The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-04-15
Many Spectators in Circuit
Court Disappointed in Turn
Affairs Take.
Attorney, Who Didn't Like
Treatment, Fined.
MORE INDICTMENTS RETURNED

AT the request of the defendant the
case OF AL Beaten, charged with ma
hclously shooting Barksdale Manning
was continued this morning to the
next term of criminal court. The af-
fair out of which the case grew hap
ptned in l.. b. Ragon's saloon on
south Third street. Manning was a
bartender in the place and Beaton
shot him in the breast, the ball pass
ing through his lung. The men had
auarreled about young woman with
whom Manning had been keeping
company. Beaton Is married man.
This case brought great many in
torested spectators to the court room
Boyd Marley, colored, was charged
with grand larceny and his trial &C.
cupied most of the forenoon session of
court. He was accused of the theft
of $147 from trunk in a saloon
owned by j. p. Fowler, Second street
and Kentucky avenue. Manley was
employed as porter in the saloon
and 1t is alleged that during the alb
sence of the proprietor he broke into
a trunk and stole the money After
listening to the testimony the jury
brought in, verdict of guilty as
charged and sentenced the prisoner
to three years in the state peniten-
tiary.
When court adjourned at nool the
announcement was made that it would
not reassemble again until o'clock
Thursday morning and all of the petit
jurors We're excused until thai time.
Attorney Is Fined.
| Circuit Judge Reed this morning
gave the attorneys within the bar and
the spectators behind it, an exhibition
of the fact that he is the real boss Of
his own court, by imposing fine of
$40 for contempt upon Attorney G. C.
Diuguid, in the case of Boyd Marley,
charged with grand larceny. Attorney
Diuguid gave expression to a feeling
that he was not being accorded fair
treatment. The court halted him in
the midst of his speech. declaring that
no attorney would be permitted to
use such language, imposed fine of
$40. Mr. Diuguid started to reply
and the court hushed him up with
warning that If anything more of the
same kind was said he would be sent
| tc Jail.
Jennie Ellis, colored, failed to APP
pear in court this morning to answer
the charge of malicious shooting, and
her bond in the sum of 5000 was or
dered forfeited. An attachment was
she will be placed in the county jail
to await the next term of court She
was charged with shooting with ma
llcious intent at another colored wo-
man of the namesof Maggie Clayton.
The trouble between the two women
took place some time ago on Camp
bell street.
The grand jury this morning re-
turned dlsmissals in the cases of
Moses Graves, charged with purse
snatching, and George Andrews and
Ida Scott, charged with burglary.
Both cases originated in police court,
Rush Simmons, colored, who was
indicted by the grand jury on charge
of obtaining money on false pretenses
was arraigned and pleaded guilty in
circuit court this morning. Acting
under the instructions of the court,
the jury rendered verdict of one
year in the penitentiary, which Is the
minimum sentence for such an Of
Tense. Simmons was accused of OBJ
| tanning three dollars from T. I. Berry
upon the plea that his wife had died
and that he needed the money to help
defray the funeral expenses. 1t is al
legged that the story was untrue and
that the prisoner spent the cash for
liquor.
The jury in the case of Bud Deboe,
charged with housebreaking, returned
verdict of not guilty this morning.
Deboe was accused of entering Lee
4 Hlte's grocery on the corner of Tenth
land Husbands streets.
Indictments.
Indictments were returned by the
grand jury this morning against Ella
Howe, Charles Carroll and Henry
lGholsor. The Howe woman is charged
with selling liquor without a license.
She lives near the corner of Ninth
street and Kentucky avenue. The in
dictment against Charles Carroll is
for malicious cutting and the COM
|, planning witness rs Harry Buford, col
ored. Henry Ghoison Is charged with
!, burglarizing the residences OF
Charles FREDERIC and Mrs. Ida Hud.
son. ~aiAti