Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1899-01-20

Haggard stated on the witness stand
that w. G. Agee had lied regarding
$500 note, and for making use of such
language Haggard was fined $40 by
Judge Butler for contempt OF court.
Judge Butler, however, subsequently
remitted the fine.
Eli Shire, assignee of Thos. Foster.
VS.. B. F. Moore, suit on account; con-
tinued by agreement.
Emma Dautel ct al VS.. Covey Hery-
ford ct al, equitable partition; order of
sale renewed, and cause continued.
Cinderella Dawson ct al VS.. Jennie
Erb ct al, partition; continued.
Ethleen Waller VS.. Mary Allega ct
al, suit to quiet title; decree for plain
tiff as prayed.
Geo. w. Cunningham ct al VS.. Ar
thur Cunningham ct al, partition; con-
tinued to await sherif's report of sale.
Chas. Brandt ct al VS.. F. w. Brandt,
same; same.
Memorial services of Charlton coun-
~ bar for Judge W. Perkinson and Col.
C. w. Bel continued to April term.
Owen Craven, ex parte, petition to
sell lands of insane wife; A. w. John
son appointed guardian aa Afem for
Mrs. Craven, and enters his appear
ance. F. H. White, J.G Gallemore
and A. T. Gallemore appointed COM
missioners; answer of guardian ad
Atem and affidavit of commissioners
filed, and decree as prayed.
T. E. Mackay, guardian and curator
for C. M. Woods, VS.. J. J. Martin,
unlawful detainer; demurrer to plain
tiff s evidence sustained, whereupon
plaintiff takes nonsuit with leave to set
the same aside; jury discharged.
E. M. Williams, assignee Bank Of
Salisbury, VS.. Ledru Silvey ct al, mo-
ton tor an entry of judgment nHnc brO
tune; tried by court and entry OF
judgment numc FRO tune for $34o.33
on first count; $9I5.56 on second
count, and ordered to be entered Of
record as of August goth, 1896. De-
fendant, T. H. Walton, given 90 days
to file bill of exceptions, etc, and ap-
peals cause to supreme court.
CRIMINAL CASES.
State of Missouri VS.. John H. Heisel
murder in the first degree; continued
upon the application of the state by
agreement. Attachment ordered tC
St. Louis county for Joe Ashby, re.
turnable to next term of this court
witnesses for the state, except Oliver
Estes, recognized to appear at the
next term of this court in the sum o.
SIoo, each. Helsel is mayor of the
city of Brunswick, and was indicted fol
murder in the first degree for killing
City Marshal Richard Ashby at Bruins
wick the seventeenth day of June
1903. A continuance was taken ow
ing to the absence of Joe Ashby, a sor
nf the man Heisel killed.
Same VS.. George Page, COL, carry
ing concealed weapons; defendant en-
tiers his plea of guilty, and as to th'
punishment the court takes the same
under advisement until next term; de
fendant's personal recognizance ta&er
in the sum of $Ioo for his appearance
Page is darkey living near Shannon
dale, and got into trouble over having
carried a pistol, concealed on his per.
. son, to a dance, although people
would suspect it was razor.
. Same VS.. Walter Binford, carrying
concealed weapons; defendant waive:
formal arraignment and pleads no
guilty; trial by jury, verdict of guilty
and defendants punishment assess
ed at fine of $50 and costs. Binforc
is TIE young man who was arrested
with a long knife up his sleeve on the
. ! occasion of the Walter Veal and l.
w. Bishop fracas in Keytesville the
night of the tenth of last September
Same VS.. Louis Kinkhorst, selling
liquor on Sunday; continued by agree
ment on the application of defendant
Mr.. Kinkhorst is a dealer in liquid re
. freshments at Brunswick.
| Same VS.. w. G. White, felonious as