The Iola register., 1902-05-23
District Court Conyeles.


Monday and district court was
called to order next morning at 8
O'Clock. Only the lawyers were pres.
ent and the time was devoted to going
over the docket and setting the time
for hearing the cases. The criminal
jury cases will come first and as there
is a long grind of liquor cases it is
probable that much of the courts
time will be given to them al the start
The jurors who will attend the
session are:
George McClelland and John Barn,
hart, lola township; John Hartwig,
w. u. Bartels. Chas. II. Smith, VIM.
Yeagear, j. f. Powell, George Free
man, j. X. McQuigg, and j. N.
Rowden of lola City: Frank Fuss
man, j. Stevens, H. w. Goodhue,
Humboldt; Luther Morris, and o.
Michel, Logan township; G. F.
Adams, and Lewis Powell, Elm town
ship; II. Kamping, Salem township,
H. A. Sawyers and Jno. McCracken,
Cottage Grove township; S. b.
Skaggs, Moran; d, T. Smith, Car
lyle; Perry Hoffman, Usage; Allen
Nelson. Elsmore.
AS is the usual case thh first day in
court marked the settlement of many
cases, some being settled out of court,
others dismissed and still others con-
tinued.
OF the old liquor cases several we're
dismissed at defendants costs. These
we're the cases against Cliff McCarley.
l.. d. Montgomery, Geo. Clayton and
Ted Tibbitts. The cases against Ed
Rushton, Will Mills and Jim Mills
were continued, under 5000 bond.
Judgment was rendered against Dan
Ball as per agreement. Herschel Sim
mons and G. Y. McCsrley pleaded
guilty and were fined 500 and given
forty-fve days each. Charles Hick-
man and Kirk Williams did not APP
pear and their bonds we're forfeited.
All cases of the City VS. the joint
men were continued under bond.
These civil cases were continued:
Ida Clark VS. Santa Fe: Reuben Rich
ardson VS. Lanyon Zinc Co.: j. W.
Drake VS. lola, continued in name of
brakes widow.
Awaiting a decision in a similar
case now pending before supreme court
these cases were held open; William
Strong VS. Lanyon Zinc Company,
Jennie Caldwell VS. same, Joshua
Rumble VS. same, Harriet Means VS.
A. L. Taylor, j. w. VS. G. w. Fisher.
Jonas Carter was given judgment by
jury for the recovery of goods sold by
his wife to j. w. Coffey, or for their
value Sc
The suits to quiet title we're confirm
ed as follows: Louisa Ottens VS.
Alvina Speckbottle, Rufus Holmes VS.
j. H. Broughton, Frank Osborn VS.
heirs of Hyacinth Lasalle, Thos. F.
Zigler vs. Mamie M. Preston, Aetna
B. & L. VS. U. M. Barker,
H. A. Ballard dismissed his appeal
from justice court in suit with j. w.
Coffey, and Coffey dismissed his
against Ballard.
Several divorce cases were settled
out OF court: Grace VS. Ulysses Sim
mons, w. r. Hildreth VS. Estelle Hill
dreth.
The suit OF Mrs. Burtchby VS. her
husband was dismissed.
These cases we're dismissed: Morgan
Lee VS. d. =. Griffith, George Nichol-
son VS. Ft. Scott, |. & W.; Gas City VS.
same; j. H. Brown VS. Edgar & Hamil-
ton, C. w. Barnhart VS. M. X. & 7.
The suit of the lola Electric Rail
way against G. w. Baumhoff was re-
moved to the U. S. Circuit court.
w. N. Oberdorf and Il. J. Staley
compromised for Sl4. ...t
Eber Myers, fined s25 for assaulting
Joe Kongorski at Gas City last fall
appealed to the district court. When
his case was called he did not appear
and his bond was declared forfeited.
H. b. Winters was given judgment
against Joshua Rumbel for 1918.
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