The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-09
). N. PIPER ASKS COURT FOR
JUDGMENT AGAINST cHAs.
HILLS FOR 5000.
IKE LONG GETS FIVE YEARS.
Judge Watts Imposes Fine Of 500
on Absent Witness But Makes
Hesdway in the Criminal
Docket.

!. attention OF the officials NJ The court
!. house yesterday when suit for $4,000
damages Was ilcd by ], NJ, Piper
against Chas. Hills because horse
; purchased by the former from the
!. latter. II Is alleged, turned out TO
2 have a bunch of bad qualities, which
Hills said did not exist when the ami
) nal changed hands.
: "Why didn't you tell me this horse
had bad habits when you sold him to
: me?" man who had been stuck on n
|. trade once asked the man who stuck
!. HIM. "Why. the fellow | bought him
of didn't tell me-" was the reply, "and
thought he didn't want it known"
It is something like this that Mr..
. Piper alleges against Mr.. Hills. The
J petition beginning suit was filed by
Attorney Charles d. Smith for Piper.
. 1t recites that plaintiff on the 18th
day of May. 1904. did buy horse
from defendant. for consideration
oil $50 and that the purchase was
made on the strict guarantee of de-
PENDANT that the animal was perfectly
, safe, sound and gentle. The petition
) states that the plaintiff particularly
emphasized the necessity of getting
a horse perfectly docile in DISPOSE
ton and habits, with no bad and vic
ious quality
Truck Farmer.
The petition further alleges that
Piper and wife operate truck farm
and that he contemplated having his
wife use the horse, driving with it !
to the city frequently and that on this
account he insisted that the horse
be safe. The petition says that a |
couple or three weeks after the pur-
chase the horse violently kicked |
and stamped said wife of said plain
| tiff, breaking her arm, cutting her
throat and chin and otherwise doing f.
her dangerous and serious injury in
terrible and vicious manner, and |
would have killed her if third par
ty had not rushed to her rescue"
Plaintiff prays the court to grant
him damages in the sum of $4,000
because of the allegation that defend
ant misrepresented the qualities of
the horse, because of his failure to
warn him Of the bad traits of the an
imal and because of the alleged
knowledge plaintiff had of these bad
traits when the deal was made.
Shortly before O'Clock last eve
ming the jury in Judge Watts court,
'sitting in the case of the State
against Ike Long, accused Of assault
with intent to rob, returned verdict
of guilty. Long was sentenced to c
five years in the penitentiary. This T.;
case was called in the early after q:
noon and counsel for both sides an
nounced ready to proceed. jury
was empane,ed and the Introduction
of testimony and arguments of coun-
sci occupied the entire afternoon
Criminal Docket.
Considerable Roadway was made |
on the criminal docket of the Sixth l
eth District court yesterday by Judge ,
Watts. At the request of the States !
attorney three cases pending against
DR. Bernard of Port Arthur were dis
missed 70 lack of evidence. DR.. Ber-
nard was charged with malpractice !
on three indictments but after invest '
igating the evidence the prosecuting {
attorney was of the opinion that 1t |
was insufficient to convict and the
cases were accordingly dismissed. /
The case of the State against Jesus '
Guerrero. Mexican, charged with !
forgery and with passing a forged i
instrument. were continued at the re- {
quest of the prosecuting attorney. t
The case of the State against jeff {
Scott charged with murder, was a
called yesterday morning but the {
State could not proceed ON account of 5
the absence of its main witness. Ed
gar GeytOn. II was reported that Gay
ten had been duly summoned and
Judge Watts again fulfilled his threat !
to fine rocreant witnesses by impOs- {
Ing an assessment of 800 on the alb {
sCntee. and ordering the clerk 10 is !
sue am attachment for his arrest. q
Kendall Convicted. Il
In the case of the State against r. :
VI Kendall. charged on -four counts +
with forgery and two with passing c
forged instrument, Kendall pleaded 4
guilty to three counts. was tried 10y Il
Jury convicted and sentenced 10 Q
six years iu the pcnitcntiary. two h
years on each count. The cases ON S
the other two counts were dismissed /,
Murt Niece. charged with the bur Q,
gary 0f a saloon AZ Spindle Top. was
arraigncd on two counts Tie p'ead d
guilty Co one. was tried and convict Il
ad and sentenced 20 three years inn .t,
1ri-onmont the other case being dis q
missed s uumhor ~ other criminal d
raecs SGT Tor yesterday were contin- s.
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