The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-10-07

A LIVELY SESSION
OF POLICE COURT
Attorneys Wrangle Over a Case
of Alleged Theft.
Young Man IL Charged With TAX
ing a Deceased Friends
Clothing.
OTHER LATE COURT NEWS
POLICE COURT.

morning not because there were any
sensational cases on the docket, but
for the fact that Attorney Drake
sprung a very important question and
delivered an eloquent speech.
Attorney Drake was defending Kent
williams. a young man charged with
grand larceny. Williams was accused
OF stealing suit of clothes which
was owned by John Winston, now
dead. Winston was an Illinois Cen
tal fisgman ana stopped at the Lo
Bloom Hotel, at Eleventh and Broad
sway. Recently he went to sleep ON
the track at Kuttawa and was run
over and killed. Williams was a room
mato of the deceased and of course had
nocess to the room. Wednesday John
Wbitnell, a brother.in-lsw of Winston,
came in from Wingo, Graves county,
10 settle up the dead mans affairs.
lie missed a black suit OF clothes from
winston's trunk and finding Williams
with a similar salt on asked him TO
give mp possession, claiming that II
belonged to his brother-inlsw. Will
lians claimed that il was his own aud
4: Is alleged he said he purchased it in
Chicago, and during the trial the
monogram of y Chicago tailor was ex;
hIbited that showed 1T was made in
The Windy City. There was also evil
dence tending to show that Williams
and Winston wore each others clothes.
The arguments followed and Attor.
ney Drake delivered u most eloquent
speech, stating that a defendant was
presumed TO be INNOCENT until proven
ruiity and SAID the5e was not scin-
tiIis Of testimony Indicating that Will
liams had stolen the clothes. He was
followed by Attorney Frank Lucas.
consul for the relatives Of the de-
ceased.
Mr.. Lucas q short talk but TO the
point. Finally the prosecution sd
mited the suit was not worth ego,
which reduced the charge to petty lar
ceny. Judge Sanders said he would
mold the defendant TO answer in the
sun Of 900 and then adjourned. The
attorneys disagreed A. to whether the
Case was finally to be tried by jury or
Jadge Sanders on October is, for
which date IL was set. Court was re
Jnvened and Attorney Drake moved
that ne be allowed jury. Judge San
ders said during his term on the bench
bat three cases had been tried by jury
IN his court and under the statute no
jury was allowed. He said that year
ago he had grand jury in bis court
three times year to indict accused
persons but the law now did away
with such body. The judge stated
further that he favored aholishing
grand juries in every court, aud in
stead, trying a prisoner soon after he
was arrested, which would be big saw
ing TO the county and state. He said
certainly all pertons were entitled to
freedom and by waiting for grand
juries to act in most cases prisoners
lad to lay in Jail for months. But to
'accomodate Attorney Drake, q new
practitioner in the police coart, Judge
Sanders said he would permit jury
60 finally try Williams. and so far rs
he was concerned wculd be glad IL
jaries tried every case.
After granting this request Atior-
ney Drake ssked il he would submit
g. the charge of grand larceny what
would tn, court fix the bond at and
was told it would be the same, 500.
After consulting his client the attor-
nsy agreed to grand larceny and court
adjourned. Williams, 1t is said, will
give bail this afternoon.
Gus Nolen end Ben Boyd, colored,
were fined % and 81, respectively, for
ghtipg.
A breach of ordinance case against
Jeff O'shaw was dismissed.
ON motion of Prosecuting Attorney
Thomas Harrison the breach Of the
peace case against Sam Jarvis was
dismissed. Jarvis was accused with
having fight in Tyler but US SINH
lar warrant was pending against the
other parties in Justice Young's court
the case will be tried there.
Ed Nibett was fined 81 for drunk
spness.
REHEARING DENIED.
The court of sppeala yesterday de-