The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-19
CLERK OF COURTS
MAKES REPORT.
Some Interesting Figures
Are Disclosed.
DIVORCE COURT WAS BUSY
One Hundred Cases With
Which to Wrestle.
Report shows That Marion County Is
one of the Really Busy ones OF the
State I'm Court Circles.

Clerk of the courts w. W. Kline
felter mas Just completed his report
to the secretary of state, OF the pusi'
ness which las been transacted uur
ing the year in the common ana CIR
cult courts for the year beginning
UoodJuly 1st. 1909 and ending June 80
1870 The report is in detah anu ~
very complete.
some very interesting things con-
cerning the marital troubles oil the
people of Marion county are dlscioseu
Iby the report and figures are SHOWN
which will make good basis for argu-
ment in favor of greater stringen-
cy i'm the matter of divorces.
on July 1st, 1909 there were thirty
six divorce cases pending in the COM
mon pleas court and during the year
sixty-four other cases were filed. Dur
ing the year sixty-seven cases were
disposed of and there were still pend
ing thirty-three when the year closed
In the causes for divorce, five al
legged adultry; thirty-fve wllful alb
sence; nineteen cruelty and five
drunkenness.
OF the 100 cases on the docket,
'twenty-three were brought by the
husband and seventy-seven by the
wife. OF those instituted by the hus-
band thirteen were granted and three
dismissed. Forty of those begun by
the wife were granted and ten were
dismissed. In five cases the custody
of the children was granted to the
father and in twenty, the custody was
awarded to the mother
In thirty-five cases the wife was al
lowed alimony.
The report shows that during the
year Sl9 civil judgments were award
ed for a total of $52,472.56.
The grand jury fees amounted to
s436.50 Petit jury fees in civil
cases amounted to s19SS55 and In
criminal cases, s516. 20. A total of
s2sS6.25 expended in jury fees for
all purposes.
July 1st, 1909 one Indictment was
pending and during the year six
teen indictments against fourteen
persons We're returned by the grand
Jury. During the year. three persons
were convicted. one was acquitted
three indictments We're quashed and
seven still pending, six Of this num-
Der being against one person. Sem
tence was imposed upon two persons
ana council for the defendant was
pald out OF the treasury, s400.
During the year twenty-five COR
oners inquests We're held, nd of these
tour We're In cases of suicide two ac-
ciuental deaths and nineteen in which
tne case OF death was not known
VI those who committed suicide three
were males and one female, of those
VINO met an accidental death both
were males, and in those instances
Where the cause Of death 70 not
Nnown' nine We're males and ten were
females. "'ie
III the common pleas court at the
beginning of the year, 2Ss cases wers
pehuing and during the, year 3as were
ileu' Sl9 We're disposed of. twenty.
TWO We're carried to the circuit court
ana 2S7 are still pending.
In the circuit court ar tba ho.,.
nihg Oh the year sixteen were mend.
ing during the year TWENTY-FIVE wero
.i'eo' seventeen Were disposed of ono
was carried to the supreme court ami
twenty are still pending.
Aithough Marion Is not ono n, a..
nnrs sest counties in the state the re.
po'' SHOWS that 1t Is one of the hns,,
ones In court circles. ''S