DOCKET Fon
TRIAL NEXT TERN.
The List only Partial, Ms n number or
Cases WIN he Added before the
Converting of Court-work for the
District Attorney.


A heavy criminal docket is being
made up for the next term of the dis
trict court Several weeks remain yet
in which to enter new cases. and the
nniaer already on hand is sufficient
to make pretty good sized docket.
Some of the parties who have only one
case to answer for so far as appears
from the docket at present. Will have
several more charges against them by
the time the court meets. and quite a
number whose names have not yet
been docketed will have 10 answer for
serious offenses against the peace and
dignity of the state. The charges EN-
brace almost everything known TO the
criminal calendar. Through the cour-
tesy of w. IL. Hanger, Esq, assistant
prosecuting attorney, the Telegram IL
enabled TO give n complete list OF the
entries on the criminal docket for both
branches up to date. They are given
as they occur on the docket. but they
may not be tried In the order in which
they appear at the present time. 1t
will be seen that the list embraces
number of important cases. and 1t is
altogether a very Interesting docket
The following is the list of cases with
the charges in each:
Before Judge Harris, Seventeenth dis
trlct court: John Switzer. embezzle-
ment of lard. etc. from butcher
named Stein.
j. w. Stevenson, swindling Newt
Stephenson out of $3.50 by means of a
fraudulent mortgage.
Clark Raiser. stealing 80 from Mrs.
s. Il. Truidt.
II, V. Burns, two cases for misap
plication of elty's funds.
A. Happy. for the alleged murder OF
Miss Maggie Twomey.
j. NJ. Moore, perjury.
w. b. Ford, endorsement of money
belonging to Mrs. NJ. Il. Smith.
Oscar Findley, theft OF morse in
Wise county, the same having been
brought 10 Tarrant county to be dis
posed OF.
w. b. Ford. three cases or embezzIe-
ment.
Charley Dunn. theft OF horse.
Charley will be tried this term If the
officers catch him in time lie es-
capped while working out a fine on the
county road for disturbing the peace
not long ago.
r. NJ. Page. alleged murder of A. b.
Smith.
4 diAh ANti4lA1f oAthiiib pNft ~sv AAbhi
w. NJ. Zimmerman at Arlington.
Henderson Sparks, burglarizing the
house of N Il. LIGHTER.
John Hayes, assault TO murder in a
saloon row.
j. G. Williams, assault to murder NJ.
j. Brotherton on West Weatnerford
street.
]. NJ Doyle and Tom Reedy. en-
bezzling SIS from j. T. Wilkerson.
loo
charge and is now in jail pending the
result of an appeal in the case.
Tube Nichols, perjury in a case In
which he was charged with aggravated
assault on w. l.. Marshall.
j. j. Cannon. perjury in a case in the
county court.
w. G. Taylor, three cases OF forgery
in cases OF attached witnesses.
Before Judge Green, Forty-eighth
istrict court:
NJ. j. Harrington. perjury In filing an
affidavit for attachment.
VIM. Boyd, blgamy alleged to have
been committed near Bedford, in this
county.
win Meynott, forgery of the name of
w. NJ. Kidevell.
Two cases against Ed Spivey
charged with burglary ana thert OF
over $40 worth of knives, etc, from
Lakes hardware store.
VIM. Broteher. ussaN TO murder
Mart Mckinney.
II. S. Robinson, forgery of a railroad
ticket.
L. p. Goodell, theft of a calf.
w. l. owens, theft over $40.
Arthur Florey, purglarzing Mrs.
Eberling's house.
T. Phoenix, swindllng a gardner out
of $50 worth of wntermelons, etc.
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