The Mena weekly star., 1917-04-26
QUICK DISPOSAL
 OF INSTANTANEOUS
Pleas of Guilty in Several Cases Brought Minimum Fines = \ Special Petit Jury Drawn for
 Wednesday.

At the call of Circuit court Mon- day morning Judge Bowling took up the criminal docket, and quickly disposed of number of misdemean- or cases, by accepting pleas of guilty and assessing the fines as provided by law, giving the minimum fine in all cases in which a plea of guilty had been entered. Several cases were dismissed. The cases disposed of and the action of the court there on, are as follows:
 Bud Ross, indicted on the charge of petit larceny consisting in talk | ing a sprocket wheel and 30 feet of sprocket chain, the property of w. E. Clinton, plead guilty and was given fine of Si0 and sentenced to jail for one day.
 The ease of State vs. Winifred Hammond, charged with violating the liquor law, was dismissed by the state, as was also the case against NV. A. Walker on the charge of Sabbath breaking. Both of these cases grew out of the work done here last year by "spotter' named McAlester. Along the same line the case against w. D. Harper on the charge of Sabbath breaking was dis missed.
 Ad Dickson, charged in an indict- ment with Sabbath breaking, con- sisting in selling tobacco on Sunday, April 1, plead guilty and was given a fine of S25.
 The case against Whit Hawkins charged with giving liquor to a min- or, was dismissed on the payment of the costs by the defendant.
 Walter Breeding, charged with be- ing drunk on the highway, was given a fine of Si0. The offense was com mitted on January i6, 1917, in Rich Mountain.
 The charge against Albert Niche lin of removing mortgaged property was dismissed on the condition that the costs be paid by the defendant.
 Ira Smith, indicted on the charge of selling tobacco to a minor plead guilty and was given a fine of $i0. | The two separate indictments which were returned by the grand Jury of the October term of court, charging Bill Watkins with selling lliquor and violating the liquor law, were dismissed by the state, as the defendant is now about completing a sentence in the state penitentiary.
 Ad Dickson plead guilty to the charge of selling tobacco to a minor and was given fine of Si0
 A plea of guilty was entered in the lease of State vs. Gus Powers, charged with permitting minors to play pool, and the court assessed minimum | fine of S20.
 Attorney F. F. Baker, who was ap- pointed by the court to defend Am- prose West on the charge of grand larceny, entered plea of guilty for his client, and the court fixed the punishment at a sentence of two years in the penitentiary, one year on each indictment but the sen- tences to run concurerntly. There were two indictments against the defendant. the one charging grand larceny in stealing one lubrieator and two grease cups from B. P. lLichlyter. and the other charged the taking of two lubricators of the value of s20 and the property of w. +. Clinton.
 The first criminal ease te be tried before a jury was that of State vs. Bill and Lester Daniels and Lloyd Hansard. charged with disturbing the peace, came to an abrupt close when the court directed the jury to lreturn a verdict in favor of the de- Ifendants. This action was taken by lthe court when it was found that the indictment alleged that the disturb ance took place in Hatfield, whereas lthe offense was committed in Cove. Indirectly the verdict, the court ad- Imonished the defendants, who were lall mere boys, scarcely in their teens, lthat dismissal of the case did not re- Ilieye them from future indictment land prosecution on similar offense. IJudge Cowling further admonished lthem that they were on the broad iroad to the jail and eventually to Ithe penitentiary unless they desisted from the practices with which they were charged, which consisted in lloafing about the Cove depot and lthere disturbing the peace, the par ltieular offense consisting in squirt ing water on the books and records
 of the depot agent and making loud land boisterous noises in the depot
 waiting room.
 | Chas. Marlborough, indicted on 1.-two charges of carrying concealed
 weapons. appeared before the Court land stated that he was guilty, admit lting that he had carried pistol, but that he had not carried it concealed land thought that he was conform- i ing to the law. He stated also that he had traded the pistol. and that he