Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1896-01-17
CIRCUIT COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Regular January Term, 1896.

county circuit court convened at Sal
isbury last Monday, there being about
100 cases on docket
Court opened with the following Of
hcers present: Hon w. w. Rucker,
judge; ]. C. Wallace, prosecuting At
tornep; :. E. Dempsey, sheriff; VIM.
BaIlinger, stenographer, and H. B
Richardson, clerk.
J.E- Dempsey, sheriff, and ]. r.
Dempsey and ]. w. Redd, deputies,
were sworn to summon Jurors and ex-
ecute other process, retumable to the
present term of this court. sls
The following grand jurors were
sworn in by the clerk and duly charg
ed by Judge Rucker as to their duties
K. M. Tisdale, Jos. Gross, A. J.l
Wright, John Bayne. J. P. Grimes,
Murry Bennett, Geo. p. McGrew,
John A. Coll, Robt. Hamilton, Frank
Morih, VIM. Garhart, NH. Washburn.
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John Bapne was appointed foreman
by order of the court.
l. ]. Parks was excused from ser
vice as grand juror, and his place
was filed by A. J. Wright, taken from
the regular panel Of petit jurors.
The following named gentlemen
compose the regular panel of petit
jurors
6. Long, ]. N. Gipson, A. G. E.
lott, Nat Roberts, w. ID. Magruder,
F. Twyman, John R. Smith. w. J,|
Baker, Bart Smith, Clark Collins, Cal
win Cecil, James Clavin, Walter Her
ring. w. II. Ward, J. w. CazzelI, ST..
]. w. Stevens, J. ID. Cowser, Geo. T.
Johnson, DAVID Tudor, Peter Glad
bach. VIM. Smith, J. P. Hampton, VIM
Kelly, c. II. Riddell-
J.; Tie on J change L-adS ss lse pes,s
jury as drawn by the county court was
the substitution of F. Tyman for A.
J. Wright, who was put on the grand
jury vice L. ]. Parks, excused.
The following cases had been passed
upon up to Thursday morning.
CRIMINAL CASES.
State of Missouri VS.. Chas Zeltner,
appeal; trial by jury-mistrial, and
cause continued. Zeltner was arrest
ed and tried by jury in Squire Jos. o.
Vance's court, in Charlton township,
on a charge of stealing a coat from
Jos. Morrison in September, 1894.
He was found guilty and was fined Sac
and costs, but took an appeal to the
circuit court.
Same VS.. G.. w. Lawhorn (No. s)
selling liquor without license; trial by
jury, and verdict of not guilty. DR..
Lawhorn is a Forest Green physician
and druggist.
Same VS.. same (No. 81 same; a0ls
proseqSi.
Same VS.. Joseph Suother, grand
larceny; defendant valves formal ar
raignment and pleads not guilty, but
the jury that tried him took different
view OF the case, and sentenced JOS
eph to the penitentary for two years.
SGother is the Dalton negro, who. in
connection with ]. r. Price, col, also
of Dalton, stole a COW crom Carl
Schultz, of Bowling Green township,
In December, 1895, drove her to
Brunswick and sold the animal to F.
w. Sasse, a butch9r at that place.
Price pleaded guilty and was sent up
for two years in January, 1895, but
was pardoned out last July by Gov.
Stone to appear as a witness against
Suother, who. after helping Price steal
the COW. left his familiar haunts for
parts unknown, but was afterwards
captured by Sheriff Dempsey in Doni-
phan county, Kas., and brought back
for trial. Joe now wishes the parts for
which he left could have remained sun
known"
Same VS.. Robt. Hayes. felonious as
sault; continued at cost of defendant
Hayes is quite an old man, and is in
the tolls for shooting at Edward Cash,
near Pee Dee, in December, 1894.
The shooting grew out of alleged i'm
proper conduct on the part of Cash to-