The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-11-22
CIRCUIT COURT PROCEEDINGS.

Z full jury present. The grand Jury
Z was duly charged by Judge Graves
i and proceeded TO the performance oi
! their duties and evidently are doing
business as ten. indictments were re-
J turried in partial report Saturday
evening and the jury adjourned over
= TO Mondayfor furt her business The
= indictments cannot be made public
\ until the parties are arrested and in
Z charge of the sheriff. Among those
I who are in custody are the following
: with the crime for which they are ill.,
= dicted:
} Nate Silva. Jail breaking; Oscar
} Brown, burglary; Frank Wilson and
Thomas Stewart. jointly indicted for
I burglary and larceny; Henry Z
4 Harmon. for embezzlement.
Wilson and Stewart are the par
ties charged with burglarizing the
store OF J. { Smith at Adrian a few
} days ago.
Nate Silva is the celebrated iail
breaker and has twice broken from
the jail of this county within four
, years.
. The case of Melville Goss -. {. A.
Allen. ct al. was tried and Judgment
. rendered against the defendants bv
agreement as it was discovered that
the deed OF trust in question was
forgery. This is the ease in which
J smooth scoundrel unprecedented VI.
, Goss and gave a deed of trust on the
land OF the true NJ. Goss and drew
$50 on the same After a long
search the forger was caught in Iowa
and ". +. Walton recovered some
thing in the nelghborhood OF 500 Of
the money. Jesse Rowe. one of the
parties 10 the transaction. i in iail.
The third man 10 the transaction il
still at large.
The case Mary NJ. Kennel ". City
OF Rich Hill was tried and resulted in
verdict for the city.
The case Leslie Burrus against
Charles Price was tried and jude-
ment rendered il favor of Price.
, This is an appeal ease from near
Adrian and vas hard fought on
both sides
Another appeal case F. ". Jersig
against \. j 1,~iurs was tried Oh
Friday. This ea>e grew out OF a |
contract for The purchase of some
corn by III" p.aintifi from the de-
fandamr, L was tried at EIkharr be
fore squire White and appealed TO
/ circuit court AID The squire was Sus-
tanned. Judgment Ia favor ii Jer-
sig
/ The case OF Miss Rachae. Crabb
. against the school district Of Rich
Hill was tried Saturday and VIII be
argued next Friday. This case
brought large number Of people
from Rich Hill This l. a case where
Miss Crabb claims that The school
board employed her 10 teach and
then refused 10 furnish her "a room
land accept her services. Shesues for
I a years salary
/ Nellie N Curtis was divorced from
Charles p Curtis. The grounds were
ciesertion and non-support. She
savs IL her petition that Charles i a
rasrant and she doesno care 10 live /
with him. The court granted the
decree
Annie Moore Of Rich Hill was di-
voroed from John Moore. She al ,
legged that defendant was cruel and
abusive and intOlerable . hus- :
band. The court 20 decided.
Amos lloyd W Crena Irwin was
dismissed by plaintiff the case being
settled ont Of court
Much business has b-en transacted
that interests only The parties 10 the
suit and would l. Of little interest 10
the public 80 far there has been
buv little business for the Jury a. the
Etigants prefer 70 have Judge
Graves 10 pass OF thematters II dis
pu-e- This : very complimentary
70 the Judce-
4 number q important ca~es are
OF the docket for next we-k- The
jurors az always on tirle and an q
nrsr rate - q men. Il would b.
8i95eulc % fad better ones