Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-01-28
LARGE DOCKET OF CASES TO BE
DISPOSED OF AT THIS TERM
OF COURT.
MURDER CASES TO Be TRIED
IL Divorce Cases, 9 Criminal Cases, IA
Foreclosures, 8 Suits on Notes Part
of 80 Cases ON Docket.

District Court in and for the County
of Idaho will be in session commencing
next Monday, February l. At present
Judge Steele is holding a session in his
chambers at Lewiston attending to
legal matters prior to coming up to
Grangeville for the term of court here.
The docket is large and there must
necessarily be an enormous amount OF
legal business transacted in the term
of five weeks allotted for this coming
term. There will be great deal of
jury work which takes the greatest
amount of time and there is quite
volumn of equity or court cases which
will be disposed of promptly, while the
trial of the criminal cases will consume
the greatest amount of time.
The Criminal Calendar.
The criminal docket reveals the pres
ence of nine cases to be disposed OF at
this term and as some of the cases
promise to be quite lengthy and involve
serious offences great deal of time
will be devoted to their trials. Two
murder cases must be disposed of at
this term and this is the first term OF
court for some time when there has been
a murder case on the docket.
One of these cases is the case of the
State VS.. Frank Hye, which arose out
of the Elk City tragedy. This case viii
undoubtedly consume great deal OF
IL n In, In
the preliminary hearing of the charge
against Hye for the killing Of
his wife and Hugh Kennedy. The other
case is the one of the State vs.. IL. j.
. Smith which arose from the killing over
on the track near the rock crusher some
short time ago. Great interest is mani
tested in these two cases
There are two cases charging defend
ants with resisting officers, one hail
] ing from Grangeville and one from Cot
tonwood. The Grangeville case is the
State VS.. Louis Pendell and Albert
Pagan, and the Cottonyood case is the
State VS.. Peter Bies, George Doersch
and Gibson There is one case charging
assault with intent to murder, that of
the State VS. Milt Fowler. There are
three cases charging grand larceny
one being the State VS.. James Deering
a. charged with stealing horse; and ths
, others being State VS.. Wilder and Stat'
VS.. John huffman. The latter cas-
arose out of some alleged cattle steal
ing over near Westlake. There is on
-, embezzlement case, State VS.. Allan Nc
Kinnon, charging McKinnon with en-
bezzling funds Of the warehouse CON
pany at Cottonwood for whom he wa
,or working One of the above defendant
Smith, charged with murder is in ia
and the rest are all out on bail.
Equity Business.
Among the cases which are to
the tried by the court we find IL cases f
RS divorce to be disposed of at this teri
uc- Their are ID cases of foreclosure
by mortgages which presents by far Il
ose greatest number of these cases 4
ere several terms past. There is one ca
Who for the dissolution of partnership al
A. an accounting, Their are two SUITS
was quiet title and one suit for speeii
ose. performance of contract.
nee Cases for the Jury.
! a There are ten suits on promisso
men notes. Two of these Southwest Matte
al Bank of Kansas City vs.. f. W. Linz
eet. lev, and six others joined individual
i'd a and as partners doing business une
,ers, the name of Fem Bros, and TIN
,ank others Joined as individual defendan
l00,- and the case of the Western Exchar
for Bank VS.. f. W. Lindsey, and othe
! of are the SO called "Stud Horse & ca
,usly and involve suits on notes gwen IN p
ment for stations sold to compan
formed among farmers.
niger There is one suit for breach
deli. promise and blighted affections, 9
high Of Lola Blanche Murphy vs.. Wal
but Lynn Brown which has been on
wife docket for some time having been
ii onfinuod On Pare ~