The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-09-20
CIRCUIT COURT OYER
The Criminal Term Ended This After
noon in McCracken.
Grand Jury Makes Its Final Report
Prisoners Called Out and
Sentenced.
COURT AGAIN IN DECEMBER

Lho CcptoluDeT ttFm OF circuit
court came to close this afternoon,
and the grand jury after a three
weeks session made its final report,
bringing in quite a batch Of indict-
ments. Today little has been done,
except calling few cases in which the
defendants would have had to remain
in Jail until December had not they
consented to plead guilty.
Lille sherron was adjudged divorc-
ed from Thomas Sherron.
The grand jury failed to indict Gus
bennington for grand larceny and
Webster johnson for OBTAINING
woman and they were released from
custody.
There are about half a dozen
prisoners in Jail who did not get a
trial this term.
The grand jury returned four in
dictments against George s. Allen,
until recently assistant superintend-
emit Of the Prudential Insurance COM
pany here, for forgery. The accused
left the city two weeks or more ago
and his whereabouts are at present
unknown.
1t was learned when District Su-
perintendent Francisco came down
to assist in an investigation, mat
Allen had also falsified his ,eports.
and had failed to turn in about four
hundred dollars collected the week
he disappeared. BE also oyerdrew
the company's account at one of the
banks f97 and Hoated at Metropolis,
III. "a check oih the same bank for $3.50.
1t is estimated that he secured
from the company since July about
/ ID, 600.
The names forged, and for which
he was indicted, were local doctors
which were affixed to the decth certiti-
Gates forwarded when several bogus
policies were collected.
Thastollowing prisoners were sent.
enced Moses Moxley, one year for
stealing tools from the waterworks
plant; Walter Moody, oolored, three
years for falsely swearing he was not
at the Harbour establishment, when
he was accused of stealing a shirt
Robert Craig, one year for breaking
into the Bloodworth grocery in Me-
chanicsburg; Riley Gay, one year for
false swearing; Spot Polk, life sent
ence for fatally shooting George
Gray: Jerry Gray, one year for grand
larceny; Alley jackson, two years for
stealing $50 from the till at the Yei-
ser and MoElrsth drug establishment;
Will Pryor, two years for assaulting
Bartender Frank Walston last year
near Eleventh and Caldwell by deal !
ing the latter a severe blow in the
dark; Columbus Carroll, one year
for obtaining money under false pre-
lenses; Lonnie Fuqus, life sentence |
for being accessory to the murder of
George Gray; Warner Voolfolk, two
years for manslaughter in killing Mar.
shall owen near Ninth and Trlmble
streets b7 shooting him during a ca
rousal; John Sohraven, one year for
breaking into Dick Sebrea's saloon;
william sJohnson, two years Tor steal
ing revolvers from the George o.
Hart hardware establishment; Albert
Arams, one year for obtaining from
Rosenblstt box of cigars under pre-.
tense that another sent him for them
Lotue Hamilton, one years for going
to Cochran's shoe store and proour-
ing a pair Of shoes by stating her en-
ployer had sent her for them when
she had not; Ed May berry three years
for picking the pocket of Architect
McKinnon during the carnival last
May and stealing $780, Julia Starks,
one year for shooting at Hun Cannon,
at the city hall where the negro was
"a trusty cleaning up the building; Ir-
van Springer, one year for breaking
into the office Of the Melber mill in
the county; James Webb, one year
for false swearing; Hattie Taylor,
two years for stealing a lot of cloth
ing from the Tate home.
]. W. Ingram was granted q divorce
from his wife Kate Ingram.