The log cabin Democrat., 1917-01-08
JANUARY court
SESSION BEGINS
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MANY CASES DISMISSED
Juries are ImpaneIled and Faulkner
Circuit Court Begins Trials
Monday Morning.


civil docket, including several of i'm
portance. featured the first morning:
session of the January term of tn,
Faulkner circuit court, which wa.
convened here today by Judge T. c
frimble of Lonoke. Nearly all of tn,
cases stricken from the docket with
out trial were settled between tn,
parties prior to the convening o.
court.
A $4,000 damage suit brought
against the Iron Mountain railwa,
by the estate of ID. M. Barbee of Lit
tie Rock was among those dismissed
this morning. An agreed judgment
for $4,000 damages against the rail
road was entered upon record, repre-
senting the sum at which the case was
compromised. Mr.. Barbee was killec
at railroad crossing near Pine Bluff
last summer, when an automobile il
which he was riding was struck b,
a passenger train.
The grand and petit juries wer,
quickly impanelled and instructed b,
Judge Trimble, who arrived here a,
10 o'clock this morning. For various
causes j. r. Holmes, w. +. Banister
j. A. Hoggard, j. T. Mabry and b
ii. Traylor wer" excused by the court
from service on the grand jury, which
was sworn in as follows:
p. v Hamilton, J. II. Lester, John
Springer. X. c. Thompson, W. ID. Cole
Jr., A. l.. Jones, II. Duncan, p. NJ
Douglass, G. L. Kirby, +. H. Lang
ford, f. ID. Carmichael, r. F. An.
thony, A. G. Duran, n. T. Salt.r, J
M. Bergman, r. Hayden.
The court, after giving the usual in
structions to the grand jury, ap.
pointed p. " Hamilton of Benton
township as its foreman. A. l.. Jones
of Conway was elected by the grand
jury to be its clerk and Sheriff w. w
Bishop appointed Dewitt Harrison as
special bailiff for the grand jury
From the venire of the petit jury
Judge Trimble excused the following
from service, c. f. Gentry. l.. G
Moore, Wiley Mosley, W. b. Love
l.. b. Blythe, c. M. Howard, j. f
Hogan and J. A. Pearce. The releas-
ed jurors exhausted the alternates
summoned for service and A. II
White and J. d. Zellner were sum
moned from among the bystanders to
make out the required "a, the petit
juries being impanelled as follows:
First Panel-W. A. Bates, L. 7
Patton, j. II. Wofford, o. c. Simpson
w j. Drummer, j. 7. Canada. j. A
Pence, R. N. McHenry. j. w. Bran
non, j. l. Robinson, j. T. Ingram, A.
j. Sims.
Second Panel-E. +. Parsons, +. ]
Snow, A Hendrickson, l.. b. Car.
michael, s. A. Stewart, j. T. Sande-
ford, w. j. Durham. W. S. Martin, C.
H. Newbern, Frank W. Hamlet. A. II
White, j. d. Zellner
In the absence of Circuit Clerk A
M. Ledbetter. who is recovering from
an operation at Little Rock hos.
pital, former Clerk j. H. Hartje is
serving in his place in the courtroom
while Deputy Clerk J. +. Wofrord is
taking care of the work in the CLERKS
office.
Only one case on the CRIMINAL dock
ct was set for hearing today, that OF
the state against l.. NJ. Sale. charged
with selling liquor. The defendant
attorney, R. G. Bruce. stated that his
most important witness was confined
to his bed with illness at Little Rock
and the case went over until the court
could pass on the question of contin-
uance.
The first case taken up for trial
by the jury was that of Norton Berger
Shoe Company against J. A. Pence, a
claim for damages growing out of the
occupancy of business building own
ed by MIR. Pence and formerly occu'
pied by Wilson Brothers store. The
jury was selected by noon and re-
cess was taken until 2 o'clock this
afternoon.
The following cases were disposed
of when the docket was sounded
TINS morning.
Weaver-Dowdy Co. VS.. Miss Beulaf
Taylor; dismissed for want of prose
cution.
Lucille Golson ct al VS.. w. II. Dun
can; dismissed for want of prosecu
ton.
Albert Q. Melton VS.. St. L., l. NJ. &
is. Ry. Co.; dismissed.
Southern Cotton Oil Co. VS.. S. f
Lasley; dismissed at cost of defend
ant
j. A. Irby VS.. B. F. Bush, receiver
ct al; dismissed at cost of defend
ant.
Annie M. Barbee ct al. VS.. b. F
Bush, receiver, ct al; settled and con
sent judgment entered.
T. r. Douglass & Son VS.. A. j