The Mena weekly star., 1917-12-13
ADJOURNED TERM
 OF CIRCUIT COURT
Convened This Morning With Judge ]. $. Lake presidinD-Jury Com missioners Named and 20 Men
 Called for Grand JurS.

The adjourned term of the 0cto- Der term of Circuit court convened al 9 o'clock Monday morning with Judge J. S Lake presiding
 w. J. Barton of Cove, Phil Aber- nalhy of Big Fork, and ]. C. Jack son of Mena, summoned as jury commissioners, appeared before the court and were instructed in their duties iii the matter Of selecting grand and pelit jurors for the April, 1918 term of court
 SheriH Ii W. Finger was directed by the court to summons 20 men having the qualifications for grand jurors to report for duty al | o'clock today for the selection of a speeia grand jury
 Judge ] S Lake thereupon pro- ceedsd le the call If the docket, talk ing up first the criminal cases.
 In the case of State vs. Andrew Whisenhunt, Jewel Harris aad Grover Watkins. on the charge of disturbing the peace, plea of gull ty was entered by Grover Watkins. and the court assessed a fine of Sl0. The indictment against the young men charged that on August i5, 1917, they disturbed the peace and quiet in the town Of Hatfield
 The ease of state vs. R. l.. Beavers was set for trial on "Wednesday morning.
 Tn the ease Of State vs. Homer Donohue and Opha Maxwell, the last named entered a plea of guilty, but sentence was deferred for a period of 2i hours io give the defendant nm opportunity to consult with his mother The defendants Homer Donohue, Opha Maxwell and Leon ard lInekels. were indicted at the October term of court on two charges Of grand larceny, the of- lenses having been committed at the homes of W. A. Worthington and B. II Barton, Sr., in Cove.
 A special venire of 25 petit jurors was ordered summoned for Tues day morning to be used in the trial of the case of State ys. w. l.. Parker
 The ease If State vs Grady Atch- ley was dropped from the docket. The defendant was indicted at the April term of court on the charge of being drunk at a public gathering at Happy Hill school on December 23, 1916, but since that time the de- fendant has enlisted in the army.
 The cases Of Stale vs. ]. Il. Am mons on the charges of resisting an officer and assault with intent to Kill were dismissed, and in the ease of Siaie ys. 5s H. Anmons efl fine charge of disturbing the peace, the fine of Si0 assessed at the April term was allowed to stand
 The following were empaneled at f.30 on Monday afternoon as spe- eiaf grand jurors to investigate the 0ffenses that have been committed since the session of the grand jury at the regular October term of the court: Mark ?. Olney, Arthur Es- kew, D. NJ. Townsend, F. w. Tom Einson. W, Homer Pigg, J. w. Brateher. s. F. Bunch. W. P. Har- man, J W Cunningham, ]. s. Hen son, ]. D. Lauck. s. R. Woodruff, W. l.. Wood c. R. Shields. J. w. Middleton and Will Anderson. Dink winton. Albert Roberts. J, E. Dish ero0n and W. l.. Moseley, who had been summoned with the others, were excused Mark F. Oluey was selected at foreman by Prosecuting Attorney A. D, Dulaney, and E R. Jackson was placed in charge of She jury by Sherif H w. Finger, The court gave no instructions Co the jury, suggesting, however, that while they had been called espe- cially to investigate the charges against the six men held in the county iail, this did not preclude them from Investigating any other ofTenses of which they may have Knowledge or which may he brought t0 their attention.
 The first case up for trial was ghat of State vs. Pearl Harris, in dicted by the grand jury in October, 1916, on the charge of malicious mischief, consisting in injuring al COW belonging to W. A. Dover, living near Hatfield.