The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-11-24
80 Indictments Returned
Grand Jury Finishes And Court Will
Adjourn This Week

November term of circuit court
will adjourn tomorrow, having finish
ed its three weeks session. The grand
jury finished up it's work Wednesday
and adjourned. 1t returned a total
of 80 indictments into court for
crimes ranging from murder down.
Only one murder indictment was
brought, it being against John Baker,
who killed Reno King with a corn
knife at Moreland some weeks ago.
The trial of Baker was set for the
second day of the February term of
court. He is in jail here. Other in
dictments returned by the grand jury
were: two for rape; four for having
liquor in possession for purpose of
sale; two for disturbing religious
worship; three for assault and bat
terry; two for conducting a public
nuisance; two for petit larceny; two
for maintaining public nuisance {;
and one each for breaking into a
storehouse; buggery; horse stealing,
obstructing railroad, issuing a
"cold check" injuring cattle, break
ing into a dwelling with into to COM
nit felony, carrying deadly weap-
ons concealed, false swearing, house
breaking, burglary, malicious shoot
ing and wounding, assault and breach
of the peace. The grand jury exam
lned the jail and the courthouse and
made the following written report to
the court:
courthouse and found both clean and
well kept. Sanitary measures are used
in keeping the Jail in proper condi-
ton and we feel to congratulate
Jailer DeBorde and wife on their
good work in caring for the prisoners,
whose misfortune it is to be confin-
ed in the county bastile.-E. C.. Wal
ton, Foreman, Nov. 21, 1916.
An interesting and unusual pro-
ceeding was taken by the court when
the judgment of l cent and costs as
sessed against NJ. S. Baughman by a
jury last week, on a charge of having
his fence too far out on the pike, was
set aside and the case thrown out of
court, when it was shown that there
was no indictment against him on
such a charge, and that the trial had
been gone into upon the mistaken
supposition that he had been indicted
along with others by the previous
grand jury on this charge j. B. Hon
aker foreman of the grand jury which
brought in a number of "fence" in
dictments at previous term of
court. went before the court and ties,
titled that no indictment had been
brought in against Mr.. Baughman,
Pas did Yves Holtzclaw. clerk of the
grand jury, and did w. P. Dishon, a
member of that grand jury.
A $4,000 judgment against the
Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas
Pacific Railroad Company was given
by a jury this week in the case of
George Jones administrator against
that railroad. Jones was a resident of
this county. While working as Sec
ton hand on this road in Kenton
County,. he was struck by an engine
Iandreteived injuries which caused his
! 1z5AfksiS%At former trial, a jury
awarded $4,000 damages against
RAILROAD, which was reversed, how
lever, ,byythe court of appeals. Attor-
ineys Emmet Puryear, of Danville and
George d. Florence, of Stanford
represented the plaintiff, and At
, torney X. S. Alcorn, of this city the
defendant company.
Minor civil cases occupied the at
tention of the court since this trial
In the suit of Hall Anderson against
| J. Nevin Carter over some laid, the
| jury found for Carter In the suit
of Dr.. c NJ. Thompson against Ida
Ringo, the jury found for the defend
ant.
Messrs. R. H. Bronaugh, of Crab
Orchard, J. T. Burleson, of Waynes,
burg, and r. NJ. Newland, of Stan,
ford, qualified as jury commissioners
under appointment of the court.
George D. Hopper was sworn in as
an attorney to practice before this
! court.
An allowance of $50 was made by
the court to Francis Weatherford fol
the arrest of Elmer Denny, who was
convicted of horse stealing.