The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-02
100 ON DOCKET
YET none WAS
READY FOR TRIAL
Judge johnson of Circuit Court Was
Ready to Adjourn for the
Term.

Although more than hundred
cases were docketed for hearing dur
ing the first week of the civil term
of the Forrest County Circuit Court,
which convened in Hattiesburg this
morning for six weeks session, not
a single one was announced ready
for trial when called by Judge John
son.
Nearly all the attorneys of the To-
cal bar were present in court, when
the cases were called, yet each offer
ed some excuse why his respective
case should be continued or postponed
until later date during the present
term, and after sounding the docket
from first to last and finding nothing
ready for trial, Judge Johnson an
nounced that unless the attorneys in
terested in the various lawsuits should
show sufficient interest to have their
cases ready for hearing the court
would stand adjourned for the term.
SoGrt calls Halt.
"All these cases. said Judge John
son, which l have called here this
morning, and which number more
than a hundred, were docketed for
trial during the first week of this
term of court, and the attorneys and
litigants were given due notice of this
fact Although I have called every
case on the docket which was set for
hearing this week, l find not one
ready for trial. | do not propose to
sit here and wait the convenience of
the attorneys and parties to these
lawsuits, and unless some reasonable
excuse is given why these cases
should not be tried, l want to state
that court will stand adjourned. II
there is any reason. why court
should not adjourn, would be pleased
to have 1t stated by any of the attor-
neys whose names are docketed in
connection with tine cases which l
have just called"
Case Of Holiday.
Attorney Neil Currie arose ard
stated that in his opinion the reason
why the litigants were not in court
was because of the general impress
sion that today is legal holiday. Mr..
Currie begged indulgence of the
court on behalf of his clients. and an
nounced that he would endeavor to
have his cases ready at the next call
of the docket.
or the jurors who were summoned
for service during the first week. the
following answered to their names
and qualified for service this morn
ing:
II. d. Barnes, D. c. Calhoun, n. w.
Lee, H. c. Duggan, V. West, w. P.
Riggs, w. j. Fowler, w. E. Weaver,
A. L. Calhoun, T. H. Massengale.
For the second week, the following
jurors qualified:
A. z. Cameron, S. Katz. H. NJ.
Wedgeworth, j. w. Evans, w. J..
Force, H. Nj. Myrick, J. II. Montague.
w. B. Lewis and G. A. Calhoun.
Many Compromised.
A large number of the cases on the
docket have been compromised, it is
stated and others will be thrown out
of court, while still others will be con-
tinued for the term by agreement Of
the palties. and Judge Johnson hopes
to adjourn court within four weeks.
The case of the state VS.. Deputy
Sheriff Ed. Rawls and A. c. Duck
worth. charged with the murder of A..
Z. McGregor, has been set for hear
ing at this term of court, and will be
tried the last week of the term. This
case. 1t is thought, will consume four
or five days, as many witnesses have
been summoned and the arguments
are expected to be lengthy.