Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-02
NEW RULES IN COURT.
Judge Gest Makes Changes
Governing Practice and
Proceedings.
IN FORCE FIRST DAY OF NEXT TERM.

Defendants In ReturDable Cases Must
Plead by Morning of Second Day After
the Return Day-As to Filing OF Motions
and Exceptions, Appearance of Counsel
Jary Arguments, Trials. Etc.
All existing rules of the Rock
Island county circuit court, ex-
cept the rules adopted on the goth
of March, 1899, have been re-
scinded BY Judge W. II. Gest, and the
following are the more important of
the additional rules adopted for the
government of the practice and pro-
ceedings of the court, and to be in
force from and after the first day of
next term:
Defendants in all cases returnable to
or in any term shall plead by the
morning of the second day after the
return day, or within such further
time as the court may by order direct,
and plaintiffs shall be entitled to n de-
fault in all cases where pleadings are
not filed, unless extension CT time to
plead is given by the court. Where
pleadings are filed before default is
actually taken, they will be allowed to
stand.
Appearances by counsel shall be
made only in writing, signed by coun-
sci and flied with the clerk, and when
so filed shall be noted by the clerk on
the judges docket.
All motions, not of course. shall be
made in writing, specifying the par
ticular cause for, aud the particular
matter sought by, the same.
In the morning of each day mo-
tons, demurrers, exceptions and in
terlocutory matters in general will be
heard, in the discretion of the court,
and all such matters will stand for
hearing on and after the morning of
the second day after the same Sre filed
or entered, unless the court otherwise
orders; either party desiring to have
such matter heard shall give the op-
posite party or his counsel "a hours
notice in writing of such hearing, eX-
cept when otherwise ordered by the
court.
No agreement or stipulation of par
ties or attorneys setting II cause or
matter for trial or hearing ut any par
ticular time, or that a cause or matter
shall not be set or tried or heard be-
fore any particular time, will be in
anv wise regarded by the court, I'M
less such agreement or stipulation is
made in open court and by the con-
sent of the court.
In The trial of causes but one coun-
sci on each side shall be permitted to
examine Il witness, except by permits
sion of the court.
If any party entitled to make first
argument to the jury waive his open
ing argument, he shall be deemed to
have waived all argument. If, after
opening argument, the other party
waive argument, the whole argument
shall be aeemed closed. The opening
argument shall fairly present the
points relied on by the party making
the same.
No more than two counsel on the
same side will be heard in any cause
or matter before court or jury, except
by leave of the court, granted before
the commencement of argument.
Propositions to submit causes to a
Jury without argument or without in
structions, or both, shall not be made
in the presence of the jury.
Unless otherwise ordered, instruc-
tions must be submitted to the court
before the conclusion of the last argu-
ment made in the cause, or they will
not be considered by the court.
other Natter.
Mary d. Kuster, of this city, has
begun suit for divorce. She charges
her husband, Albert c. Kuster, with
cruelty and infidelity.
Divorces were granted today by
Judge w. II. Gest to Anna Bonham
from Bert Bonham. Moline, deser-
ton: Alma Nelson from Alfred F.
Nelson, of Rock Island, adultery.
Di.solution of Partnersh.r,