The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-10-04
U. S. COURT AT ADA.

Convened for the October Term Last
Monday and Got Down TO Business.
The Ada Evening News furnishes
the following court report:
Judge j. r Dickerson arrived on
the morning Frisco from Chickasha
and opened the October term of court
at 1890 this forenoon.
Other officers in attendance upon
the court are as follows:
James Humphries and Il. o. Bum,
assistant United States attorneys, E.
~. Roberts. chief deputy United
States marshal from Ardmore. Other
deputy marshals: Ed Brents, X. NJ.
Cummings, }. c. Chapman and Dire
Duncan.
A. II. Constant and T Z. Green, dep
uty CLERKS: T. j. Smith, court crier;
Guy Sackett, photographer.
There is also present Judge Hinkle
Of Ardmore, master in chancery.
The court proceeded at once to EN-
panel the petit and afterwards tne
grand jury. Judge Dickerson, begin
ming his charge to the latter. called
attention to the dignity, the import
| ance and the exclusive power of that
body. Although required by law to
charge upon some special statutes, he
would have the grand jurymen mind
full of their duty to prosecute all viO-
lations Of the law. They were eXhort-
ed not to bring reflection upon self
| government by acting through bias or
malice or personal notions of what
the law should be; to remember they
were ''jurymen, not legislators
| Attention was specially called to
! violations OF the laws protecting com
mercial paper and those relative to
| concealed weapons. The jury was re-
minded that the day of the man with
| the big gun was passed. There are
! too many homes without husband and
| father because of the lax enforcement
| of the weapon law" said the court.
Special reference was made to gam
! bling and to offenses relating to in
toxicants. The court painted a repul-
sive picture of the robber gambler.
Gambling, Ike war, is hell!' 1T Is
war between the forces of good citi-
zenship on the one hand and despor-
ados and anarchists on the other"
A. l.. Minis was appointed foreman
and the jury retired.
The October term will be taken up
entirely with criminal cases OF which
there are 10, including six murder
cases.
Tabor Brown. aggravated assault
tappD appeal dismissed at cost of de-
fendant
Jack Anderson and Arch Brown,
obstructing railroad track, dismissed
Leonard lawson, gaming, plea OF
guilty. Fined S25 and put under peace
bond OF $500. +:
Lou Cofer. weapon, dismissed.
Will Hawthorn, disturbing peace
dismissed.
Bob Hatcher, weapon, dismissed.
Joe Clifford, assault and battery, ju
ry empaneled; withdrawn from. jury
and dismissed. ....
Hal Carter and Bill Griffin, gaming
Plea OF guilty and fined SO each.
Lem White, weapon, plea of guilty
aIsl fined t100 and placed under $500
peace bond.
willard Tinsley, Balky Jones ant
: Sim Hunter, disturbing peace, plea Of
guilty, fined $40 each and costs re
mitted.
| Jack Froman, aggravated assault
plea of guilty, fined $50 and PLACED
under $3.50 peace bond. ...'.
OF Hammond, distributing liquor
dismissed
". y. Lowther. introducing liquor
| dismissed
1 George Mcknight, five cases distrib
=, utiDg liquor continued by goVernment
: w. c. Roy, four cases. distributint
: liquor, continued by government.
:, r. p. lAuman, two eases distribut
3 ing liquor, dismissed.
Il J. l.. Dean and JILL. Sinclair, intro
+ ducing liquor, dismissed.
= r. 2. Holley, four cases distributing
. liquor continued by government.