The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-04
A DAY IN The COURTS.
The Criminal District Court Con.
yencs-.Judge Cavin's Charge.
PERSONNEL OF THE GRAND JURY
Judge Sam II. Brashesr Sets His Docket
for the Term Numerous Other
Court Notes.


trict courts opened for the February term
and the routine Of business necessary
to such a proceeding attracted large
crowd of attorneys and others more or
less Interested.
CRIMINAL. DISTRICT COURT.
The criminal district court convened yes
to-day morning for the February term,
Hon. Il. b. Gavin presiding. District At
tornoy ]. X. +. Gillaspie. Clerk George
Ellis and Deputy Sheriff j. y. Parker
In attendance. The grand jury was en-
paneled and charged by Judge Gavin. He
Instructed them to investigate onense
against tho penal statutes, specifying the
Sunday law gaming. Illegal solling by
scalpers OF railway tickets. rafiies. pol
icy shops and kindred offcnses and oifenses
against the laws regulating the business
of insurance companies and their repre-
sentatiyes The charge was verbal. The
following is the personnel OF the grand
jury:
s. A. Oliver. foreman: II. c. House,
George Kidd. $. NJ. Rushmore. Joseph +.
Meyer. u. w. c. Dunn. II. Il. Payne.
w. p. Cleveland b. a. Ricsner, Dan
Super, W. f. Swain, Charles Dillingham;.
Tho bailins In attendance are A. NJ.
Gentry. W. e. Lotus, Tom Grinstoad and
Albert Kendall.
The pe,it Jury for the week was next
impaneled as follows;
John Krupp. c. W. AIsworth. Frank
Sawyer +. X. King. j.. II. Potthoff. j.
q. Glesberg, w. f. Allen. 5. II. 5. An
dress j. Il. Black. w. A. Keller. Il.
warrendorf. W. NJ. Baker, Eugene Bot
tier r. Witty. j. i. y, Ivy, William
Iiar,ung. O. ]. Lorehn, II. w. Cortes,
w. NJ Ross. ]. W. Davis. @. Eisele. G. Il.
Winkler c q. Woodbridge. @. j. II, Noss.
X. d. Sreele. II. a. Stcpple. 7. W. Blake.
Hon Norman g. kittreH attorney for
c. Il. Godfrey. applied through habcas
corpus proceeding for reduction Of the
bail OF Godfrey. who Is charged in three
cases with embezziement The bond of
wv Nv u oacn caHe. whlcn hau been hSed
the defendant, Judpe Gavin reduced ,,d
a,no,,,,, -, s5sn t., o'h 80 IL t,'
inr made nv the annlicant
rho fntIo,ytrf r,-,,seeti,,,, ,,.or. hon.
Anderson King nolla nroa bc,ousn a.,
tho lnsufdcIency of evidence
Charles Taylar. nole pro because Of
ulo lnsuthrlency OF evidence.
'hariea hailech. courtney Mccullough
ana william l'oak. appeals dismissed.
had been appealed were stricken Off the
nlu ,'i' e -, Itdll'lllon IRON inc higher
Ta1oy ', ,h d nuy e ,o 10y rhe clerk
called aud all cases set down for trial
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Ctvrr rre,rp,cy,, co,.-,
49, ~ NJ
tefm conVehcd yesterday morning. Hon.
,,ort s p,'siulhg, >. H. Waties
a., ti, ~ ~" tenu,'|s' am Deputy Sher-
~ !0 p''hE IN nt''nnhnre- Tn"
-. ~" .1 ""S V,u"leu WIN the mem
no,,,, ~ a., unt VIZ were present on ac-
announced thaf he Ind aeci,,ed -, ",.'' ,.'
moro than three cascs for each Jury dov
the physicnl canoef,v n, ,h, ~. ' 1'
Tho docket was then called aud cases rat
as follows:
,rfrEsn.v rrrpt,.
1-,-n-r T., ,Ito,, -. -
I'l''-i' aAeh VS.. Heirs OF John Nor
iN'ai'-Sas9 Cohen vs.. Houston and
IoSa , central Railway company
,Ss,s a. r. = uher vs. X II Fuller.
.N'n "o'lS We fenry Wells.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY r
l14eS-John II. Lang W. G, l.. Lam; ct nj
,,i tSol,-,',y or Galveston va. Galveston
"saterl, hhhwhy company.
L, ,ofvuf' u Meyer Va. Heirs Of Joseph
'GeIr -
ioeI5-J. II. staples VS. Charles Crowley
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY
It,u-Gao w uo,..,,,
Young ct nj ~ vs. sam
16lSl-Amclia Uolnze o, nj -.
Uorndon p, nj CT ." Vs. ~ I.
lSi73-uenry I. Flnsb -. ~ ~
don - Nv" IL
1ep7s tIor,,o,, ,,,
VS. A. II. Patrick Of al N'ihpuhy
17i72-J. w. scott va II ~ sr,,,h
1S5sS-Narv Maiioinn - : smith;
heirs Mary Jane Dliton' w. Unknown
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500. -, 80 r'''isu "lsf l.
,e eos - '" uss,' W. stephen Barzach
G Ne,snr "'''''i''S o' al vs. Thimas
y, 4s"isoh'
"a M. =, ''aru VIZ. Emery a. Cobb.
i',r'i mary IT, Anderson vs. James NJ
ia aca :, a.
'9H' n. hittaker w. Houston Gene
VA t.s ,has nam
~ 81 -''" N''S Vs. william Duncan
~ qst "a, r,
~ .ae M ino.nas w Thomas Thomas
fSis5-I,mmn sawvor n,or,, '', cne'Son
jacob Hornbcrgcr vs.
SATURDAY rrppt-,p,,o
NAL fHhhuA AIRY &.
~ toops VS. Port Houston
~ 80 - 'r,"Ne,"tht company,