The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-10-13
Grant Parish District Court.


ment recognizing legal heir to the es-
tate and decreeing surviving husband
as owner of certain movable property.
Susie Calhoun VS.. Joe Calhoun, di-
vorce in favorlof plaintiff, granting her
permanent care of minor, Matte.
Nose Eli Mercer and wife VS.. Natchez
Ball & Shreveport Railway, judgment
for plaintiffs for SO, 600 with costs. APP
peal granted.
Succession Alkaline Honeybutt, judg-
ment recognizing legal heirs.
John Abraham VS.. John Nj. Sutton,
judgment for plaintiff.
Clarissa Vandyke VS.. Lucinda John
son, judgment by consent giving plain
tiff an undivided one-1ourIn intereft In
the properly sued for.
Brinker Hotel IS. r. A. Levy, judg-
ment Tor plaintiff as prayed Tor.
Milton O'Qulnn VS.. W. A. Traylor,
judgment as prayed for.
Milton O'Quinn VS.. j. l.. Johnson,
judgment for plaintiff for $i39.45, with
legal interest from Nov. 8, 1915, ano
COSTS
Milton O'Quinn VS.. Geo. DeBord,
judgment for $ll5. so and costs.
j. A. Williams, transferee, VS.. f. S.
DeBoise, judgment reviving former
| judgment.
Mrs. Eloise May Harper VS.. Vim.
Harper, divorce in favor of piaintin
granting her custody of her minor child.
In the case of the State VS.. George
Brown, tour jurymen' were drawn and
the State abandoned the case. A nolle
pros was entered in another case against
Brown.
State VS.. Eli Anderson ct al, trans
ferred from criminal docket to Juvenile
court.
Molie Williams VS.. Floyd Williams,
divorce in favor of plaintiff giving her
custody of minor children.
Louise White VS.. Lee White, divorce
| IN FAVOR Oh plalnlllI.
State VS.. Tom and Henry Preuett,
charged with shooting into automobile,
tried by jury OF five. convicted and re-
manded to jail to await sentence.
Dan Tunos VS.. Mai Thompson, d.
vorce in favor of plaintiff
Grant Timber & Manufacturing Co.
VS.. John H. Breazile, judgment for
plaintiff decreeing them owners of land
in controversy.
Mrs. Fronie johnson VS.. R. c. John
son, judgment of separation of bed and
board in favor of plaintiff.
In the case of an unknown man who
refused to speak or plead to indictment
for vagrancy, the judge pronounced
the following sentence: sentence yon.
sir, whatever your name may be. %
the parish Jail for period of sixty
days, subject to be worked on the pub
| lie roads.
The grand jury through their fore
man, j. M. Lang, handed in their final
report on Wednesday, Oct 10. They
examined into 10l cases. of which they
found % true bills and II no bills, and
passed Z cases for further action. They
found the Jail well kept, bat the heat
ing plant in bad condition, and recon-
mended it be repaired; also found court
house well kept, but urged that several
leaks in the roof be repaired before
causing material damage to the build
ing They did not audit the parish
| treasurer's books Tor the reason they
are under the auditors supervision.
State VS.. J. w. Coleman ct ais, tried
ceny to the amount of SIG. j. w. Cole
man, Charles Coleman and Alex Collier
each sentenced to parish Jail for six
months, subject to be worked on the
public roads.
Five cases of bootleggilg whiskey
were tried Friday morning and all con-
victed, sentences being passedNon each
as follows:
Henry Smith and Rrody Hardner
were each fined 500 and sentenced to
Jail for 80 days, and in default of pay
ing fine and costs to 60 additit nal days.
Ella White, 500 fine and costs or 20
days in Jail.
Emma Butler. 500 fine and costs and
30 days in Jail, and in default of pay
meEt to gu days additional imprison-
ment.
Cora Turner, fined $500 and months
in Jail, and in default of paying fine
and costs to four months in Jail.
At IL a. m. Friday court was ad-
journed over to Monday.
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