The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-04-10
Federal Court.

ne / nlJeu states 0lICUlJ ana
District Courts for the Eastern Di-
vision of the Northern District Of
I this State, convened III the govern
ment building IN this city Monday
morning, Hon Henry c. Niles,
presiding. Judge Niles arrived ON
the 1925 a. m. train ON the Hi
nois Central and proceeded at once
| to the court room where the full
/ corps of officials were awaiting. and
all things in readiness for the
courts business.
Other officers present were Hon.
I 7. A. Toler, Marshal, with office
/ deputies J J Vance, \. W. BY
mum and W. F. Wallace: field dep
uties n W. Bynum, r. J. Warren
4 and r. #. Poe; Hon. W. ID .Frazee,
District Attorney and Assistant At
torney Stone Of Oxford Clerk lie.
/ Oldham and Deputy s. Turner
| Sykes; NJ. H. Stephens, Crier, and
/ J. d Coleman, Messenger. Miss
Emma Sykes, Of Oxford, one Of the
most accomplished stenographers
in the State, is on duty in District
Attorney Traces office.
The following grand jurors were
called, empaneled and charged by
! the court:
r. L. Wilson, Winston county,
/ Foreman.
". c. Gunter, Lowndes, Clerk.
4 o. c. Moore, POntotoc
I J. G. Wood, LoWndes.
Asberry Jackson, Lee.
b. c. Hoyle, Lee.
Il. 5. Rhodes, Alfalfa.
J. n. Horton, Pontotoc.
/ @. H. West, Oktibbeha.
r. E. Brasfield, Monroe.
w. W Martin, Choctaw
J. T. Steel, Itawamba
j. w. Morgan, Itawamba.
/ p. ". Shell, Chickasaw
1 G. s. Jackson, Tishomingo.
/ l.. c. Wallace, Itawamba.
( NJ. w. Andrews, Pontotoc.
@ NJ. Walker, AlcOrn.
L. II. Harris, Chickasaw.
ID. W. Turner, col, Chickasaw.
A Frazier, col, Alfalfa.
q. P. ChiIdress, col. Choctaw.
d. P. NJ. Haley, col, Alfalfa.
/ Judge Niles charge was able and
eloquent and listened to with undi-
vided attention by all who could
gain admittance into the court
room. Indeed the first day of his
terms Of court in Aberdeen is al
ways attended by many Of our peo-
pie who never have occasion to be
present at any other time, but are
attracted solely to hear the utter
ances from this distinguished jurist
that would as we'll adon the lecture
platform as serve for a recital of
duties devolving upon an import
ant adjunct Of the court itself
Numerous cases Of more or less
importance have been disposed Of
during the week, of which we are
able to report only the following
Bill Barfeld, white. Alfalfa coun-
", violating revenue law, fined 500
and sentenced to Alfalfa county Jail
80 days. The imprisonment was
suspended, by reason of penalty al
ready paid to the state court.
Fayette Matthews. negro, Clay
county, same offense, fine of 500
and 80 days in Clay county jail.
Wade Bean, violating postal laws
by abstracting packages of mer-
chandise from mail sack, convicted.
The civil suit of Mrs. Ida A.
Sanderson ct. al. for damages of
s25, 900 for the death of her hus-
band, against the st. Louis & San
Francisco Railroad company, was
set for argument Friday.
Willie Ray of Bonneville, pleaded
guilty to violation of the revenue
law and was fined 500 and thirty
days in Prentiss county Jail. Upon
pledge that the offense would not
again be committed, which the
Court regarded as sincerely uttered,
the sentence was suspended. Willie
Ray is the person who created
sensation in Prentiss county several
months ago, by becoming too famil-
lar with the wife of farmer from
whom employment had been OBJ
tanned. The aforesaid farmer with
blood in his eye and shot gun in
his hand, was on a mission of set