The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-12-02
In District Court.

The court Friday afternoon tool,
a, recess from the eternal brew 0t
liquor cases long enough to pass SEN
tence upon the criminals found guilty
Charlie Mauzy, found guilty of as
sauit with intent to Kill upon the
person OF one Strickland, was sem
fenced to one year in the penii entiary
at hard labor.
l.. d. Brown, found guilty of steal
ing horse from his sOu-in.law, r. f.
Fish in Elm township, was sentenced
to one year IN the penitentiary at
hard labor.
Will f.. Gay, convicted of the theft
of Prof. Olin's satchel from the Santa
Fe depot last June, was sent to the
reform school at Hutchinson. His
behavior there will determine wheth-
er he stays six months or five years.
William II. Madden, the barber
who married and deserted half a
dozen women, more or less, during the
past two years, pleaded guilty ard
was given one year in the peniten-
tiary at hard labor. That is about
two or three months for each wife
aud the expected sentence having
been placed at much longer period,
many people were surprised and dis
appointed. His plea OF guilty was of
great benefit to him, but his crime
and Of nj
ton when compared to the other
sentences.
The jury in the liquor case of state
versus Frank limerick brought in
verd G. of guilty on six counts. The
William Ransom jury also brought in
a verdict of guilty on six counts.
The Moran Bank case came up for
hearing before Judge StilIwell We'd
nesday. Bank commissioner Breid.
enthal was here to help in the prose.
cution of three charges against the
bank: Failure to require bond OF
the cashier, failure to hold regular
meetings of the board of directors,
and failure To report to the bank
commissioner. The bank got in bad
way and investigation showed noth.
ing worse than sins OF omission. When
the State presented its case Wednes
day it was found that by an over
sight the bank had been referred to
as "The Bank of Moran" instead of
the moran Bank" the proper title.
The banks lawyers thereupon oh.
jected and new papers will be filed
at once, but the case will probably
not get q hearing at this term.
The district court waded through |
all the liquor cases which will come
up this term yesterday and the rest
of them were put off until the adj
journed term next January.
The case of Jim Mills was tried yes
terday morning and the jury came in
about five o'clock with verdict of
guilty on one count.
Artemus Ward Ferguson, whose
lawyers tried to delay things by dis.
cussing the question of the identity
of the man, made their talk to no
avail and the case came to trial. The
jury was sent out with six counts
against him and brought in verdict
OF guilty of Two.
This morning the civil list was re-
sumed and rehearing of the case of
Geo. Richeaon who sued the order of
Select Friends for total disability,
claiming that his eye would not per-
nit him to work, came up first. AT
the previous trial the jury failed to
agree.
The men who were tried and con.
victed of selling Intoxicating liquors
in Allen county at this term of court
have all appealed their cases. Why
this is done can only be surmised, but
of course 1t suspends the COURTS judge
mept and they do not have to pay
fines or go to Jail Immediately and
during this indefinite delay some