Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-02
SUPREME COURTS
N[N DOCKET OUT
Many Important Cases to Be
Reviewed In Term Begin
ming September 10
MARSHALL CASES COME LAST
Two Murder Gases Up-Peedlers' Ii
eense Law to Be Passed upon-eis
Batch Of Criminal Cases from Polk
county-New Hartford Case Will
Determine Important Point.
,ia, 20 r,mes-Republican

Special 20 Times-Republican
Des Moines, Sept 1.-The new SUI
preme court docket for the September
term was issued and distributed to the
attorneys Of the state today. The Sep
telnber term opens September 10, for
the first period. and cases from dis
tricus 20, 1, 2. 8, 4, s, 6, Z. Will be sub
mltted at that time. The second per-
iod opens October II and cases from
districts 8, ., 10, II. IL will be sub
mitted. The third district opens
November IA and cases from
districts 13 Ia, Is. 10, will be submit
ted. The Fourth district wifi open De-
cember ~, and cases VIII be submit
ted from districts H. Is, 10. Cases
from Marshall county come In the last
period and there are on the docket only
five cases from that county. These
are H. S. Titus against the e. NJ. & st.
p, q rehearing; r. n. Hughes against
the Iowa Central Ry, rehearing;
First National bank against the Church
Federation of America and NJ. G. AL
brook; George q. Crary, trustee,
against Teresa Kurtz: and w. L. NJ.
Wensel against Property Mutual In
surance Association.
There are number of highly inter-
esting and important cases to come be-
fore the supreme court during the COM
Ing term. Those that are best known
and have attracted the greatest atten-
tion are the criminal cases. For the
second time the case against Dr. j. w.
Crofford, OF Decatur county, who is
charged with the murder of Maude
Stone is to come before the supreme
court The case of Charles Rocker.
charged with murder, who waited till
the last day and the eleventh hour be-
fore appealing his case is to be before
the court at this term, but as 1t is the
appearance term Of the case 1t may be
continued as they usually are Rocker
was indicted for the murder of August
Schroeder on the Schroeder farm near
Doom, Iowa, and subsequently marry
ing the widow 1t was while drunk that
Rocker in his sleep told the widow af-
committed the murder and she is all
legged to have notified the authorities.
The date for his hanging was set for
June of this year. and on that day the
appeal reached the supreme court.
The state against the Corning Saw
ings Bank will likely be presented. The
famous beer bottle case from Webster
county, in which Nellie Williams
sought to secure damages from the
Mineral Springs Park Association
because beer bottle from
the band stand dropped onto
her head, will be up for a re-
hearing. The peddler's license law
test in the case Of Sharen against 8.
A. Snithart from Mahasl1a county, will
also be UP. L. l.. Mosher, the Warren
county lawyer who was disbarred has
a petition for rehearing to argue.
From Polk county there are large
number of criminal cases that have at
tracted attention over the state which
will reach the supreme court this term
for the first time. One Of these Is the
case against Satan" of Charles An
drews. Andrews gained fame and no.
toriety chiefly by breaking Jail in this
city and being at liberty for several
weeks, finally being captured in Mis-
souri,. He was put out of circulation
for life on a rape charge. Charles
Morton, the colored man, who cleaned
windows for Harris Emery Company
in this city and Knocked man down
and killed him when the man Is al
legged to have inquired the street
names, is up ON appeal. Rev. F. c. Lo-
mack, the colored preacher OF this city,
who has frequently been before the
courts here on various charges and
who was convicted of criminally libel
ing H. r. Wright, the colored attorney
who was recently made a consul to one
of the Central American countries, has
his case up on appeal Charles Thomas
convicted of the murder Of Mabe
Scoffield, is another case that is ur
this term.
An interesting case that will be
watched by business men is the case
of the Merchants Transfer Company
against the board of review, Of the city
of Des Moiues. 1t involves the ques-
ton of whether agricultural imple-
ments stored in transfer houses waiting
to be reshipped can be assessed. The
city of Des Moines against Ralph Boil
ton, which is up on petition for a
rehearing, involves the right of cities
to tax a license against draymen. w
III. Humburd against Edward Crawford
of this city, is the first case to reach
the supreme court in which the ques-
ton OF discriminating against coloref
man because of his color is involved
Humburd was juror in Polk county
case and was taken with the Other
iurors to Crawford's boarding house
where he was refused meal because
of his color and in the district cour'
he got damages. The case of the board
of park commissioners of this city
against Etna Taylor involves the ques-
ton of whether or not the board vii
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