The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-03-22
Bourbon Circuit Court.

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Tuesday morning at o'clock for the
resumption of jury trials. After
motion hour, in which judgment was
taken for S433. %. with interest, in the
case of n. c. Fisher, guardian of
Mamie w. Clay.vs. Lavinia Cunning
ham, Judge Stout called the case of
Edward Woods Executor VS.. Louisville
& Nashville Railroad Company. Both
sides answered ready and the case en-
tered into. The plaintiff was represent
ed by Judge Denis Dundon and r. C..
Talbot, and the defenadnt by Hon. E.
NJ. Dickson. The suit is to recover
damages to the amount of $25, 900.
After arguments by the respective
attorney the jury retired, returning in
about fifteen minutes with a verdict
for the defendant. =.
Judge Stout handed down his opinion
yesterday morning in the injunction
suit Of John C. Clay VS.. W. B. Wood
ford in regard to a line fence. He
granted the injunction preventing Mr..
Woodford from building fence upon
the line claimed by him. The injunc-
ton was made perpetual.
The next jury case called was Lucy
B. Thomas VS.. Metropolitan Life In
surance Company. The amount in con-
troversy is 81, OO0 The policy is on the
life of the husband of the plaintiff, VINO
committed suicide some time ago by
taking tcarbolic acid, which the COM
pany claims made the policy void.
The jury was selected yesterday after
noon and the trial entered into. There
are about forty witnesses and it is
doubtful if they get through with the
case today.
GRAND JURY REPORT.
The Grand Jury filed into the Court
room about A o'clock yesterday after
noon and after making the following
report was finally adjourned by the
Court:
BOURBON CIRCUIT COURT.
{. Grand Jury Room, March 81, 1907.
To Hon. Robt. L. Stout, Circuit Judge:
May 1t Please Your Honor This
Grand Jury has done its duty as best
it knew. We have found indictments
where in our opinion the evidence justi-
fed. Upon inquiry we found the
County lnfrmary is in good condition
and we'll kept. The Jail is as we'll kept
as it possibly can be its condition con-
sidered.
This Grand Jury investigated a
charge of knowingly sending threaten
ing letters to another against Mrs. A.
T. ShrOpShire-We have refrained from
indicting this lady as we are informed
she is now under bond to keep the
peace toward all good citizens and mas
not troubled any one since the charge
was made against her. To direct a
prosecution against lady is a hard
thing to dove therefore do not indict
but ask that the charge against her be
referred to the next Grand Jury with
the suggestion that she be not indicted
so long as she lives at peace with her
neighbors and does not violate the
term other bond to keep the peace.
From the statements of witnesses to
us we learn that there are a number
of civil cases on the docket of this
court which ought to have been off the
docket, some of them long ago. The
constant recalling of these cases each
succeeding term of court, consumes
time and is consequently an expense to
the taxpayers. Lawyers engaged in
these cases should bestir themselves
and rid the docket Of every case that
should NJ longer be there-any other
course is unfair and unjust to their
clients and the taxpaying public.
We have done our best to find and in
dict all Migrants in obedience to your
Honor's charge, but evidence, was
lacking-we would suggest that the
peace officers of the county (now that
the busy season has Gomez be on the
watch. for persons who idle about and
refuse to engage in some honest work
for livelihood so that the next Grand
Jury may rid our community of all
such characters. Having completed
our labors We submit this, our final re-
port. and beg to be now finally dis
charged.
GEO. w. WYATT, Foreman.
] The jury also filed six indictments
for minor offenses, the only one of i'm
portance being against the Interan-
tionla Harvester Company, of Wiscon-
sin, for conpsiring in restraint of trade.