The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-03-19
DISTRICT COURT
NOW IN SESSION
TWO DAYS USED IN ORGANIZING,
ARGUING DEMURRERs AND
DIVORCE CASES
CRIMINAL DOCKET NEXT WEEK
Grand Jury at Work-Dutch jordan
Csse Set for Thursday, March
25.-Speciai venire Of 10

The March term OF the District
Court is In session Judge John u.
Thomas, District Attorney Jas. p.
stinson and Court Reporter Jas. A.
Hankerfon arrived here early Mon
day morning.
At 10 O'Clock the clarion voice Of
Sheriff Merrell announced that the
court was open.
Judge Thomas proceeded to organ
lze and charge the grand Jury and
that body OF inQuisitors, assisted by
District Attorney stinson and Coun-
ty Attorney Weems proceeded to look
into the morals OF the county.
The Courts charge was along gen
eral lines. lie spoke with a degree Of
emphasis on the falacy Of what is
termed The unwritten Law" The
charge covered practically all phases
Of the criminal code and the person
mel Of the body is a guaranty that all
violations that may come to their
knowledge will be iudiciously han
died and that bills will not be return
ed unless these men shall believe they
eau be made to hold good in the trial
court
The Grandiury is made up Of the
following named well known citizens
II L. Holley Of Ira, Foreman; j..
IT. Blggs. Union. W A Louder flerm
leigh II. J. Brice. Snyder. T J Brox-
son. Snyder; W D. Dane. Fuvanna;
H. G. Beakley. Dunn; l.. o. KIM
brough, Ennis Greek; u. Y Rea.
flermleigh: II. c. Mccormick, Grow
der, j. D. Boone. Camp Springs, j. L..
Patterson. Pyron. Riding bailins W.
|D. Moon, Frank McCombs and j. r.
Pate Door bailifl C. Nation.
The court put in the first two days
at hearing the lawyers spar over de
murrers and side issues The celebrat-
ed Raleigh Medicine case had a prom
inent place on the calendar A divorce
case was the principal bill for Tues
day afternoon with NJ, T.. Rosser as
attorney for the plaintiff and Higgins
a Hamilton for defendant
The petit Jury men had been sum
moned to be here on Wednesday and
they came. The list Of these was print
ed in the Signal two weeks ago.
Among the visiting attorneys are
noticed Henry r. Bondies Of Sweet
water; J, Henry Beall Of sweetwater
Scott W. Key, Of Haskell. 7 Ward
Woodruff. Of sweetwater.
Following is a list OF the cases
disposed Of:
Osee Maule W. Meddie Maule. suit
for divorce. The petition Of the plain
tIn was denieid by the court and de-
iendant on her cross action was
granted divorce and permanent cus-
tody Of the child and 70 is decreed by
the court that neither party shall
marry again for one year from dat,
OF the decree
W r Raleigh Medical Company VS.
George Barnhart. ct al. same plain
ti1 VS.. R. C.-Herm. et al. and same
plaintiff vs. W p Thrash et al, We're
before the court on Tuesday These
ore all companion suits for debt claim
cd by plaintiff for medicines furnish
ed the defendants in course of their
agencies FOR the pIaInun COMPANY
The plaintin was represented hy % q
uondies Of sweetwater and the de-.
PENDANTS by Higgins q Hamilton
The cases buns on general demurrer
on the alleged ground that the con
tracts between the plaintiff company
and its agents was ln violation OF the
antitrust laws OF Texas The court
sustained the general demurrer In
each case and threw the cases out Of
court Plaintiff excepted and gave
due notice Of appeal
r. T. Owens vs. W +. owens, suit
for divorce and restoration Of maiden
name. Judgment for plaintiff
State vs.. J. g. Mcmillan. judgment
nlsi defaulting witness. continued
Alpha Newman vs. ] M Newman.
suit for divorce and custody Of the
children. Judgment for plaintiff.
Mu. Martha Rawlings ". Matte