The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-03
TO CHECK
MISPLACED
! RECORDS
CRIMINAL coURT OF
APPEALS TO MAKE
NEW ORDER
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WHEELS Of JUSTICE
AGAlN ARE GRINDING
New Year Starts OF With
BusiIe aud Activity in
Court Circles

The Criminal Court of Appeals has
started OH the new year by resolving
- make N osd4r nelririns attorneys
aL,sealit cases 10 that court to file
also = duplicate copy 2; the ease
made and rccogl. This Is done TO
eliminate causes being dismissed Or
reversed on the ground that the rec
ord had been misplaced.
The court today held a brief ses-
sion and set aside a former order
dismissing the criminal case OF Cha5.
West VS. Territory of Oklahoma and
ordered d rehearing OF the cause. The
cause was dismissed because the rec
ord had been misplaced, but has
since been found. This IS the oldest
case pending at this time. 1t has
been In the courts since 1904. The
court has disposed Of all Of the 1874
causes pending In the Indian terri
tory Federal courts and Oklahoma
supreme court at the time OF state
hood, save the West case. Five hun.
dred and flfty-three causes have
been appealed to the criminal court
from the district and county courts
since It's creation, little over yeaf
ago.
The criminal court convenes TO-
morrow for The January term with .
large assignment OF ccises docketcd
for hearing. 1t Is stated that the al
torney general will file motions con-
Tossing error In a number Of mis-.
demeanor criminal causes and asking
that they be dismissed.
Tomorrow will also be opinion day
and a large number OF decisions are
anticipated.
Appealed to Supreme Court.
Four cases were appealed TO the
supreme court today. The Martin
casey Co. Of Ft. Worth, Texas, ap'
meals from the Judgment Of the dis
frict court OF Jackson county In holl'
ING in favor of j. ID. Adkins and r..
G.. Hanley from whom tney naa
sought to collect on prlmissory notes
in the sum Of SS,151.47.
The Arkansas Valley Nat'ohai
bank appeals fro ma Judgment rem
dered in the district court OF Pawnee
county in favor OF p. ". Clark for
s1S5. The cause of Robert J Martin
ys. s. Cox and r. Cox, which IN.
wolves title to lots In keystone, raw
,,ea county. was Appealed from the
district court OF Pawnee county
The cause Of w D. kidwell VS.
Swan G.. Nelson, which involves
collection OF promissory note, was
also appealed from the district court
OF Pawnee county.
Liquor Case Appealed.
Tom Watts OF Chickasha, who was
given The minimum sentence in the
comfy court OF Grady county for
having liquor in his possession re
Illegal purposes today appealed ms
case 10 the criminal court of appeals
Transfered to Federal Court.
Four railroad damage suits were
transferred TO the United States
court here today from the district
courts of Jackson and Canadian coun-
ties.
The Kansas City. Mexico and Ori,
ent road transfers me *2v'vo. 49,
brought BY Mary y Wimherly Ioi
damages for the death of her hus
hand. A RI Wimberly. who was
killed by an Orient train at Altus las
fall
The Orient also transfers from the
district court OF Jackson county 'hs
suit brought BY G. Il. ]. Wilson wne
asks for $l6G0 damages for person
Al injuries sustained by being riiI
into by a freight train.
The Rock Island road transfers tft
100000 damage suit brought in thf
district court. of Canadian county b
Ellis Huffaker a young empioye u
the FL Reno shops. who lost his rgn
arm on September IS last by alleges
carelessncss Of q fellow employe.