The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02
POOL WILHITE IS
 FOUND GUILTY
mrv Assessed a Penalty of IS Months ;u Penitentiary and Sl Fine Only One Indictment Against A. J.
 Davis Grand Jury Report.

Wednesday afternoon and much of Thursday was taken up in cir cu,t court by the trial of the case .oa;nst Pool Wilhite, charged ,educing Cordelia Barnard. The ease came here from Montgomery county on change of venue.
 Prosecutor Lake, assisted by Attorney J. I. Alley, represented the state, and Attorneys Norwood and McPhetrige for the defense. After a bitter contest the case was given to the jury about noon and a verdict was soon returned which found the defendant guilty and fixed his punishment at eigh- teen months in the penitentiary and fue of $l.0O.
 The grandjury adjourned We'd nesdav afternoon. That body re. turned twenty nine indictments The old indictments against ex- Treasurer A. J. Davis which were referred to them, were considered and one indictment was returned aoaiust Mir. Davis while the other thirteen were ignored. This leaves the one indictment against the ex.treasurer and 1t is for embezzling $207.78 belonging to school district No. 8. Special Judge Sain set this case for trial ou Monday of the third week of the October term. MT. Davis bond will remain at x5, 900.
 Before dismissing the grand fury Judge Steel thanked the members for their efforts and spoke in complimentary terms of the moral condition existing Tn this county as shown by the few indictments and the few criminal cases on the docket of this county. He stated that Polk, which for merly had the heaviest criminal docket of any county ia the dis trict, had changed until it now had the lightest. This term all of this couuty's criminal business did not consume more than one day in trial.
 The grand jury report as made to the court is as follows:
 Mena, Polk County, Ark,
 April 24, 1907. We, the grand jurors duly sum- moued and empaneled at the April term of the Polk County Circuit court, do state that we have diligently inquired into and investigated all cases that have been brought before us, and ex- amined the records of the justice of peace and found them, we be- lieve, to be correct.
 A committee from our body visited the county farm and found everything in very fair condition and the inmates all we'll satisfied, and we congratulate County Judge Prickett on the excellent maintenance of this farm and also it's management. We would respectfully reco nmend that the county judge take up with the Kansas City Southern railway the matter of having the pond on the company's right of way drained or filled up, as this pond isso near the poor farm house that 1t is calculated 10 create sickness. Also recommend that the attendant in charge look after those that get sick little N'0oSis uCit diG uOW S1fth u mates at the farm.
 We visited the county jail aud would respectfully recommend that the cells be placed in more sanitary condition and that glas: be placed in the windows and that heavy wire screens be placed on the windows on the lowel floor.
 We thank the court for tn, courtesies shown this body, anc Prosecuting Attorney Lake for hls assistance, and congratulate our county officials on the excel lent condition in which we fiut our county government.
 There being no further busi ness before Us we most respect fully ask the court that we b. discharged.
 Samuel Rind, Foreman. J. P. Davis Clerk.
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