The Mena weekly star., 1917-04-26
TWO SENTENCED
 FOR FORGERY
Richard and Jim Johnson Plead Guilty and Received Sentences John and Jim Rodgers Found
 Not Guilty.

The cases against Richard and Jim
 Johnson. indicted on the charge of
 forgery and uttering forged instru- ments were taken up Tuesday morn
 ing. Judge Martin, as attorney for Jim Johnson entered plea of guilty.
 The court before accepting the plea
 however, reminded the young man
 of the consequences and penalties,
 and asked if under those conditions
 he still desired the plea to stand.
 The answer being in the affirmative,
 the court sentenced him to the pen
 itentiafy for the period of two years
 on each count, but directed that the sentences run concurrently, SO in the aggregate there will be only a serv-- ice of two years. Richard Johnson,
 the oldest of the two boys, being q years of age, came without an attor- ney, and entered a plea of guilty to
 two indictments and two counts in each indictment. The court before passing sentence reminded him that
 he had been indicted in Pike coun-
 ty for wife abandonment and had served considerable time in jail for
 that ofTense, and suggested that in his case crime was progressive. He was indicted on two counts for for gerry and two counts for uttering a forged instrument. and the court in- formed him he would be sentenced to two years on each of the indict- ments, that the sentences run con- currently, thus making an aggregate sentence of four years. These are
 the cases that grew out of the pass ing of forged cheeks by the defend ants on the Watkins Hardware Com pany, B. F. Parker and s. I. Wood,
 in each of which cases the defend ants had made small purchases, paying for the same in forged cheeks and getting change in re- turn.
 Frank Haas, who was indicted on the charge of assault and battery on the person of Fred Herman on the i6th day of January, 1917, entered a plea of guilty, and was given fine of Si0, which with the costs amouat- ed to $29.
 Frank Hass, who was indicted on the charge of being drunk on the highway, was given a jury trial, which resulted in verdict of not guilty.
 The jury trying the case of State vs. J. H. Ammons on the charge of assault with intent to kill on the person of Lloyd Shipp, returned a verdict of guilty of aggravated as sault and assessed the punishment at $50 and 20 days in the county jail This indictment covered an incl dent which occurred at the Shipp home last November, and is really the inception of the trouble which since then has ripened into several indictments and civil damage suit.
 The jury in the case of State vs Frederick A. Chubb, tried on the charge of carrying a concealed weapon, returned a verdict of guilty and assessed fine of $50. The case was an appeal from the J. P. Court of s. H. Smith, wherein the defend ant was found guilty and fined $50, 1 and from this judgment an appeal was taken to the Circuit court
 George l.. Rector of Mena, Alex Coyle of Grannis and J. B. Hilton of Board Camp, who were heretofore appointed jury commissioners by Judge Bowling, were in open court Tuesday, and after being in- structed in their duties, retired to select the grand and petit jurors for the October term of court, making report later in the day, and being excused.
 The jury trying the case of Mar shall McCowan charged with carry ing weapons returned verdict of not guilty. Two separate indict- ments were returned against the de- fendant by the grand jury at the 0c- tober term of court, alleging that he 1 carried a pistol on December 2i, 1915. at the Christmas tree exercises at Two-Mile school house. The evil denee developed that the pistol car ried was broken, no account weap- on.
 0rviiie Ashcraft plead guilty tol the indictment of assault and battery | alleged to have been committed on the person of Bob Miller. He was given fine of S5
 J. H. Ammons. charged in an in- dictment with disturbing the peace of the l.. V. Shipp family on Deeem- Der i6, was given a fine of Si0.
 A peculiar tangle arose in the in- dictment returned aganst Andy Self | on the charge of carrying concealed weapons When the case was called, the jury empaneled, and the state had introduced it's testimony. H. H.I Thomas placed Walter Self on thel stand. as the man on whom the warrant had been served. and who claimed to be brother of Andy Self. However. the state connected Walter Self with the charge of carrying the weapon, and the case was allowed to proceed. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
 The most important criminal case tried at this term of court was thatI against John and Jim Rodgers, who were indicted on the charge of man. afaetuFing and selling liquor. The i ease was begun during the middle of Inc forenoon. the state being repre- sented by Prosecuting Attorney A. r. A ~ta4r D