Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-22

COURT HOUSE NEWS


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The charge of assault under which
Max Rabbi was indicted at the last
session Of the grand jury was dismiss
ed this morning by District Attorney
Ringo. The case against Rabbi was
the only one on the criminal docket
remaining at this time in department
number and as all the remaining cas-
es are to be tried without jury by
Judge Kelly, the district attorney did
not consider it expedient to keep the
jury witain call for several days to
try this single case. Attorney John
II. Carson represented Rabbi in court.
Sheriff Esch returned to this city
last night with Kern Foley, of Aurora,
aged 10 and Lewis Reed aged about
26, and lodged the young men in Jail
to await a preliminary hearing on q
charge of stealing q Ford auto belong
ing to Felix Isaaeson, of Aurora. The
sheriff states that he secured a confess
sion from the men and that on April
10 they said they took tire and an
auto horn from the garage and return
ed April 10 and took the car according
to their own confession.
Sheriff Eseh, as tax collector, yester-
day made his ninth turnover to the
county treasurer in the sum of $685.
52l.55 making a total of S407, ,S4S.68
that has been turned over to the cOuR-
ty treasurer since the collection of
taxes on the 1915 roll began.
County school superintendent W. NJ.
Smith and supervisors Smith and Drui-
lette went to Aumsville today to attend
a rally held at that school in which
several adjoining schools joined in the
exercises.
The jury in the ease of ing Lung
Chung against R. R. Reid returned a
verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the
sum of $50 which was the sum sought
by the plaintiff on an account,
An inventory and appraisement filed
in probate court today in the case of
Burkhart Youngable estimates the per
sonal property belonging to the estate
at $3240. The appraisers were August
Huekenstein Jr., Albert Henderson
and Harry Wiedmer
Judge Percy R. Kelly finished up his
docket in department number of the
circuit court this morning with the
exception of some non jury cases which
His Honor will hear Tuesday Of next
week. The April term of the circuit
court in this department was called TO
order April Is and despite Of lengthy
docket the cases were run through with
dispatch and no loss of time. Judge
Kelly will open court in Albany April
2S.
The last ease to be settled during
this term of the circuit court was that
of the State of Oregon against the Sa-
lem Hospital Association and the Ore
gon Children 3 Aid Society. This was
condemnation suit brought by the
state to condemn the property Of the
Salem Hospital for the extension of the
Oregon State Hospital for the Insane.
The last legislature appropriated $685.
600 for the purchase Of about 10 acres
of land where the hospital now stands
but the hospital refused to sell for
l$25,OOO 50 the state brought cOndem-
nation proceedings by the attorney gen
eral in which it was alleged that the
land was worth but $4,000. The case
was settled out Of court by the hospit-
al association agreeing to sell for $685.
900 appropriated by the legislature.
Under the agreement reached by the
parties to the suit, the hospital assO-
citation will be allowed to occupy the
premises until the arrangements have
been completed for new building. ID
lis expected that new hospital will
be erected as soon as possible and will
be modern and up to date in every re-
spcct.
An inventory and appraisement filed
in the probate court today in the mat
ter Of the estate Of John R. Mills
shows the estate to consist of personal
property in this county to he value Of
1925 The appraisers were Miller F..
McGilchrist, Arthur J. Reinhart and
John II. Carson.
V. Cladek today filed suit in the
circuit court against William Schau-
man, W. J. Smith and Williams Evans.
The plaintiff alleges that he sold tracts
- and IA Of Rose Acre tracts to the
defendants for the sum of $500 to be
paid for in regular installments. He
alleges further that after $3.50 had been
paid that the defendants failed to con-
tinue their payments and asks tnat
they be restrained from claiming any
interest in the property according to
the terms Of the contract for sale.
MEMS MEETING,