The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-08
WITNESSES FINED
BY JUDGE WATTS
FIVE ASSESSED TWENTY-FIVE
EACH FOR NoN,APPEARANcE
IN COURT.
ARE FIFTEEN CASES FOR TO-DAY
Effort Being Made to icy Cases on
Criminal poeke. in sistieth Dis q
triet court-other News in
Halls Of Justice.

Judge Watts OF the SlAtlcth ils'
trict court has been trying Tor TWO
days to make some definite progress
with his criminal docket bur has
been delayed from one cause and an
other and as yet little has been ac'
cumpllshed. Yesterday he made
good his threat to handle rccreant
witnesses without gloves by lining
S25 each five who failed to appear
after it was reported they had been
summoned. A number OF criminal
cases were called yesterday, as they
had been the day previous, but were
either continued until today or Tor
1.-THE term. The men fined were Liken
Ogden, b. Landrum, j. j. Broussard'
Charles ingalls, and James Bowen.
Fifteen Gases Today.
Fifteen criminal cases are sched-
uled for call this morning at 9 o'clock
in Judge Watts court. They are the
cases of Jess Scott, manslauShter;
7. NJ Kendall, passing forged instru'
ment, two counts; c. and !. BeSley,
burglary; Felix Robertson, attempt to
commit arson: Ike Long, assault with
intent to rob-; Martin LenoX, bur-
elary; Murt McGee, burglary, two
counts; Ernest Loften, burglary.
Judge Watts also announced yes
terday that the motion docket would
be called at o'clock Saturday morn
ing and requested all attorneys IN
tcrested in the same to be on hand at
the hour specified.
Yesterdays Business.
The first case called yesterday
morning was that of the state against
DR.. ]. NJ. Harris, charged with assault
with intent to commit murder AT
the request of the State the case was
continued for the term, owing to Il
wish to await the result of another
case in which Harris is implicated.
The case of the State against Albert
Menguess, charged with the theft of
cattle was called but could not be
taken up because of the absence OF
a witness for the prosecution. A
line of $25 was imposed on the wit
less. The case of Columbus Burrell,
indicted with Menguess, was then
called but neither side was ready to
proceed. II was continued until
O'Clock in the afternoon and as mel
tier side was ready then it was car
RED over until this morning.
Suit for Divorce.
Walter JACKSON of Beaumont
Brought suit yesterday i'll the District
court for absolute divorce from his
Wife, Mrs. Minerva Jackson. III his
petition asking decree Jackson al
Ieges that his wife has deserted him
and run away with one Louis Adams,
with whom she is now living i'll Cen
ter.
In the county court yesterday II.
\. Norton filed suit against the Amer
lean Brewing association for S34S.5O,
alleged to be due him on account and
for $500 damages. Suit for alleged
debt, the petition being practically a
correction in a suit already on file,
was brought in the county coure by
V. Wiess ct al against Mrs. Aspasia
Blanchette.
Tax Suits.
City Attorney C. A. Teagle has,
within the past two days, filed in
the District court SeYenty-tour suits
for taxes against Beaumont property
owners. This is bunch OF delin-
quents whom Mr.. Teagle has beer
after for some time. In each case,
he reports. he has endeavored to col
lect the taxes before bringing suit,
lie proposes TO push the cases until
the city gets what he believes is ow-
ing to it,
Sheriff's Sales.
Deputy Sheriff Holmes has exc
cuted three sherins sales, involving
property OF small value against
which Judgments had been secured.
In the case OF Keith against Howe
ct al lot of land was sold for 500.
In the case of l.. NJ. Wonder against
j. NJ. McElvoy a lot was sold for
S25. Another lot was sold for $3.50
ia the case of Motto Aston Read
against l.. Cabell Read.
Three marriage licenses have been
issued by the county clerk, as fol-
lows: George Bryant and Daisie
Aiken: VIM. J. A IIabcrle and Ruth
\. Rcnfro: II. r. Burnaby and Mrs.
:. w Rydill.