The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-12-30
BOTH STATE SUPREME
AND FEDERAL COURTS
Many Interesting Cases, Civil
and Criminal, Set
for Hearing


one week from today both the
federal court and the supreme conrt
VIII convene for their first regular
session which promises To be a very
busy one for beth.
The dates aud places Of meeting of
the federal courts were prescribed by
the enabling act aud are as follows;
Western district Guthrie. first Mon
day IN January. Oklahoma city tirst
Monday in March enid, Fi'3 Monday
in June Lswton. first Monday IN
October
Eastern district. Mnskoeeo. first
Monday ia January Nlnita, FIRST Mon
day ia March; Tulsa. first Monday in
April: McAlester. FIRST Monday in
June. Ardmore. first Monday nj Ccto-
Der; Chickasha. first Monday In No
vember.
Although the federal courts for the
Western District OF Oklahoma con
venes here on January 9th no cases
win be tried before the 27th. The
first two weeks of the court viii be
taken up la the organization OF cir.
cult court for this district which viii
be presided over by Judge Hook, OF
Kansas, and will be in the Eighth Uni
usd States Clrcpit court district The
grand and petit bury which WAS drawn
today N the federal court room by
United States larshall John Aber-
nashy. in the ptesence of Charles p.
Hunter. clerk of the court of the west
ern federal district and jury commits
sioner J. D. Burke comprising OF %
and so members respectively which
venirea We're drawn from a jury list
of 300 inclnding names from all parts
of the district win Got be empaneled
until after the court has thoroughly
oreanized disposed of all the motions
and demurrers which may come before
the conrt The dates set for empanel-
ing tho mries are as follows; Grand
jury, January 20 of the % drawn, Gii
can serve If eligible and in case thTe
are not 16 eligible. another drawing
must be made as it takes lG men 10
make up the jury. The petit jury on
January 22nd
Circuit Court Cases.
Among the cases which VIII come
before the circuit court Of the Western
district at this term of court are two
criminal cases which have been trans
ferred from the territory supreme
court. including the case OF Norris
Watkins. who was convicted of man
slaughter In thn second degree and
sentenced TO IA years to the state
penitenuary by Judge Hainer, last
fan. for killing man IN the Usage
Nation. The other one is Ed Lisle,
who has bean Indicted on the charge
of numbering a depaty marshal, which
has attracted wide spread attention.
Resides this many railroad cases have
bee ntransferred from the supreme 20
thF circuit court and win be ready for
% trial at this term. over half
dozen other cases OF long standing,
which are being prosecuted by the
government have been transferred to |
circuit court for trial Including the |
case OF the United States VS. Weng |
Cheng the Oklahoma City Chinaman, |
against whom the government brought /
suit four years ago 10 deport The !
defendants is wealthy and Is fighting |
the case in the courts with able law /
yers.
Supreme Court Docket.
The following docket has boen set |
by To supreme court for the first week /
Of the January Term. Those do not In
clude the cases from the Indian Terri
tory or eastern side fthe state as
only Oklahoma cases We're cbuinahle
indian Territory cases win be- set for
acond week Of the term
Hlay January 6-Georgc borll
81 p Moore Charles le
p fs of Oklahoma; Marion Gd
uo aae Kimes; John H. Clark
e Thomas O'roOle ct al; John
A lco30n e al vs VIII Carleton
John r.. Brook ys. James z.
T dag January &c. r. W 4 r.
T. Ava Grooves; l.. r., Russell IS
o ~ of Oklahoma &C. III Logan
1 zoe A. Brown; j. A. Willoughhy.
81 Capital National Bank. ys
n ranty bank; 4. A. Abbott VS.,
~ to % oklahoma; a, h. Hous
ton IS anna r. Webb
nr ay January S-J0hn G.
y Margaret saylor ;Tinkle
, mmal Hardware company us.
Maues Threshing Machine cont I
} M. q. adams VS.. Oklahoma |
jaape Nelson vs.. ID Lellar
WAN2ns vs. United States; Ed
f LiHle 81 United States.
HhuIadeg January 9.-Rebecca
ffrnr ~ nL United States; A. f.
lian Territory ind the
~ erritOyy Of Oklahoma;
any W. ID. @. Oats et
FHIan Va Arkansas Valley /
~ ct al; T.. and H. II
-n g gs. Frank Teckmani