The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-17
E [ MCGEE was Acquitted in the
Circuit Court Yesterday.
Judge Sanders Holds an interesting Session
!, Of Police Court-Many
r lfrfmId Cases. ll1 ii
NEWS FROM THE OTHER COURTS

re. L. MCGEE. the picture agent
charged with false swearing, and who
was arrested in Memphis after he had
been indicted by the grand jury here
was yesterday afternoon acquitted in
circuit court after three days trial.
He was defended by Attorneys Light
foot and Yonts and Dave Gross. Nc
Gee was arrested soon after Buffalo
Bill was here last fall charged with
"short. changing" Mrs. George Raw
leigh, wife of the Sixth street drug
gist, out of SIS, on the day of the
show. At the examining trial there
was no case made out, but he was
held on his own recognizance and re-
leased. The grand jury later indicted
him. The false swe airing charge was
based ON some testimony relative to
the kind of horses he was driving at
the time of the alleged offense. The
jury yesterday adjudged him not
guilty.
Henry Williams sues Dora Williams
for a divorce and the custody of the
child giving abandonment the grounds
for the action.
Eli Simms, colored, who stole a
horse in the worten addition several
weeks ago, this morning pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to two years
in the penitentiary.
Lloyd Parks. of the county, white,
was arraigned on two indictments for
cutting harness at moonlight picnic
at Florence station several months ago
and the cases dismissed. He; was then
arraigned on another indictment for .
breach Of the peace, for starting .
difficulty ct the same picnic. jim Nc
Intosh, Of the county. whoYIwas ar
raiened with Parks ON the latter
charge, was dismissed. and made . wit
ness against Parks In the breach Of the
peace case.
At press time the HOUSEKEEPING
case against Sam Dodd. oolored. was
on trial Dodd il charged with having
broken into the store Of Phil Stephen
, some time ago. Attorney Dave A.
Gross is acting attorney for the de-
! tense.
The Mcintosh case was dismissed
as there was not sufficient evidence to
make . case.
The case of Jim Williams and Tilda
, White for immortality was dismissed.
Judge Sanders had an interesting
session Of police court this morning,
and made two Of his sound and sem
} sible comments on subjects of import
ance to the people Of the community.
One Of these was the punishment Of
; people charged with crime.
: He stated there was 0 colored man
. charged before him with disorderly
conduct by insulting white women.
THAI every man was presumed to be
innocent until he 10 proven guilty, and
d that he did not like to see such re-
Q ports in the daily papers Is IVES in one
r of the Paducah papers yesterday, stat
: ing among other things that "the peo-
pie were itching to get at the prison.
Q err" also that the accused got mad
: and kicked q chair over. Judge SAM
T. ders said that nothing Of the kind hap
. pened during court, or he would GER
. tainly have taken prompt action.
That the papers exert too much infiu-
ence and mould sentiment too quickly
: and surely to admit Of such melting
: utterances. He said he believed In al
: lowing the law to take its course in
! all things, and that such statements
Contiuued an fifth DaQ0.