The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-04-11
COURT AT WORK.
April Term of the Ardmere Court In Ses-
sIOn-Delsy In Criminal Matters
Other Notes.

mOTt Was Opeu6Q ILLS uuOTHlHB az
10 o'clock. All the officers were
present, as was also large num-
Der of witnesses and others. About
a hundred of the latter managed by
hard work to pack themselves into
the little court room to hear the
Judges charge to the grand jury.
That body is composed of the fol-
lowing persons: NJ. Munzesheimer,
foreman, D. o. Redfeld. secretary,
j. v. Eppler, l.. j. Akers, 4. p.
Kirkwood, G. P. VanDenberg, ).
M. Ransom, John Drury, w. S.
Hodges, B. F. Mckinney, j. E.
Peters, John Cornish, Preacher
Banks, Yep Turner. N. B. Gray,
R. B, Faulkner, Grant Smith,
David Sealy, Isaac Roberts and J.
G. Gates. Of these, two are ne
groes and one is full-blood Chick
asaw Indian.
The courts charge wGs pointed
and brief. He called particular
attention to the necessity Of avoid
ing the practice of finding bills on
fiimsy testimony. His hOnor's re-
marks on this point were timely,
and seemed to meet the approval
of the hearers. The court depart
ed from the usual trend of charges
and impressed upon the grand jury
that it must guard against COM
mon practice of some business men
of using the grand jury as an
agency for the collection of debts.
THE civil courts are open to ac-
tions of this character" the court
remarked, and the grand jury
must not be imposed upon" This
was taken to refer to the matter of
indicting parties for disposing of
} mortgaged property, and then re-
fusing to prosecute when the debt
was settled.
! The liquor question was also
! touched upon, and emphasized.
The grand jury is quartered in
the Odd Fellows lodge room.
The petit jury was then called
and empaneled, as follows: Tom
Cheney, S. Vandervoort, Guy Keel,
l John Cornell, George Henry Bruce
G. w. Beach, Adam Means, II. j
Todd, w. H. Moneysmith, Charles
l.. Jones, w. E. Landrum, E. G
=, Albright, G. w. Young, Jesse
: Holland, Alex Winans, James F
f Collins. Tom Sharrock, j. w
Raspberry, A. j. Willingham, P
Ragsdale, D. o. Davis. Henry
Terry, A. N. Leecraft, John Mash
= burn, R. E. Ramsey, w. R. Cox
J. ]. Wall, G.. l.. Ligon, w. H
S Hodges and w. j. Deskins.
The criminal docket for the da!
r was called, but, owing to the alb
J. sence of nearly all the witnesses
the cases were passed and attach
ments issued for the witnesses.
Q The citizenship case of A. B
. Rolf ct al. VS.. Chickasaw Natiol
was then taken up. Messrs. Her
:, bert and Potter appeared for tn
e plaintiffs, and w. B. johnson fo
= the defendant. There were a mum
:, ber of good-natured tits passe
between the attorneys. In one in
stance, Mr., Herbert was reading
document showing that Mr.. Rol
. had served as a juror in an India
4 court. Said the court:
Q Don't they use any but India
y jurymen in the Indian cOurtsi"
Mr.. Herbert: No, stree; never
"a Mr.. johnson: They don't whe
a. they know it."
70 Mr.. Herbert: / never hear
ID of them accepting a non-citizen {
a juror"
Mr.. johnson: You've just res
of case right there"
The court joined the bar in
good-natured laugh.
Several ladies were present
spectators during the morning Sc
sion.
The cases in which Henry Fo
ter and John Konha were charPl