Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-04-06
Business In Circuit Court.

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Circuit Court convened Monday morn
Ing with indications OF proving the long.
est session the county has seen for sew
eral years. Besides the usual number
of civil cases an unusually large mum.
ber Of persons who have tired OF the
more or less CALLING bonds OF matrimony
are aSkins the court 70! relief while the
criminal docket presents a number Of
important caees.
Judge W. l.. Bradshaw, of The Dalles,
10 in hls accustomed place on the bench
and, In addition 10 the clerk and sheriff,
Is aided and abbetted In his work Of
u1tangllng tangles aud rightlng wrongs
by the following court officers: District
Attorney Frank Menefee, Of The Dalles;
Assistant District Attorney John A.
Collier, Of Fossil; Court stenographer
ID. i. Dufur, Of The Dalles aud Bailif
George l.. Neale, Of Condor.
There are legal luminaries Ia pro-
iusion--State Senator Jay BowermRn,
]. W. Snover, ID. X, Parker and l., w.
Darling, OF Condor, .. Il. Burdette
aud q. W, Parman, OF Arlington, Sam
+, Van Vactor. Of Heppner, anl w. III.
Wilson and II. &. Wilson, of The Dalles,
were present at the opening session oi
the court.
Monday forenoon was devoted mostly
20 calling the docket and arranging the
work OF the term. In the afternoon the
case Of State w Mrs. ], X. Newman WAS
taken up and threshed out before jury.
This case was brought FROM the justice
court In Arlington, on appeal. Mrs.
Newman was arrested ut Arlington last
December on the charge OF deiacing
pablic property, Misc Logan, one Of the
teachers In the Arlington public school
being the complaining witness. IL mp.
peared from the evidence that Miss
Logan had kept In" one Of Mrs. New
mans children after school as q punish.
Insnt for the laIractIon Ot some rule and
another chtld told Mrs. Newman that
the teacher had stated that the New
man girl WAS TO be severely whipped.
Mrs. Newman went to the school house
after her daughter and thding the door
locked against her she put her shoulder
10 the door and broke IL open and took
the child home. A number Of school
children and others from Arlington were
present as witnesses and while the case
was Of Insignificant Importance Ii Great
ed considerable interest aud amusement.
The jury returned verdict acQuitting
Mrs. Newman VI the ofense charged.
Taeeday morning was given over 70
dlspOsing OF number Of minor civil
cases and to hearing the pleadIngs Of a
number OF deiendants In criminal cases.
OF the latter FOLK Smith, who was
charged With an assault with danger
GUS weapon, catered plea of guilty OF
simple assault.
Horace Butcher, who was indicted
last year on the charge of cattle stealing
In having put his brand on another
mans calf, entered plea oi guilty and
was fined $50. Butcher has never denied
branding the animal bat claims that he
did the act believing II co be his proper
ty. Joe Thompson, who has been la
jail since January on the charge Of mur.
der Ia the second degree plead not
guilty.
Cy Bennett, Of Lone Rock, held on
charge Of assault with . dangerous
weapon, also plead not guilty, as did
Joseph Mattingly, OF Trail York, who is
charged with similar offense.
Fred Wilson Of this city, and j. l..
Ross, Of Arlington, have been indicted
on the charge Of violating the prohibit
ton law alleged to have been passed by
a local option vote In this county last
November. Both defendants entered a
plea OF not guilty and IL is understood
the case will be tried out during the
present term as test case regarding the
legality OF the vote taken at that time.
A civil case was on trial before a jury
Tuesday afternoon In which Frank viii
son, OF this city, sought to recover the a.
mount Of certain promissory note from
George s. Smith, OF Arlington. The
note was signed by Arthur Myers, az
prsncipal and by Mr.. Smith as surety,
Smith claimed that Wilson had, by
verbal agreement promised to release
him from liability on the note some
time before the same was due. The
jury returned a verdict in Smiths favor
Wednesday morning Polk Smith, whC
had pleaded guilty to simple assault wal
aantancad In nav n fine of &I6(