Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-11-26
HOGS IN THE
 COURT ROOM Interesting Trial Heard Be fore Magistrate Vance Al ter Change of Venue
ATTORNEYS WRANGLE
Negro Man Fined and Wife is Rear reSted-Niarks on Animals
 As Evidence.

The charge of stealing hogs againsJ John Dukes, a negro, living in the southern part of the county, proved to be sensational law suit when brought up in a local magistrate court for preliminary hearing yesterday. Dukes was bound over to await the ac- tion of the grand jury on a charge of grand larceny yesterday afternoon by Magistrate w. D. Vance. His bond , was fixed at $500
 The case was brought to notice sev- i eral days ago when Dukes was arrest ed by Deputy Constable w. A. Bran- son. on the instance of John Cum 42li4s, another negro living near Dukes, who charged that Dukes was guilty of stealing three hogs from h'm about the latter part of August. Deputy Branson yesterday morning arrested his wife, Ollie Dukes, who is also charged W tn being implicated in the theft
 Prosecuting Attorney r Havis Nix on represented the state and Atfor- neys Creed Caldwell and Kemp Ton ey represented the defendant. The case was set for trial yesterday morning in Magistrate Frazier's court. The hearing in this court was brought n n 1h Iy,t 5,1o ln,, torneys for the defendant asked for a double trial and Attorney Nixon pro- tested. Attorneys for the defendant i then applied for a change of venue which was granted and the case was transferred to Magistrate w D. 1 Vances court.
 The hearing was taken up yester- day at 1 o'clock. Witnesses, both white and negroes, were heard. The case only applied to John Dulles however, as Attorney Nixon had dis missed the charge against Ollie Dukes Ibdiore leaving Magistrate Frazier s court. When the testimony was ov- CT attorneys for the defendant applied for a dismissal of the carges against Dukes, as the testimony had shown in most instances, that the Dukes wo- man was guilty of selling the hogs which are alleged to have been stolen from Cummins. Attorney Nixon pre- tested at this, declaring that Jchn Dukes was also guilty of the crime since he had protected the stolen ho1e at his home and one hog as the t>s- tmony showed, had been sold to a negro woman with his consent
 Judge Vance bound the defendant over to await the action of the grand jury, As soon as Magistrate Vance had announced his decision Attorney Nixon filed information for tLe ar rest of Ollie Dukes, on a charge ol grand larceny. The warrant was served by Deputy Branson. Her bond was fixed at $2O0. This being the second arrest and commitment of tb, Dukes woman, the magistrates and commitent fees were doubled. At. horney Kemp Toney declared that County Judge c. M. Philpot would not allow a double fee, and declared tha he would personally consult yl,vc Philpot in regard to the two fee'.
 The court set Ollie Dukes trlai ..,r this morning at 10 o'clock num. Der of the witnesses who testified yes. terday afternoon will testify today The greater number of the witnesses live in the southern part of the stst5 near the division line between this and Cleveland county.
 The case was quite amusing in some | instances, especially when Magistrate Vance, the opposing attorneys and in- terested spectars exauiined the three hogs that had been bought to the court room. The plaintiff charges that the Dukes negroes stole his hogs about the last of August. Two negro women bought the same hogs of the Dukes woman, which now bear the stock mark of the Dukes negroes. The plaintiff alleges that the n.a"kr have been made over since they were stol- en from him, and the examination of the marks by the court was quite an amusing incident.