Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-01
MANY DIVORCE CASES SHOWN
Evil Laid Bare by Report of Depart
ments of District Court.
ONE SUIT EACH THREE THIS KIND
Crime of Breaking and Entering Most
Popular Felony I'm Omaha, MUIR
der Cases During Year
Numbering Five.

A report showing the work of the various
departments of the district court has been
compiled by NJ. G. Mcleod of the district
clerks office, covering the year 1908. Dur
ing this time, according to the report. 1,5CS
civil suits have been filed and 1885 disposed
of, the latter number including old and new
cases. OF the suits filed 976 were suits other
than divorce and 52E. were divorce suits. OF
the cases disposed of sol were divorce pleas
and Ss5 were other civil suits.
The prevalence OF the divorce evil in the
Douglas county courts is shown by the
fact that more than one case in three is a
suit for divorce.
I%nformations and indictments numbering
44 and involving 5S persons have been
filed since the beginning Of the year. OF
these 29 cases, involving 29 persons, have
been disposed of. Complaints charging in
sanity have been filed against l07 persons
and fifty-seven have been committed to the
asylum at Lincoln, six to the county hos
pital and fifty-three have been released for
one cause or another. Fifty-seven dipso-
maniac complaints have been filed and
twenty-five sent to the asylum and four to
the county hospital. Thirty-eight have been
released or paroled.
During the year 1871 aliens have declared
their intention Of becoming citizens and 1876
have taken out final papers.
Figures show Many Crimes.
Figures from the criminal courts show the
felony of breaking and entering is the most
popular one in Omaha. Fifty-thrse cases
Of this charge, involving sixty-four persons,
have been disposed of. Sixty-four persons
have been convicted or have pl AIDED guilty,
one was acquitted and nineteen cases have
been dismissed. Five cases charging MUIR
- - A.. Fg.,t 7aoraa batra haap FgIaI in
volving ten persons. Eight have been con-
victed, one acquitted and one case was dis
missed. one case charging murder in the
second degree has been tried and a con-
viction secured. There have been seven
teen cases of felonious assault, eight con-
~victions, one acquittal and eight cases dis
missed. Three have been convicted Of lar
ceny from the person and six cases have
been dismissed. Other crimes are as fol
/ lows: Criminal assault, three cases, one
; conviction and two dismissals; attempted
/ criminal assault, two convictions and one
t dismissal; forgery, eight convictions, one
acquittal and five dismissals; grand lar
ceny, seven convictions, one acquittal and
one dismissal; blackmail. two convictions
embezzlement. nine convictions and foul
dismissals; adultery one dismissal; robbery
two convictions and two dismissals; con.
ceallng stolen property, one acqulttal anC
one Dismissal; grave dissertation, one con
~yiction; wife abandonment, one conviction
and two dlsmissals: miscellaneous, thirty
two convictions. two acquittals and thirty
eight dismissals.
Work of County Attorney.
Figures complied by County Attorney
English's office show the number of case,
on hand January /, 1905. was forty. Dur.
ing the year the county attorney filed
ninety-eight informations. the February
grand jury fifteen indictments. the NAY
grand jury thirty-two indictments n tn,