The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-09
IN TIE DISTRICT COURT
The Jury in the Fart Riley. Case Dis.
agreed. State vs.. Jas. G. Nc
lnt0sh is Now BEING Tried.

uuc JURY III luE IdTS HlSCy OoSC OSS'
agreed. State VS.. Jas. 6. Nc
lntosh Is Now Being Tried.
AS was predicted by The Reporter
last week the jury in the case of
State VS.. Earl Riley charged with
the murder of Willis C. Woodard,
were unable to agree on verdict,
and were discharged by Judge Max
we'll Thursday afternoon about 3
o'clock, having been out thirty-six
hours. While no report was official
ly made to the court as to how the
jury stood, it is reported that on
several ballots on the question OF
guilty or not guilty of murder, the
vote stood for acquittal and for
conviction, and at other times on the
question of guilty or not guilty OF
manslaughter the vote stood six to
six, so there was no hope for an
agreement. The case now stands ex-
actly as if trial had never been
had, and it will have to be tried over
again. The instructions of Judge
Maxwell to the jury in this case are
printed in full on page 2 of this
paper.
The second murder trial at this
term of court was commenced Tues
day morning, State VS.. James q. Nc
Intosh, who is charged with the kill
ing of town marshal T. T. Stephens
at Davis City, it being alleged that
Stephens died from the effects of a
h!ow struck by Mcintosh in an alley
at Davis City about a year ago, Ste
phens dying several months after.
The case is being prosecuted by
county attorney E. H. Sharp assist
ed by j. S. Parrish, and G. w. Hoff-
man and V. R. McGinnis are the at
torneys for the defendant. The jury
which is hearing the case is compos-
ed of Bert Gibson, R. G. Foreman,
c. Gunter, NJ. E. Reed, l.. B. Moore,
Everett Konklin, George Mcconnell
and NJ. w. Hamilton. The taking of
the testimony was still in progress
at the time The Reporter was print
ed and the case will probably go to
the jury Thursday evening or Friday
morning.
The case of Mrs. Eliza Miller VS..
R. E. Lee and wife, involving the
title to farm was tried to the court,
occupying a couple of days, and
Judge Maxwell took the case under
advisement and will render his decis-
ion later.
The court ordered a widows pen
sion of S4 per week for the support
of the minor children of Mrs. w. B.
Spicer. until the October term OF
court, unless terminated sooner. ~.
The following cases have been dis
posed of since our report last week:
LAW AND EQUITY.
VIM. S. Lowe ct al VS.. 0. O. Har-
old ct al Final report approved,
referee discharged.
Ethel Jones VS.. Bessie Hammond
Fiuaj report of referee approved.
Samuel Johnson VS.. George John
son. Final report of referee approx
ed
Julia Heathman VS.. Harlan An
drew ct al. Final report of referee
approved.
John B. Anderson VS.. Mary Ander-
son. Deed of John B. Anderson to A.
II. Smith approved.
Assignment of E. A. Denio. AS
signee ordered to distribute Is per
cent dividend on all claims, except
Farmers State Bank which is with
held pending objections of ]. II. Mer-
rill & Co.
PROBATE.
Estate of Sarah P. Harrow, guar
dian authorized to expend 5000 for
expenses of last sickness and funeral
including removal of remains to De-
catur county for burial.
Estate of John Blake. Final re-
port of administrator approved.
Guardianship of Byron G. Martin
ct al Guardian authorized to sell
interest of wards in land. Deed to
John Martin approved.
Guardianship of Sarah Henderson.
Tried to court. j. K Henderson APP
pointed permanent guardian with
bond of 81 900.
Guardianship of Grace F. Slaugh-
ter ct al. Final report approved. ="
Guardianship Of Martha and James
Smith Making of new mortgage to
John sniyely for $500 by guardian
approved.