The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-11-06
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
Disposition of Various Matters by
Judge and Jury.

adjourned last evening by Judge VIII
cockson until Monday afternoon at
1880 O'Clock, at which time all the |
Jurors drawn for the term are to re-
port. s
The jury was sworn yesterday in
i the case of State VS.. r. o. Burrier, OPP !!
ening statements OF the attorneys |
made, and several witnesses exam |
lined The case will be resumed when
court conyenes Monday. r. o. Bur- |
rier and his brother, James j. Burrier
were indicted by the grand jury for
the larceny of gasoline engine be-
longing to Arch Chandler. The at.
torneys for the defense are relying !
on their allegations that the value OF
the engine was less than 40 to free
their clients. The case of State VS..
James ]. Burrier will come up after
the suit against r. o. Burrier is COM
pleted, but the result will unqIes-
tionably be the same as the evidence
in the two cases is Identical &
The jury in the case of White VS..
lCricket Coal Co., which had been out
Isince Thursday morning at $3.50
Io'cloek, reported to the court yester-
day afternoon at 3 o'clock that they
were unable to reach verdict and
were discharged by the court. The
final vote stood to 3. This is the
second time that this case has been
tried in district court and the jury
was unable to reach verdict in both
Instances. nF alI"e F@fsE
! The court has set Tuesday, Now d.
at 1870 o'clock, as the time for pro,
Inouncing sentence on Sol Hammond,
indicted by the grand jury, and found
guilty yesterday by the petit jury on
the charge of maintaining nuisance.
Erwin Jennings indicted by the
grand jury as maintaining nuts
lance, entered plea of guilty to the
lcharge yesterday ana was sentenced
TO pay fine of $500 and the costs OF
prosecution. In default of payment
he will be confined in the county pail
tpntil such fine and costs, are paid. Il
l. The casea0f State VS.. Polly HoStou,
who was indicted by the grand jury
on the charge of murder in the first
degree, was taken up by the court
this morning At noon tie work oi
lempanneling a jury had not yet been
completed and it is likely that tie
e amination of witnesses will not begin
until tomorrow morning as the open
ling statements, OF the attorney VIII
conSume some time after the jury
has been selected Attorneys for the
state are County Attorney John Nc
.Cutcheon and Roscoe Woodland OF the
firm of MCCutcheon & Woodland. and
Dan Davis and tie firm of Mccoy e.
Mccoy are appearing for the defend
ant. This is the one murder charge
out of a total of thfrty-four indict
iments returned by the grand jury
which will be heard at this term since
the indictment against c. l.. Nicola
was dismissed Il, E.i4g
An evening session *of Mahaslia
County District Court was held last
night by Judge WillcocSson, in order
TO dispose of several criminal cases
in which the defendants were ready
to enter a plea of guilty and receive
sentence. Seven defendants under
indictment by the grand jury were
ordered to pay fines by the court anu
final disposition made of their cases.
Sol Hammond who was indicted by
the grand jury and found guilty last
week for maintaining a nuisance;
was fined $500 and costs OF prosecu-
ton. Appeal bond fixed at 81 900.
Henry W. kranlme withdrew his
former plea OF not guilty and entered
a plea OF guilty to the charge of main
tanning a nuisance. Fined $500 and
costs Of prosecution Appeal bond
fixed at $1,000 -
The following defendants entered
pleas of guilty to charges OF nlain
tanning nuisance and each received
a fine of $500 and costs:
J. NJ. Carr.
John Wright
John Jenkins
Ordered in ali the above cases that
in default of payment the defendant
snail be confined in the county jail
until fine and costs are paid.
Judge WillCOckson convened dis
trict court again yesterday afternoon
at 100 O'Clock after a recess begin
ming with adjournment taken Friday
afternoon. The case of State VS.. r.
o. Burrier was again taken up where
it was left of Friday and the after
noon was devoted to hearing the con-
GLIDING arguments of the attorneys.
The jury was Instructed by the court
as the first matter of today's bust
ness and retired at SIS o'clock this
morning. -.- '- sd +
The following cases in the equity
division were disposed of by the
court at Yesterdays session.: -..
+. j. Evans vs.. +. A Smith, et al.
Suit was dismissed by plaintiff with
out prejudice. Judgment to be rem
dered against plaintiff for costs I'M
less paid during term.
Orpha Deck VS.. William Deck. De-
Icree Of divorce granted as prayed.
Thirty new jurors were ordered
drawn yesterday by Judge Willcock-
Ison for this term Of court. The petit
Jurors for the coming December term
Iof court will also be drawn at the
same time the additional men for this
term are chosen.
The jury in the case OF State VS..
Ralph o. Burier returned verdict
yesterday afternoon at 2:45 o'clock
and found the defendant guilty of lar
ceny Of property valued at twenty
Idollars. The case was sent to the
Jury at S:15 o'clock yesterday morn.
ling. Ralph Burrier and his brother,
James j. Burrier, were indicted by
the grand jury for the larceny OF a
gasoline engine belonging to Arch |
lChandler The only question In the
case was the yalne of the engine and |
the corresponding degree of the |
.lcf.3ie, Eal the jury, found the value
faf ftur. H.. . a