Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-11-14
ST DAY or
CIRCUIT COURT
rand and P t. Jurors Selected,
When Court Adjourned.
RAND JURY WENT TO WORK

As Soon as That Body Received Charge
iof the Court They Got Down to
eusiness-Strobhar Trial Up Next
Monday.
From Tuesdays Daily Sun.
VA The fall term of the Circuit Court,
Eighth Judicial Circuit of Florida, in
and for Alachua county, was called
70 order at 10 o'clock Monday morn
4 fng. His Honor Judge Wills presiding
With State Attorney j. NJ. Rivers pres
eat.
The court being called to order, the
f0llowing grand jury was drawn
G. D. Wood, foreman; ]. II. Holly
lY. w. Bennett, J. d. Merry, c. A. Will
Jams, S. R. entity John w, Goss, j..
"a DeSha, w. f. Grissom, John w
eherouse, G. W. Everett, w. G. Dam
bier, w. r. Stewart, John Ford, $, j.
collins, G. r. Torley, IL. A. Pickett,
T. M. Kincaid.
After the grand jury had been
Sworn in, the court gave the charge,
after which they went Immediately to
:, work
Joseph Shannon was sworn in as
Oailiff to the grand jury.
The petit jury for the first week
twas then selected as follows:
b. D. Phifer w. p, Shettleworth,
~. F. Davis, w. b. Rowe, j. l.. Craw
ford, J. f. Osteen, j. II. Earle, j. p.
Jones, T. II. Cato, w. A, Hudson, Wal
lace Prescott John e, Bryant, II. p.
Miller.
After the organization Of the court
an adjournment was taken until this
morning when the court will get
down to business.
Owing to the fact that there are
nearly one hundred cases on the trial
OWL docket and it will be impossible
10 try anything like that number this
week, at the request Of the members
be the bar, and to save keeping a
large number If witnesses here with
out much probability of reaching the
cases in which they are summoned be-
fore the criminal docket Is to be
<alled, Judge Wills consented to hold
tn January next term Of the court
FOR the trial of civil cases only hence
the conditions will be reversed from
the usual custom, and the criminal
docket will he taken up the first week
Beginning today
While the criminal docket is not
rs large as 1t has been In former
Germs, owing to the fact that the dock
&t was relieved of many cases Of Ions
Ntanding at the last term, In various
Methods, those cases which will occu
py the attention of the court are q
auch Importance that they will occupy
a great deal Of attention PrinCipa
among those cases Is that of the STATE
VS.. ]. n, StTobhar, charged with en-
bezKlement OF funds of the Atlantic
Coast Line while agent Of the system
% this city. II Is understood tina
this case, which has boon III TN,
bourt for the past three terms, ha
been set for next Monday, State At
torney j. NJ. Rivers will be assistc'
s an the prosecution ol this case b.
ATTORNEY sgd l.. Carter of this cit
and r. a. Burrord of Ocala while th
defense will he represented 10y Con
sxressman Frank Clark. ENCunGr"s'
man Robt W. Davis, and Attorney !
"A. Thrasher This is a bright ARIA
of legal talent ON each side, an
AN interesting trial is anticipated.
(. As stated that every inch OF Erouu
n f-Win be fought on both sides.
The Lowman Case,
Another Important case To com" II
at this session o. the court Is the cas-
OF the State y. bowman, charg,
Awith the murder OF MIR phimoN
Raleigh few uuuIh, ago, the cas-
E having been transferred from Lev
10 Alachua county rhis ease vi
attract a great deal of attention, 1
All Iarties interested have relative
and the witnesses are unu, II h,
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