The Mena weekly star., 1916-10-26

lStipe. which occurred July iS. 1916, lin the railway yard in Wichita, kas., Iwhile the deceased was in the em- lploy of the defendant railway com lpany. By agreement a judgment Of S700 was entered in favor Of the \ plaintiff. $50 being for the estate Of William Stipe, and S650 for the next lof kin of the said William Stipe.
 In the case of the State ys. Alex lBoylen. on the charge of breach Of 1.-the peace the jury returned Ver- diet of guilty and assessed fine of $500 and the defendant in addition Nas adiudged to pay the costs. amounting to S28.20. The indict- ment was returned last April and lcharged that Boylen had committed Ia breach of the peace bv using vi0- Ilent. abusive. profane and insulting Language toward ]. C. Ward and in his presence and hearing.
 The case of State vs. Albert Mich I eln on the charge of removing lmorteaged property was continued to the next term of court.
 The charpe of carnal abuse under (which w. H Johnson was bound over to the grand jury. was ignored by the jury and the court ordered 1 that Johnson and his bondsmen be lreleased from liability
 In the session of Circuit court, which was reconvened Monday. aft CT recess since last Thursday lnight. the criminal cases were dis posed of as rapidly as were the civil leases last week.
 i A number of indictments which
 were returned at the April session Iof the court were dismissed at the lcost of the state. and among these were the following: Three indlct- Iments against Lucias Bailey charg- | ing separately, disturbing the peace, I being drunk on the highway, and carrying pistol: the indictment against w. A. Walker charging the oifense of gaming. Like action was taken in the indictment against Clarence Mcphetrige on the charge of wife abandonment. the indict- lment against Will n. Harper on the ,l charge of gaming. the indictment against Gale Humes on the charge Iof gaming. the indictment against Lloyd Raburn on the charge of car-
 nal abuse, and the indictment
 against Samuel Pitcher on the
 charge of giving liquor to minor.
 Indictments were dismissed at the
 cost of the defendants in the fol-
 lowing cases: State vs. J. M. Tom ! lin, charged with failure of road
 duty, State vs Joe McCulley on the
 charge of wife and child abandon
 ment, there having been two separ-
 ate indictments in the latter case.
 Homer Donohue plead guilty to
 the charge of grand larceny, and was given sentence of three years , in the nenitentiary, with the recom-
 mendation that he he transferred to the Reform school. The offense
 consisted of taking S22 in money on September 1, 1916. from Charles | Paul living in Posey Hollow.
 l Ali Walker was fined Si0 and ] adjudged to pay the costs amount , ing in all to S30.20 on the indiet- : Iment charging the offense of being drunk on the highway.
 Ernest Pitcher, indicted at the April term of court, on the charge , of giving liquor to a minor was giv- en a fine of $50 and adiudged to
 pay the costs, amounting to Si9S5.
 In the ease of State vs. Everett l Rowe. charged with being drunk at a public gathering. there was a trial , DS JuAyi dtiu d Ntl uiIb VI Hub Euil- 1, lty. The indictment was returned 1 at the April term of court. and it was alleged that the offense had , been committed al a Christmas tree lpr0gram at Potter last Christmas.
 Chas. X. Sanford. indicted on the , charge of breach of the peace, plead lgullty and was given fine of S25, ] and adjudged to pay the costs, aI amounting in all to S20 The in- dictment charged that on July 29, s the defendant used violent abusive and insulting language toward and about Mrs. Maggie Peters and Mrs. I Evie Bailey i'll their presence and | hearing
 George Latch, who was charged in an indictment with having been
 drunk on the highway. was given a D trial by a jury. which resulted in a
 verdict of not guilty.
 , Percy Lance. charged with carry ' ing a pistol, the crime having been ! committed. it was alleged. on March 26. and the indictment having been returned last April, was acquitted ! thru a verdict of a jury
 The jury. which tried the case of State vs L. X. Roberson. charged lwith malicious mischief consisting < in tearing doors from the barn oi Batchlor Bishop, which otfense was : alleged to have been committed in 2 Ipecemner, 1913, returned a verdict
 Iof guilty. and Roberson was given a ' fine of Si and adiudged to pay the 2 costs. which amounted to S2i15. The ! witnesses for the state were Calvin . Harrison, Major Poe and BatchlOI