The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-30
MANY CASES ARE
| on DOCKET FOR
| next COURT TERM
As Usual, the Divorce Suits
Predominant, There Being
Thirty-one Awaiting Hear
Ing.
OVER HUNDRED CIVIL
CASES ARE DOCKETED
There are Forty-Six State
Cases for January Term,
Ranging from Larceny to
Drunk.

Fifteen suits for divorce, twelve fol-
divorce and custody, four for support
one for fraudulent marriage, one tc
modify divorce decree and one to an
null marriage, is the evidence of do
mestic infelicity in Wayne county az
Cleaned from the docket, for the Jan
uary term of the Wayne circuit court
The calendar for this year, which op-
ems next Monday is unusually heavy
The number of misdirected marriages
that Is revealed, the lack of important
civil cases and the absence of serious
criminal cases feature the calendar
which now has been prepared for the
printer by Clerk Penny and his deputy
Miss Peel.
Domestic Woe Shown.
Added to the divorce proceedings to
gain a total must be the number OF
criminal proceedings brought upon the
grounds of wife desertion. There are
seven of these cases. In three instan.
ces the men concernd are on parole
from the court. They have been ar
rested and their cases heard. The
court has suspended sentence upon
promise to support the wife. or wife
and child as the case may be. Judge
Fox has found this plan works to the
advantage of all concerned. Wife de-
sertion is penal offense, but the
{ court has found it advisable to permit
the offender to go under suspended
judgment, If he provides for those, who
would be dependent upon him had he
remained true to his marriage vows.
In two of the wife desertion cases, the
state has been unable to locate the de-
PENDANT.
Are Many Civil Cases.
The calendar shows total of 100
civil and 40 state casts. Additions
will be made to both lists. The proof
sheets of the calendar have been cor
rected but other cases will be added be-
fore the pamphlet is bound for distri-
button.
All claims for perpetuity on the
! docket are held by the case of Schnei-
der vs.. Ferguson, for accounting This
case was filed jim 1904 and dates back
to 1902. In 1906 it was dismissed for
want of prosecution, but was reinstat-
ed In the same year upon application
of the attorney for the plaintiff. The
case has been called each term ever
since and at no time has any attempt
been made to bring it to trial 1t is
probable that unless the litigants act
in the matter at the coming term, the
court will order the cases dismissal. :
Hunt Case Ancient.
The case of the State VS.. Alva J.
Hunt is the Oldest on the criminal
docket that never has been brought for
trial. 1t has occupied its position for
about two years. The defendant is
charged with larceny and embezzle-
ment. The defense has secured num-
erous continuances. At one time
Judge Fox declared the case would
have to be tried when set but Hunt s
attorney came forward with an affi-
davit to the effect that the defendants
children were Ill and the wife, who is
one of the witnesses could not attend
court as she had to nurse the child
rem. Since then the case has been
slipped along from time to time.
Few Damage Suits.
Suits for damages are not as numer-
GUS on the civil docket for the next
term as is customary. The largest sum
asked in case of this kind is $4,000.
This case was venued here from the
Madison circuit court. The Noah Mey-
ers damage case. which was fought
through the local courts and carried
to the higher courts and sent back
again appears on the docket and prob
ably win be reheafd. Suits on note
) and account are fewer in number, also,
One Unique Case.
One OF the unusual cases is that in
which Harvey Borton is seeking to be
! restored to sanity by legal process.
Borton was declared insane and spent
about two years at the county Jail
awaiting admittance to the Sastern In
diana Hospital for the Insane. He
was quiet and peaceable and always
was made trusty by the sheriff He
did not exhibit any dangerous tenden-
cies and a few months ago upon the
1ntercession Of the sheriff was given
his liberty. He now seeks to have re-
moved the decree of the commission
that found him insane.
Various Criminal Cases.
Grand larceny, petit larceny. burg
larry. forgery. assault and battery and
public intoxication are the most ser
ious offenses that figure on the crimi-
nal docket. And there is only a small
number of each of these cases. 1t is
Anet -to-he presumed. however, that on
~ forty-six criminal cases will find
their way into the circuit court during
] the January term. The current cases
nearly always have preference over
those contained and that means. if a
crime be committed between January
and April 1 the case is very likely to
be tried in the January term.
The following is the classification OF
tho civil cases now on the docket
Support. 4; divorce and custody II;