The Mena weekly star., 1917-12-20

the charge of forgery, was found guilty Thursday of uttering forged instrument. and the jury returning the verdict, assessed the punishment at two years in the penitentiary. The indictment against Thacker charged that on November ', 1917, he forged a check on the Bank of Hatfield in the name of N C. Ro- mine, and that the same was cashed at the Bank of Cove on November 9, 1917.
 Henry Candle. indicted on the charge of profanity, was given fine Of Sl and adiudged to pay the costs, amounting to Si3.90.
 Dale Barnes and Richard Garrett were indicted on the charges of bur- glary and grand larceny, the offense consisting in breaking into the store of Lee X Whipple in Vandervoort, and taking therefFom moneys and wares to the value of $37. They en- tered plea of guilty to both the charges and were sentenced to the Reform School, the sentence being two years on the charge of bur glary and one year on the charge of grand larceny, the sentences to run concurrently.
 Arley Rhodes, charged in an in- dictment with grand larceny, con- sisting in taking a yearling, the property of II. 0. Wadley, entered a plea of guilty. He was sentenced 10 one year in the reform school
 In the case of State vs. J. H. Am mons on the charge of disturbing the peace, in which the court had assessed a fine of Si0 on the plea of guilty entered by the defendant on Monday, the plea of guilty was set aside on Thursday, and the cause was dismissed on the payment of the costs by the defendant.
 J. D. Leigh indicted on the sep arate charges of forgery and utter ing forged instruments. and on the charge of false pretense, entered a plea of guilty to the charge of false pretense and was given a fine of Si0 and was sentenced to the county jail for a period of 30 days. On the charge of forgery and uttering a forged instrument he was placed under bond of S250, and the case continued.
 The two separate eases of State ys. A. R. Preston, on the charge of pandering, were continued to the April term of court and set for trial on "Wednesday of the second week of court. The cases against Jack Elm bry were also continued. The same action was taken on the two separ- ate cases of State vs F. O. Shults, indicted on the charge of embezzle- ment and the charge of disposing of property subject to lien
 The ease against Henry Caudle on the charge of malicious mischief was likewise continued.
 Manslaughter Case Continued.
 The last jury trial at this term of court was that of State vs. George Higgins, charged with mansiaugh- ter in an indictment returned by the special grand jury, the crime having been committed on November !, near Wickes, when the defendant struck Lon Thacker on the head with a rock. from the effects of which Thackef died two days later. The case was tried with Prosecuting AL torney A. D. Dulaney and II. H. Thomas for the prosecution, and w B. Thomas for the defense. Under the instructions of the court, the charge was reduced to involun- tary manslaughter. The jury, however, being unable to reach verdict, was discharged by the court, and the case was continued.
 The adjourned term of Circuit court which had been in session since Monday, closed last Friday. Most of the time during the session of five days was taken up with the trial of criminal cases, hearings on civil cases having been taken up only incidentally when the court was not engaged in the trial of state cases. The session was a busy one for court, attorneys and jurors, and was made more arduous on account of the discomfort due to the cold weather prevailing during the week. Many of the jurors who voted last October in favor of adjournment un- iii this month. expressed regret that they did so, after experiencing the diseomforts incident to the made uuate heating arrangements in the a..,,rf r.1a,,,