Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-09-13
District Court.

Court is still in session, but will
probably finish up business tomorrow.
In the case of the State VS. Henry
Parks Sr. and Henry Parks Jr., tried
separately, the iurIes found both de-
PENDANTS guilty and sentenced them
to hard labor at the state penitentiary
at Lansing. The elder Parks goes
down for thirty elght months; the
younger eighteen months. It is sell
dom that a Judge is called on to pass
sentence upon a father and son. In
the court room during the proceed
ings was the wife and mother, vainly
trying to control herself and restrain
the sobbings of a broken heart. In
deathly stiffness on the part of the
spectators, though the court room
was crowded, the judge proceeded
with the t1nal acts which took from
home father and son. On behalf of
the defendants w. Ct. Bissell made
plea for mercy. He stated that Mr..
Parks was man of fourty-four years,
afflicted with consumption, and the
son boy of not quite twenty, and
asked that owing to the contradictory
testimony given. that there was a
doubt on the part of portion of the
Jurors at least as to the guilt Of the
parties. Judge Pratt for the state,
very briefly reviewed the testimony.
The Judge then passed the sentence
as above stated.
In the case of the State vs. Stock
man, no agreement was reached as
Judge Pratt could not see any legal
way to take bond for good behavior
prior to sentence. Judge Geiger sug-
gested to the attorneys that hereafter
he wanted no more criminal cases to
be settled outside of court.
In the State vs. Albert Price the
jury found the defendant guilty on
four counts of selling whiskey, alco-
hal, beer and of maintaining q NUS
ance. The defendant was permitted
to go down to KirwIn and promised
to return. He went down, but failed
to return. Three times the sheriff
called for him at the front door, but
got no answer. Judge Geiger de-
creed bond forfeited, and instructed
the county attorney to collect $4,000
of bondsmen j. A Shattuck, James
Wickwar and William Stuckman, and
also order the liquor seized DESTROYED
in an open and public place. The
sheriff has eight kegs of spoiled beer,
two kegs of wine and a job lot of
other stuff. Several jurymsn after
tho trial stated that the evidence of
the "spotters" had little weight with
them. The evidence of other witness
es showed that defendant had sold
whiskey and alcohol and had also
sold beer to boys of nine and ten
There are plenty of people who do
not object to the sale of beer to the
proper persons, but who do OBJECT to
the sale of whiskey and sales of in
toxlcants to boys.
In the State vs Amen, stealing BIZ
cycle, Court held that it had no juris-
diction. Amen rented a wheel IN
Klrwin to go to Nebraska and after
reaching Nebraska decided to sell the
wheel, hence the case was non-suIted.
In the State vs. Lane, stealing hsr-
ness, defendant tried by jury and
found not guilty.
Judgment for plaintiff in Standard
Oil Co vs. Lowe, Hayden vs. Shattuck,
Brownell vs. Goodman.
Dismissed at cost of plaintiff in
Dickinson VS. Townsend. Dix vs. Dix,
Oarnahan vs. Nourse. Whittemore VS.
Stinson.
Dismissed at cost of defendent in
Pinkerton Golden, Lsdd Posgue.
Continued: Topeka Wooden Mill
Co. VS. Larson, McOllntock vs. West
brook, Pool vs. GUAM. F,mple VS.
Wing, Skinner VS. Skinner, Don Car
los W. OoA OOIloe, AlA1'OS OouhVy
Benk VS. ROLAND. Norton vs. Stewart,
Lewis VS. Whapples.
Divorce granted IN Harris Harris
Judgment revised IN White VS. Par
ker,
Sales confirmed in Watkins VS. Nc.
Bride, Brown VS. Rosenberg, Phillips
County Bank VS. BlackmaD, Howe vs.
White, M. E. church Marvin vs. Nc
Coy, Equitable 90. vs. Rooms.