The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-05-07
Judge Buckley Has Been Appointed
to Succeed Meridian Jurist, and
viii Hold His First Court
Here in September.

The spring term of circuit court,
which convenes on Monday, May
11th, viii be one Of unusual interest,
as it viii be the last local court term
over which Judge r. T. Cochran win
preside. Judge Cochran's term ex-
pires in June. and Gov. Noel several
weeks ago appointed Hon. John /.
Buckley, of Enterprise, to succeed
him. Judge Buckley is one of the
leading jurists of the State, and his
friends are predicting for him bril-
liant career on the bench.
Judge Cochran's administration
has been rather spectacular and is
differently viewed by his local con-
stituents according to their various
+ ideas of justice. He has many friends
who uphold his policy and indorse
his entire course, while there are
others who claim that his admins
tration has been too inconsistent to
result in material benefit TO the COM
munity, drastic measures having
been resorted to in some cases, while
in others extreme 1eniency was
shown.
AS far as the business 20 be dis
posed of is concerned, the coming
term will be one of average impor-
tance. The civil docket is rather
large and the State docket is unusu-
ally small, containing, all told, less
than a dozen cases. These cases are
for the most part of an unimportant
nature, the criminal case most likely
to incite public interest being the one
against Tracey Green and Mrs. Ira
cey Green, who are charged with
manslaughter. On October 29th,
1907, Mrs. Green shot and killed Ed
Dooley at the store of ner husband
near the Mobile and Ohio depot, and
Green is held as an accomplice. Mrs.
Green at the preliminary trial was
placed under bond to await the ac-
ton of the grand jury. She was in
dicted, and the case was set for trial
at the November term of circuit
court, but owing to the illness of one
of her attorneys was postponed until
the May term. Mrs. Green and her |
husband are represented by Judge |
J. A. Orr and Hon. z. P. Landrum, |
while District Attorney Currie will |
conduct the prosecution.
Another case carried over from /
the November term is the suit of Mrs. |
Nellie Noland, administrative of the |
estate of Henry holland, deceased. |
This case, which is on the civil dock
ct, was thrown out last year on ac-
count of a technical error in the bill |
of complaint, but plaintiff was given
leave to amend the bill, and the case
will come up for trial at the ap-
term. The suit is for
$4,000, and comes as a result of
the late Henry Noland, who was
killed last year in an accident on the
Southern Railway. Mrs. holland is
by Hon. w. P. Stribling,
while the interests of the Southern
are in the hands of Hon. z.
P. Landrum.
The grand jury will be called upon
to act on at least one case of great
IN portance, and it will become their
duty to examine into the killing of
Mr.. Joe Mahon, who was stabbed by
Mr.. Eugene Foster one night last
February, and died few days there
after. This case does not appear
lpon the docket, but Mr.. Foster,
Who had a preliminary hearing short
Y after the killing, was placed under
,ond to await the action of the grand
ury, and that body will naturally in
yestigate the case and return an in
Iictment. Mr. Foster will be defend
ID by Hon. z. P. Landrum, while the
amily of the deceased has retained
Hon. J. L. Harrison of this city and
Ion. Robert Miller, of Hazlehurst, to
.ssist District Attorney Currie in pre-
enting the case.
The civil docket contains two
wenty thousand dollar suits, the Sec
nd being that of Mrs. Maggie Fites
s. the Bell Lumber and Manufac-
uring Company. Mrs. Fites is the
nother of Clifton Mcdaniel, the
oung man who on February. 2Sth,
COS, met with an accident at the
liant of the lumber concern which
esulted in his death few days
ater In her declaration plaintiff al
a0es that the accident resulted from