The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-25
A Large Docket i'm the Police
Tribunal This Morning.
Bad Metropolis Negroes Were Heavily
Fined-Importsnt Arguments
This Afternoon.
NOTES OF OTHER COURTS
POLICE COURT.

POLICE COURT.
Judge Sanders had a large docket
today when he convened police court.
The case against Ed walbert. for
malicious shooting, was left open I'M
til this afternoon.
Arguments in the Rhodes case, in
volving the validity of the ordinance
requiring license of merchants based
on the number Of clerks, is set for ar
gument at O'Clock this afternoon.
The case against Mann Dobson, who
was arrested at Brook port on charge
Of striking Eph Garter, colored, was
continued two weeks. Garter has
been unconscious at the city hospital,
hut is now better. Dobson admits the
affair, but claims Carter had knife.
He at first refused to come back to
Kentucky without q requisition, but
after an hour in the Brookport Gala
boose he was glad to get here.
A breach of the peace case against
Tom and Anna Wilson was continued.
A breach of the peace case against
Andrew Boyd, oolored, was continued
until June s.
A breach of the peace case against
Morris McCann was continued.
The case against Henry Mcvicker.
the oolored boy charged with stealing
IS bill he was given to change, was
dismissed.
Twelve boys were dismissed with q
reprimand and warned that the next
time they go in swimming contrary to
law they will be fined.
John Williams and Albert Scott, col
ored, came up from Metropolis yester-
day and got drunk, disporting them
selves in a most reprehensible man
ner. They were fined 500 and costs
for being drunk and disorderly and
Williams, who had a big pistol, was
fined $50 and costs additional and SEN
fenced to ten days in Jail
lone Witherspoon and Adelaide
Trice were fined So and costs for q
breach of the peace.
George Brown and Jesse CLARK, COL
nred, were fined $40 and costs for
breach Of the peace.
A petty larceny charge against the
wife of Mack Wright was dismissed.
A malicious shooting case against
John johnson, cclored, was called and
he failed to show up, his bond being
declared forfeited.
Osborne Travis, for a breach Of the
peace, was fined $40 and costs.
CIRCUIT COURT.
|, Mr.. will O. Kidd, deputy circpit
court clerk, returned last night from
Dawson, where he had gone for his
health.
A Judgment for the defendant was
filed in the suit of Robert Boyd against
George Grubbs. The court in render
ing the Judgment stated that there was
much incompetent testimony on both
sides and that in rendering the deci-
sion he had overlooked all this and
taken just what evidence seemed to
be competent. The suit was brought
to recover the value of lot supposed
to have been owned by the plaintiff,
but the court did not think he ever
had any claim on it.
The mandate from the court of ap-
peals reversing the case of Lon Fuqus
has been received here and filed for
record. Fuqua was given life SEN
tence for completely in the shooting
of George Gray ON North Eighth
street. Spot Polk, who did the shoot.
ing, also received life sentence, but
Fuqua gets a new trial
Ada Etter was this morning grant
ed divorce from Steve Etter.
A judgmentfor $50 was filed fer
the plaintiff in the case of e. O. Ter
rell against Jordan Walker.
COUNTY COURT.
Rosa Jett this morning qualified as