The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-06-05
MAY TERM COMES TO CLOSE
Business of Court Conducted With
Dispatch-Grand Jury Finds Fifty
Indictment 49, Tine Murphy Gets
Fifteen Years.

harrington on June gJth ana open
Court for a short season to hear a
number Of cases that have not been
disposed Of this term owing to IN
controlled hiudranccs, and nj the same
time viii probably announce some de
csions in cases that have been heard
In cxcuslng the Petit Jury Judge
Huck notified them 10 be back on the
18th Of July when a further adjourn
ed session Of this term Of Court will
Ice conycncd with Judge bearing Of
PotoSi ON the bench to hear che noted
McBrcu case.
The closing days Of this session
were marked with considerable ac-
tiyity. On last Saturday morning
"TIrc' Murphy, who was confined in
Jail the early part of the week for the
/ murder Of Ligc Caycc on Monday
morning was brought into Court and
made plea of guilty of murder in
the second degree Murphy received
sentence Of fifteen years in the
state pcnltentlary at hard labor and
will no doubt have plenty Of time to
reflect upon tn" serious crime that he
committed in the murder Of fellow
man. Both Of the gentlemen concern
ing to the pen are COlOred
The Grand Jury was very busy for
near two weeks Of the session. just
fifty indictments were found. 1t was
expected that some startling things
would happen, but so far if the jury
has found indictments Of the charac-
ter that some folks were locking for
the matter has not been revealed. 4
number Of arrests have been made
already ard number more are 70
follow. The report Of the grand jury
will be found in another column Of
the Times.
One of the things Of particular mer-
it was the order of the Court to have
the Circuit Court room thoroughly
cleaned and the furniture rcvarnished,
and the old out of date chandeliers
replaced with up-to-datc electric fix
lures.
Minutes of the Court Beginning Fri
day. May 18th
st. Francois County Bank VS.. John
McBrjcn, judgement for attorney fec
$3.50.
Empire Carbon Works, vs. J.. O..
Eabh, ct al. Dismissed by plaintiff.
Julia f.. Turpin vs. Cadallord Tur-
pin ct al. partition. Now comes de-
PENDANT Russell Turpin and enters
hi. appearance, and final decree Of
Partition is entered.
ST. Francois County Bank vs. A.
T. Nixon and w. u. Tetlcy, Note.
judgment for plaintiff by default for
$lGl.I0.
In the case Of jeff u. Iiighlcy vs.
Henry Srhramm, defendant files his
affidavit for appeal aud same granted
to st. Louis Court Of Appeals.
| c. F. Rickins VS. j. n Hughes, note.
Judgement by default for plaintiff
for SS7Oi with interest of 3 per cent
from May II, 1914
st. Francois County Bank vs. Johr
F. Mccormick, note. judgement by
default for plaintiff for SG7j.S2 on
the first count Of the petition and for
$l06S.6i on the second count.
Henry II. Thurmand vs. Emma
Thurmand, divorce. Tried and sub
rlttcd and temporary alimcny for
defendant for $50.
Henry Mcdowell VS. Celeste Nc
DCwcll, Now comes parties and their
attorneys and this cause is tried and
submitted upon the petition and de
PENDANT withdraws cross hill Temp
orary aiimony Of $3j for plaintiff.
saturday May 30th
Emile Baner vs. j. u. Counts, on
execution. Now mt this day, by the
mutual consent Of plaintiff ard dcfcn-
dant, defendant pays into thu custody
of the Clerk Of this court the sum Of
SliG.20 being the amount due under
the execution in this Cause, it is
therefore, ordered by the court that
said sum bc held by the Clerk and
paid to plaintiff or defendent as the
final judgement Of the Court shall di-
rect; and il is further ordered that
the real estate levied upon under the
said execution be released therefrOm
and that the real estate of defendant
be released from the lien of the
judgement in said cause.
W. c. Norwine VS. John Fraser, on
execution from j. p. Now at this
day it is ordered that there be no
further proceedings had under the
execution. issued until the further
orders of this court.
Swift and Company VS. C. D. Scott
and Co., account. Now ut this day
judgement is rendered in favor of
pldlnllH LOT 9ZJl,DO.
George W. Graves VS. Emilia Graves
Continued at cost Of plaintiff.
State Of Missouri VS. John NcBricn.
obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. Dismissed by the state.
George w. Graham VS. st. Fransois
| County for reward. Cause reset for
June Goth, 1914.
The Divorce Mill
On Friday the Divorce Mill began to
grind. Such a crowd of folks Ba.
bies, old folks, wives, husbands, hang
ers-on, young men and women--a full
room was there to listen to the grind
Some of the older ones have remark.
ed that the grist was in every way
the real article that is expected upon
such occasions, in fact, just little
more real than frequently happens
Two of the cases only passed muster
and were allowed to have DEGREES that
united the knot of the little goddess
cupid. All the other cases were tried
and submitted to the court. Just tive
of the twenty cases were contested
all the rest went without Contest TIL,
schedule stood somewhat as follows
Homer Marion VS. Lou V. Marion
divorce, Submitted for decision.
Andrew Harrie VS. Clara Harrie, di
vorce. Submitted for decision.