The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-10-09
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
Disposition Of Various Matters by
Judge and Jury.

lut btSSlOH OIL TIE OCtUDtf
term of Mahaska county district court
convened this afternoon at 1880
o'clock with Hon. X. K. Willcockson,
of Sigourney, presiding and Edwin
Willcockson, of Sigourney, as court
reporter. Judge Willcockson has be-
fore him one of the largest dockets
that any judge ever faced in Mahaska
county and it is quite probably that
the time of the court will be well TAX
en- up from now until the opening Of
the December term in disposing of it.
The docket contains a total of $50
leases with the law division, as usual,
/ the most congested section. There
are 1854 law causes on hand, Sc probate
81 equity, IL garnishment and %
criminal In the law division there
are ~ new cases and 90 old ones con-
tinued from a preceding term, 3S of
the latter being noted for trial; 81 of
1.-THE equity cases are new, while of the
80 old ones there are noted for trial.
The first two weeks of the term
/ will be devoted to hearing equity and
non-jury cases in which trial notices
have been filed. The first week will
be given over TO hearing nothing but
formal matters and divorce suits, ow-
| ing to the fact that the Fall Festival
lis then in session. the petit jurors
| for the term have already been sum.
moned by Sheriff |. NJ Reed, but they
will not be required to report until
Monday, October goth.
The grand jury will report tomor-
row morning at 10 o'clock, at which
time they will be empanelled and in
structed by Judge Willcockson.
Twelve cases are awaiting the action
| of the investigators, the prisoners
having been bound over from the JUS
tice courts, and the usual amount of
time will be taken up in investigat-
ing cases against persons who have
not yet been arrested but are sus-
pected of various crimes by the coun-
| ty attorney or the grand jurors.
Judge Talbot convened the final
session of the April term of Mahaska
county district court Friday afternoon
and Immediately adjourned sine die
without transacting any business.
A large number of minor matters
and formal affairs were disposed of
at the opening session of the October
term of Mahaska county district court
yesterday afternoon by Judge Will
cockson. All divisions of the court
received attention, but the greater
part of the business was disposal of
preliminaries and the setting of time
on which pleadings shall be filed in
certain cases. Today is default day
in court and the afternoon will prob
ably be devoted entirely to the dis
posal of cases that go to the plaintiff
by default on the part of the defend
ant. The grand jury reported for
duty this morning at ten o'clock and
received their instructions from
Judge Willcockson. Grand jurors
for the October term are as follows:
Ed Bowen, Oskaloosa; James Cru
zen, Madison; NJ Denny, Monroe;
L. NJ. English, Harrison; Fred Ever
EFT, Adams; Chanley Huff, Richland;
+. E. Hitchcock, Cedar; l.. M. Kisor,
Union; A. L.. Miller, Prairie; James
Spring Creek; Leroy Wharton, JEFF
ferson.
The settlement of various estates
and guardianships in the probate sec
tion of the court received the chief
attention at yesterdays session and
many entries were made on the
judges calendar in that division. Fl
nal reorts were approved, admins
traitor discharged, and sureties on
bond released in the following es-
tateS:
Estate of Matilda Martin.
Estate of James B. Fields.
Estate of j. w. Cooksey.
Estate of Nicholas Satchett.
Estate of &. Call.
Estate of George LentZ.
Final report approved, guardian
discharged, and sureties on bond re-
leased in following guardianships:
Guardianship of Emma Woodruff.
Guardianship of Charles S. Eisen-
minger.
Guardianship of Ruth Middleton
Brown IS
Guardianship of M. Pollock.
The will OF o. s. Ellis was admitted
TO probate and c. T.. Lofiand appoint
ed executor.
Will and cOdicil Of Emma c. Beach
admitted to probate and Grace G.
Beach appointed executrix.
viii OF Matthew Mccarthy admit
ted 70 probate and Hugh Mccarthy