The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-01
CIRCUIT
COURT NEWS
PROCEEDINGS TO DATE OF JUDGE
WHITNEY'S JUSTICE.
MILL.

! Evening Telegram Bureau, Bar
tow, Oct. 3l.-On Monday the cOur
re-cOnvened, and the following me-
were sworn in to serve at peti
jurors for this week:
| J. W. Hicks. l.. l.. Bryant. X. \
Every. II. II. Peoples. John Ackley
". J. Dixon. W. \. Gates. Henr.
Tandy, X. II. Gray, b. NJ. Guthrie
Il. V. Bryant. NJ. G. Merritt. J. ".
O'DOniel, }. X. Futch, W. I. Wright
Jeff Crews. H. Carter. J. J. BOyn
ton. J. +. Childs. J. l.. BOwley, !. A
| Williams, Il. r. Sellers. Jesse
stephens. 7. 4. Hays. John W
Miles. J. W. Durranre. J. Il. Brown
4. II. Robertson.
The grand jury re-cOnvcned and
began the investigation of crimes
The following indictments Were re-
turned on Monday:
State ". Jim Bennett. two in-
dictments. one for carrying cOGccal-
ed weapons and the other for as
sault with intent to murder. 10 be-
tried.
State VS.. Gilman llObsOn, color
ed, murder. HObsOn Is alleged TO
have killed another negro nca"
Frostproof on July ~. 1911 lie ha !,
been in Jail since then. His trial
will take place next Thursday, Nov
,. and he will be represented by Il.
l.. Huffaker and Wilson & Boswell.
state VS.. Richard Brown, enter
ing building with intent to comm,
misdemeanOr.
State vs. I.cb Griffin. cOlorrd. a
sauli with intent To murder.
!. r. Dots0n. white. breaking al
entering with intent to commit
misdemean0r
General SnceG. cOlorcd, mur,ie.'.
Bertha Wilson, entering with in
tent to commit mislemeanOr.
Supreme Court Afirms Sentence
News has reached here that the
Supreme court has confirmed the
sentences 6f Cannon and Driggcrs.
II will be- remembered that these
two men were tried here last spring
for a murder committed at Null
berry Cannon was given "A life
sentence and Driggers a twenty !
years sentence Their only hope
now is for a pardon.
The Judge Means Business. |
If you are summoned to appear in
Judge Whitney's court to give teS-
timony, you had better lay all other
business aside and appear when you
are summoned, for the Judge has
laid it down positively that if per-
sons do not obey the orders of the
court he will have them arrested
and put in Jail. On yesterday he
ordered that the witnesses in the
Hale ease should be in court this
and when some OF them
lid not appear he ordered that they
be arrested and put in Jail, but on
finding that there had been some
Misunderstanding about the order he
revoked it, People of the county
will soon learn that the Circuit
'ourt will not be trited with by any
,ody. The Judge gave it TO be un-
lerstOOd that he is here for business.
Late yesterday afternoon the jury
n the Taylor case wherein J. b.
Taylor sued the Prairie Pebblei
Phosphate Company for damages, he
laving had his leg broken by falling
rom a trolley car operated by de-
endant company, in May, 1909, re-
urned verdict for the plaintiff for I
$500. This case has been very
!ard fought. having gone to the
supreme Court on question OF
headings. The defendant will
oubtless take an appeal to the
upreme Court. The contention of I
he defendant is that the plaintiff {
,as hurt by reason of his own neg
igence and carelessness. j. w.
Irady represented the plaintiff and
wilson & Swearingen the defendant.