The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-05-12


our railroad companies for the construe
ton Of such passageway under the
tracks at the Church street crossing, OF
what should be the Church street cross.
ing, and we could well afford to co.
operate with our share of the expense
OF such an improvement, which means
probably the saving Of lives to citizens,
Circuit Court.
Court continues in session this week.
The budget includes the disposal OF
quite number of cases on the State
docket. Two penitentiary sentences
were returned, besides number Of fines
and Jail sentences for bootlegging and
pistol carrying, ETC., ranging from $50
to $50 and forty to sixty days in jail
On the civil docket several divorces we're
called and divorces granted
This week the case of the State versus
Will Ed, ]. R. and Emmett Alexander
was called and about three hundred cit
liens summoned from different portions
OF the county. The lists were nearly all
exhausted before the jury was selected.
On Wednesday evening twelve men as
follows had been empaneled: l. M.
Hamilton, Lexie Sanford, ]. G. Costel-
10, Ben Hefin, R. L. Marshall, Ed Hill,
HI. P. Reeves, F. M. Forester, Claud
Berry, ]. HI. Thompson, Cal Keen, II.
E. Roach.
Quite little comment was stirred on
account of the fact that the men sum
moned had formed an opinion from the
newspaper accounts of the tragedy. It
was suggested by numbers Of persons
that the county would save thousands
of dollars by suppressing these reports.
In that case we opine that the rural free
delivery and the telephone service would
also come IN Tor CrlUlclSm.
The following cases have been called:
STATE DOCKET.
Pete Brannon, continued.
Smith Brannon, continued.
Almond LeFils, continued.
Ell Jones, continued.
Ans Shaw, continued
Henry Adams, continued,
DIR. ]. A. D. Hite, set for May 26.
Cheatham Ownby, nolle on defendant
paying cost.
Jas. p. Ownby, nolle on defendant
paying cost.
Budd Barr, fined $50 and 60 days in
jail.
Jim Kassaker, fined $50.
Perry Holloman, Oscar Elan, Ed
ELAN, fined $50 each and cost.
Will Stults, continued
Rome Vanhoy, fined $50 and five
days in Jail.
Alfred Wilkerson, fined $25. Second
case fined 800
Jeff Bryant ct AL, nolIe.
Budd Barr, second case, continued
Robt. Freeman, nolle
Gentry Young, nolle on payment Of
cost
John Trimble, not guilty. Second
case, continued.
West Tennessee Wholesale Grocery
Co., nolle by State paying costs.
Bill Beckham, continued.
Marsh Carr, nolle.
H. G. Clack, not guilty.
Budd Barr, third case, continued.
Ras Owens, fined $40 and cost.
Sam Bronner, nolle; second case fined
$50 and forty days in jail.
Joe Pettus, fined $50 and forty days
in Jail.
Joe Pettus, three other cases, nolle.
Lee Simpson, set for May II.
VIM. Foley, colored, sentenced to Is
months in penitentiary for larceny.
John Burrus, sentenced to three years
in penitentiary for larceny.
Ira Rubles, continued.
Ellis Forester, continued.
Will Ed Alexander, J.. r. Alexander
and Emmett Alexander, called for re-
hearing and venire summoned, from
which jury was selected
CIVIL DOCKET.
]. NJ. Polk vs.. W. c. Cloar, set for
May %.
]. W. Andrews, VS.. H. H. Pullen,
set for May IS.
G. D. Summers vs.. Thos. Easterwood,
set for May 26.
Lyon Furniture Co. vs.. P. G. Camp,
set for May %.
J. L. Mosier vs.. Fred Brannon, con-
f,nuod