The Holt County sentinel., 1916-03-03

and deta1ncr was EIVln n. thorpe
against Larkin Packwood, and on q
trial by jury, resulted in verdict for
the plaintiff. -.
One of tue first criminal actions 20
be tried was the case of the state VS..
Stephen Stewart for firing a prairie.
| This seems. from the record. to have
been a serious oifense that was fire.
uuently committed. But Stewart sue
cecded in showing a jury OF Mis-
sourians" that he was not guilty.
One of the first acts of Judge At
chison's court in lsil was to impress
itself upon the backwoodsman by pun
ishing one Of them for contempt Of
court-not for criticising any decision
of the court, but for going fishing
when commanded to appear in court
so the records show that stephen
Stewart, in 1871, was attached for
contempt Of court in failing to attend
when ordered to do so. But stephen
like some people of our own day was
| smooth enough to explain his absence
and he escaped fine by paying the
costs.
In the days Of the early a0s, every
one kept and TO some extent used
whiskey. Before the advent of the
court, whiskcy was sold at the good
Measure of any one who happened to
| have more than he could drink. One
of the first acts Of the circuit court
was To teach the jewellers in the WI
dcrness not to sell whiskey without a
| license, and from the number Of cases
upon the present docket. II seems that
the circuit court Ia still in the same
busincss-it seems to be a lesson not
easily learned.
some of the younger people of our
county seem to think that the busi-
ness of our courts has grown largely
in recent years. but a a matter OF
| fact tho business of our courts mas
no, grown at all in proportion to the
other features of the county. as
early a. 1872. when there were but
two statements In Holt county, anu
the pnpuation was hut 800. the CIR
cult court. then presided over ny
Judge David u. Atchison, attracted
almos, a. many lawyers to THIS bar a.
attend II now.
The hrst damage suit brought IN
our circuit court was at the August
1913. tcrm-Wm. 7. Icmplcton W.
Joseph Holt n brother oi David Rice
Holt, for whom our county was
named. The case grew out ol
gambling game. The plaintiff obtain
cd Judgment for Slli.l2. =,
The State Of Missouri W. Hopkins
Roundtrcc charged with selling liquor
without "a license. iS the record OF the
first legal temperance lesson IN Holt
county. This case was tried In the
circuit court Mt the March. lsl2, term.
/ nn ia. iurN uutnnp ot ngIg. sat jesse
Carroll. George AMI Smlth Mcin,!ro
and Silas Pierce. The trlal 9ecaS'ohcu
great excitement ana r'sui,c" w q
verdict OF guilty., me oi ~, am
check to the selling o, whlskey. war,
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neieu W June, 1871, an" was eompos'
en OF Johh NJ briggs JoDc carter
r,aS paV'nsoh' Wm. SWPhehson'
Jonn blair, Jeremiah ba'dwin, hcnrI
noher' Na,han H0plnsoh; H'ey H.
holahM, Hedekiah DAVIS, benl, Mar
low Ihos' keeney, Abi!ah Duncan