Bisbee daily review., 1906-10-24
DISTRICT COURT HOLDS BUSY
 SESSION
Grand Jury Is Selected and Is Now in SeSsion-Many New Cases Are Being Filed Every Day.

The first day of court, as usual, saw the attention of Judge Doane partially taken up with the trial Of divorce cases. On Monday afternoon three of the fifty some odd cases on the cal endar were disposed of. All of the cases were from Douglas
 The first one was that Of Alexanuel Mc Gregor vs. Margart McGregor. ine proof in the case went 10 snow 'na' Margaret willfully and wantonly ae- serted Alexander and refused 10 come and live with him as she snouio have done having no occasion to leave her happy hmoe. The statutory gIound having been proven in the case. the decree was granted.
 The next was that of W. w. busn ys Clara Bush. the charges oeihs up' on the came ground as that in tne pre- ceedips case. but in this case the an- swer mad not been filed. The con' pia.nt itself was filed on Monuas morning and the answer tiled al the same time: with in few hours the gecrae was granted. The answer ol fb.. aafordan. asked that she be al 1cr.ed to -esume her maiden name. Aro+har case filed on Monday and ,,ied on the same day, was that or Donnie E. Wilkerson vs. Apner ;, Wilkinson. The grounds ahesed were those of deserton and non-sup, port. The answer in the case Was a.so filed and allowed the pianth .o get her divorce at any time she WISH ed to without any further service up- on him.
 The First National Bank of Douglas was the plaintiff in an action agaihst Alf-ed F. Ertig ct al for debt on d note. a default having been enlereu' Tho evidence was submitted, and the court gave judgment to the bank Ill Inc amount of the debt and costs ol su:t. Richardson & Lockwood or Douglas. were the attorneys in all ol Ire actions and were successful in getting a judgment in every instance, having nc opposing counsel in any of them.
 h, the case of Kalar Fs. C. A. Me Donald for writ of mandate, an or der was made to show couse why the writ should not be issued and maoe ieturnsble on Saturday, October 2I-
 The case of B. B. ffohstadt ys. hon- ert l.. Clancy for debt. was set for trial on December 27.
 In the case of W. E. Schivamn yS. Dispatch Publishing and Printing Co-, for libel. a demand for jury was made by the attorney for the plain tiff.
 The appeal of the case of Kline vs. Brown. fror Aae Douglas justice court, was dismissed upon motion of the at torney for the plaintiff.
 J. F. Kingsbury was admitted to practice in the District Court upon presentation of the proper credentials, in the shape of certificates from the Supreme Court of Illinois.
 The attention of the court was taken up yesterday morning in the empan- neIing of the grand jury, the return of the special yenire of seventeen nav ing been made by Sheriff Hunt. Mau- rice Denn was excused from service as a grand juror and the panel complete is as follows:
 HI. w. Hayward, William Roberts, Ben Cook, J. $. Merrill, John Gull, R. H. Crisfield, G. M. Meehan, Morris High, Obe Shimp, A. Wentworth. J. N Christensen, c. A. Bailey. Fred Cole man. s. s. Kirkpatrick, H. L. Fenner, Oscar Dunman, W. c. Black. John Rock, William McCausland. John Nc. Gregor, T. E. Turner.
 A. Wentworth was appointed by the court to act as foreman and John Stephenson as bailiff.
 The prisoners, some forty in mum Der, were brought up from the jail and held in the courtroom during the em penneling of the grand jury. Their neat appearance reflects great credit upon tho sheriffs office. and was the cause of much favorable comment.
 The grand jurors after being sworn and instructed as to their duties were excused, and after organizing, ad- journed to meet at 1:30 p. n. They are holding their sessions in the United States marshals office adjoin. ing the district attorneys office. It is expected that the work of the grand jury will take some time as there are nAcre than fifty criminal cases to b 1nysA.igated. and more coming in besides> the cases from the outside sEat w.ll co1pe direct to the attention of the graHd fury.
 Cases continue to be filed in the clerk office about as fast as others are disposed of~4a the court During 2 The past few days no less than eleven eases have been placed on the court docket and six of them will be placed arong the other numerous divorce cases
 Mary Lawerence, of Douglas. wished to have the court dissolve the bonds of matromny existing between her and William D. Lawrence. on account of Williams having failed to keep his marriage vows It is alleged he de serted her without due provocation in October of last year and since that time has totally failed to provide for her cares and wants The couple was married in Raton, N. NJ, in July. 1901
 The Naco Lumber company has brought an action against Manuela Humphrey ct al. for debt in the sun of sSS.29, for lumber and material fur nisbed inc defendant while she wal building house in Naco. A mcdaniel