The age-herald., 1901-02-14
]. Il. WARD ON TRIAL
 FOR. MALFEASANCE
Charged With Irregularities as
 Justice of poaco
WITNESS HAD BAD MEMORY
A Verdict for Republic Iron and steel eompAnyAeome Convictions ln the Criminal eourt-A Yer.
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l. II, Ward notary public ana es-pillelo justice of thu peace, Ia helna tfled in tha seeond dlvlalon of tho Crlmlnnl Court for malpractice In oIllee, Sometime nan the grand Jury mnde n apeoal report reooms mehdlng that Impeachment proceedings be nled against hlmi An Information was accordingly filed hs tho solicitor and the hearing began yesterday before Judge Dan A. ureenp,
 Capt w. q Ward, Capt William H, Horton, Capt l, w nuah and Wnrd < Drennnn renfeaeht tho defendant H0llea ltor chnrlea Ferguson fenfoaenlH tho state.
 The state has twenty.nlno witnesses, the defendant eRht
 Solicitor Ferguson rend tho report If the grand Jury, which recommended hla remeeal from office on the ground If cufz ruptlun Ia oilleo and violation of certain scetlnna of tho aet regulating Aafnlahs meht proceedings h Jelfefaon County The solicitor In stating tho eaHe pald that tho defendnnt although n Justice of the peace, wna nrehumed to ltnow the iuN-h NiNi'Hi llfHHiilAifH F''hHfF ''a u justice of tho htaee, but nevertheless 10 was au,
 Defendants attorneys moved to dlnmHn the Information on various grounds which was oycrfued by Judge Greene except ne to tho eighth ground, by auHs tnnlnR which, sections 70 gN, np md 10 of tho Information were unnhhedl These sections charged effennen not named In the report of tho grand Jury
 Defendant then demuffed lo tho lnfofs nation on may grounds, na not following the report af the grand Jury, In lhht Il aid not appear that the faeta ael out In the information were tho same which were under consideration hy lhe grand jury,
 ufounds is and ID of the demurrer were sustained, tho others overruled, The srounde auaialhed referred to certain charsea of leauihg nnrnlahmenta, After agreements not to charge eoHtH nnleHH they were collected out of the dvfendnnth By ruling out theeu counts this loft hinea teen eountn out of thirty counts which wefo In the information Tho defendant pleaded not guily Ia eneh md every ono of theae nineteen counts,
 The Jury.
 The case ihpn went to the Jury, which 10 composed ha followH l, ~, urumlesl W. l, Mccormack, W, l1 r'napp |, II, White, Dan Wultpr W. II, Hallei, John snlter A, Il, Ashwood, Il, N, bnkei t W. Wnrnuek, rrnnN DouAlaha nnd A l Monfoe,
 The first witness called wnH l, Il, Burke He snld no wus constable of tho defend ant for about three monlhn during iHpp "t brought Hult ha ifnnafefoo Of Ward \ Drenncn, asalnat Fleming itoblnaon made m affidavit for nninlahheht don't remember whether brought n aulI against John sndlef ar not We brought SO many Here wltnepa memory waH bnd and he could not state my particulars about the anila, whether he ma,ln nfildns vlts or not
 "Dld you nuke my bond ln these cuAen7" naked tho solicitor "fhey hlaned the bonds with me hnd lsaucd tho aafns lshmenla,n replied tho wltneaa
 Al lhlb point court adjourned unlll thla morning,
 City Court.
 In tho frat dlvlhlon of tho city Court tho case of Bolle Henrleit vH, Republic iron and Steel Company went Co lho Jury yesterday afternoon, who rolurndl n Vera diet for defendanti
 In the neeund dlvAlon If the city Court the ease of Maggie Daniels, adhnnlatrhs trlN, va, Dunn and iiallandp hfuH, Ia stil on trlhl,
 Circuit Court. nin the Circuit Court the eaho Of Duncan & orr vs, the Loulnvlile and Nashville Rallroad Company la aiil on trlnl, A vers diet will bo reached thla inofnlnai
 Criminal Court
 in the Circuit Court the ease Of Duncan acquitted of grand larceny Allue VII. Hams was convicted of the same offonHa Ruth ljenncrs WIS found guilty of assault with razor Nose Mann plead guilty Co larceny,
 Court Items,
 \, Nj. Blake, deputy clefh of Inc city Court, has recovered from severe ht. tuck Of grippe,
 A negro lying in tho corridor Of tho courthouse euifcrlnR from pneumonia created some Interest, Ills name was Walter Webb, iio had been sent up from iiesHemer and whs laid ln the hnll tenn. pofhrlly awaiting nn ambulance 10 take him tu the nlmahousei
 Marriage licenses wore Issued to f f, Ingram nnd Mrs c'nrrle ufawfofdl VII. liam prliehard md Mrs. Mary floworl James A, Dupuy md Anna Ll Melauah. in,
 
 A deed will bo filed today from ihe peos pio's Hnvlngp Bank md Trust Company Go Mntile M, Nelhon, conveying RbAito feet on north aide of Third avenue, between Nineteenth md Twentieth streets for IA. IA llA