The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-11-05
TOTAL NUMBER Of CASES
Including Murder. Manslaughter,
Forgery, Robbery. Larceny and
False Presense-Nest Session Be-
gins December 4th.


: in session since the first day of Sept
ember, and mas disposed or large
volume Of business.
Judge Rus,e.l returned from Muir
ray county, Where he had hecn hold
Ing 4 term OF several weeks, having
been as,iel,d there by tAc supreme
court Of Nh state. He h,ld tolrt 4
Sulphur during the entire month OF
August. AMI begln his own cOurl IT
Aidmnre Oh the first Monday in Sept
, ember. and nas no, been idl" 4 single
day since ronvtning court.
The record show the following num-
Der of criminal cases tried and dis
posed of on the criminal side of his
docket this term;
Mansiaugh;rr. one case Acquittal.
one.
Three murder cases Conviction.
three.
! This does not include the county a.
! torneys personal case.l
Forgery two Convictions. Two.
Rape. Conviction, one.
Assault to kill, eleven-Convictions.
ten, acquitt;. one.
Larceny, eighteen - ConvicWons
seventeen. ac0uistaIs, one.
/ Robbery. one--COnvictions, one.
False pretenses. four-Eonvirt
four.
Total number of cases. forty-one:
acquittaIs. three: convictions thirty.
eight
There is LETT. at this time. on the
criminal doc OF the district cont
,wentyseven cases But on" murder
case untried.
l.. Since statehood there has been III
ed in the district court %lS criminal
eases at statehood there were 420
casts lending. making IA total OF
1.!ss ,riminal cases: all OF whi2i.
have been disposed OF at this time
except -, making i.2lI criminal
cases Sispnsed of since statehood.
The next term OF the district court
will convene on the first Monday in
December.
The record further shows that. Of
all the appeals that have been taken.
I hn
court since statehood, there has been
but one case reversed.
The County Court.
COUNTY court also adjourned it's
: session yesterday
There were twenty cases tried in
the county cour, this term, involving
the violation nf the prohibition laws
of this state; OF this number two
were appeal cases. tried from the
: city court. there were ten convic
lions eight acquittals; six OF thu
: acauittas were county cases and twC
city cases
Where ne defendant Was charged
: with q safe of liquor n convictiot
: invariably resulted; but where tn'
! charge was having i'll possession
with intent tn SELL unless the prose
cution should show a sale had befi
made, the jury always acquitted
There were three escape cases ant
; three convictions.
Malicious mischief six Convic
iiOns. six
Torturing animals one 4Acqnittals
one.
Assault and battery, folir-Acqult
: tails, two. Convictions. two
Pointing weapon, 'hree-Acqui'tals
one. Cony ctious TWO.
Disturbing peace two--Conyictions
two.
Disturbing religious worship. two
Acquittal, one. Hung jury, one.
Total-County Cases. thirty-nine.-
Acquittals. eleven Convictions TWEEN
ty-eight
: Total--City cases, two.-Acquittals
= two.
The next term OF the county court
conyenes on the first Monday IN
January. The county court is prac
tically W with the criminal docket
Both the district and county courts
have disposed of an exceedingly
heavy civil docket, at this term, and
are up with them.
In addition to Judge Stillwell H.
Russell and Judge Winfrey, who have
worked so faithfully and expedited
so much business in their respective
courts, should be favorably mention
ed, our able and energetic County
Attorney, James II. Mathers, and his
valuable assistant, Mr.. W. II. Bleak