Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-08-24
$3.50 HOG
COSTS $3.50.
Remarkable Case Tried Before
Judge Knight Last We'd
nesday.
i TIMES WAS CASE TRIED.
No Compromise Was the Motto
Of the Parties In
Action.

One Of the most remarkable trials,
in some respects. that has ever BEEN
tried in the courts Of the county was
decided by Judge Walter Knight last
Wednesday.
The identity and ownership of a
hog, of the appraised value of
$3.50, was called for trial by Judge
Knight at 900 q. m. and the case
consumed over six hours of the
courts time.
The style Of the case was Mrs. J.
H, Joiner against Curtis Jones, a
man of color. Both sides employed
some of the best legal talent Of the
local bar and a large number of wit
nesses for both sides testified.
The case was first tried in the
court of Squire Cooper. of the La
fayette district; the second time it
was tried before County Judge
knight; the third time before sttor-
ney G. H. Bush. sitting SIS special
Judge. who, after rendering a de
cision. granted niew tria'; the
fourth time. Judge knight again
consented to sit in the case.
No civil case has attracted more
interest for some time than this.
Z Besides the large array Of witnesses
q throng of spectators sat for over
six hours listening to the witnesses
and hearing the arguments of the
attorneys. Ii was not the amount
of money involved but the contra
dictory statements of the witnesses.
all Of whom are above reproach. that
claimed the closest attention of the
crowd, many Of whom came a dis
lance of sixteen miles to attend the
trial.
The main question was as r. TIE
identity of the hog. Mrs. Joiner
clearly established the fact that she
was the owner of the hog and Jones,
the colored man, of the best reputs-
ton, as clearly proved that he was
the owner.
Another main poilt TO be estab-
Iished to prove Mrs. Joiner's owner
ship of the hog was as to its having
q broken leg. This was clearly prov
en-. The defense just as clearly de-
monstrated that the hog did not have
a broken leg, but had aninjured leg.
To those who did not care who was
the owner of the hog it seemed like
there must have been two hogs ex-
actly alike and both had an injured
or broken leg. Efforts by one of the
attorneys Of the plaintiff to get
Jones to compromise after one Of
the trials were futile. Jones finally
saying tina. he would not compro-
mise on any terms. the hog was his
and he had -four good mules that he
would spend before he would give
up the hog" Then the other side
got into the fight with more earn
estness than ever and the motto for
each was. mo Compromise"
After patiently hearing the testi-
mony, with which ne had become
familiar in his previous trial Of the
case. the Judge asked the attorneys
if they wanted to argue the case.
Judge Cook replied in the affirma-
tive. Alvin Clark did not care to.
but after Judge Cooks forceful
speech for the plaintiff. Alvin had to
unloose his tongue ant reply to the
Judges argument. N
When the lawyers were through
Judge Knight decided that the hog
was the property Of Jones.
Mr.. Joiner. vino had given the hog
to his wife when its leg was broken.
will now. (if the case stops at the
bench Of Judge Knight) have 70
pay Jones the appraised value Of
SIP so. as the hog was slaughtered
long since.
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