The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-17
NEGRO JOHN DAVIS
CLEARED BY JURY
VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY RE
TURNED AFTER THIRTY MIN,
uTGs pEITeERATIoN.
ARGUMENTS MADE AFTER SUPPER
Entire Day and Part Of Night oeeu'
pied by Court in Completing Third
Third Trial Of the Celebrated
Case.

At 1915 o'clock last night. aftc
celebrating hut thrifty minutes. III
jury In the SiNticth District court Z,
turned II verdict of not guilty In III
case Of the state against Jghn Davis
COlCrcd. charged with murder In N
second degree. Davis was accusc'
al killing another negro, I'D Glider
his iathcr.in'law ~ little owe fOd
year ago. The trial concluded las
night was his third arraignmcnt 81
the same charge. One trial rcsultc,
in a mistrial and another vas appeal
cd Ia the M OF criminal appeals
after conviction.
In the latter else the decision u
the lower court waS reversed am
the case rcmandcd for a new trial
The trird trial began Thursday morn
ing and closed with the acquittal oI
Davis last night. During the four
years proceeding the case has been
before both judges In this district,
DAVIS was defended by O'Brien. John
& O'Bricn. In view of the conviction
, secured bv the state in a former
trial the findings of the Jury IN tho
third trial were something of Il sur
prise. as IL vas anticipated n verdict
of guilty with n short sentence would
be found.
The Days Proceedings.
The trial Of Davis was resumed yes
tCrday morning at . o'clock and most
Il" the forenoon was occupied Nv
the Introduction of testimony by the
state. Shortly before nOOn the state
rested its case and the Introduction
of testimony for the defense began.
A feature of the forenOOn's prc4'ccd-
ings was the Introduction of cvi-
dcncc by dispositions, one being the
the antC-mOrtcm statement Of the
dead negro and the OthC" " stat
mcnt of Il negro y serving a SEN
icncc in the ~pcnitcntiarv. Counsel
for both sides argued the Doint re.
garding the admission o. these dep
OsitiOns but the co"rt held that they
were proper and admissible.
TESTIMONY for Defense.
The introduction of testimony by
use of Witnesses FOR the cdfcnsc a.
cuuicd nearly trc entire afternoon.
shortly before supper time tho ar
guncntS began. These wore not con
cindcd At $40 and a ro""sS until 7
were resumed. For the defense Mr..
Geo. c. O'Bricn and NJ. John spok"
nt 1n,uth both ntntn'C 1ttfIrnpV
Iiightowcr and his assistant, Mr.. Nc
Dowcll, argued for the state. IN
their tCStim"n" ND arguments
counsel for the defense sought To
show that Davis had killed Glider
in self defense. Tho state sought
conviction by trying to show that INC
was that sncciiicd in IN"
former conviction, wurdC" in tho S"r.
ond degree. Th" case wont t" IN"
Jury at $40 I"locl and after thirty
minutes Of dclibCration ~" verdict
of no Guilty was returned and Davis
released.
No Court Today.
There will be no session OF the
District court today SO laf
the criminal docket is concerned,
although several important cases are
cu call As previously announced,
however, the motion docket in bolh
and criminal eases will be call
cd. II is expected a hearing On the
application for a new trial FOR Jctl
Scott. recently convicted OF man
will be granted.
Between times IN the ,''Nticth D@
trict court Yesterday Judge Watts
granted a hearing on a suit for di-
vorcc and an application for a wril
Of hanras cu~uus. The proceedings
were instituted yo-tcrda" forenoon.
The CO q was a sm' for absolui" I'll
,nrcc instituted by c - Stanley
Josephine Stanley. Plain
tit alleged dpsortion as tho grounds
which he sought separation. Inc
hahcas corpus writ was requested
Josephine Stnnlcv and {. ].
Baker. whom plaintiff alleged took
pr session of his child hv force some
limo ago. The writ was granted de-
PENDANTS being ordered &" prndur"
tho child. \ hearing on the divorce
suit was sc' cor oct. T.
In Judge Pa7e's Court.
Ia the Finy-niGu'l District court
Yesterday Judge Pope nvcrrulcd nh"
motion made hy rho trustees iu bank
rupfuy iu she rl-n Of tho Tururr a
N,ipT- IHml-.r ,amuaHy g" ave 'h'
receiver furr over zoe them certain
property NOW iu bis possession.
IuH-. Pope declined . modify 'h'