The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-18
JUDGE LAKE TAXES !. UP HIS NEW DUTIES
Succeeding Judge Bowling, Deceased. He Quickly Convened Circuit Court Monday Morning and Empaneled
 Grand and Petit Juries.

When Hon J. $. Lake, sitting for the first time as successor to Judge J. T Bowling, deceased, directed the sheriff to open the October session of the Polk circuit court last Mon day promptly at g o'colck, there were fewer people present than las been the custom for many terms past. This may be partially ac- counted for by the fact that both the criminal and civil dockets for this term are exceedingly light and by the further fact that farmers and business men are too busy tO attend court unless required by reason of being jurors, lltigants or witnesses.
 Immediately after calling court, Judge Lake proceeded to empanel the petit jury.
 c. II. Rogers, E. E. Ashmore. J. c. Lawrence, J. G. Garland. Marion 0. Cecil, Walter Brumley, and Kelsey Skinner of the regular panel were excused. R. l.. Norris, John C. HO- heimer and John Joplin had been previously excused by the court.
 Those of the regular panel required to serve were j. NJ. Edwards. w. C. Benson, Louis Gore, Walter Gray. $. C. Reynolds, NJ. D. Winion. A. C. Higginbottom, A. J. Morgan, J. B. Ringgold, W. R. Shinn, J. F. Averitt, w. K. Danner, w. II. Terry. Tally WoOdell and w. H. Parker, making a total of fifteen petit jurors. The court thereupon directed the sher- iff to summons a sufficient number of men to make a panel of 30 jurors tG report for duty Monday after noon.
 Proceeding to the empanelIing of
 the grand jury, A. c. Briggs and | Frank Lofts were excused in open court, and Clyde Cunningham, Rome Golf and Levi Wimberly had pre- viously been excused by the court. H. l.. Dalrymple was reported as | having removed from the county. IL. l.. Looney, Will Foster and C. B. Gonnally, who had failed to report at the time of the opening of court were passed with the direction that
 they be used on the petit jury. The personnel of the grand jury as fin-
 ally selected is as follows: J. Henry Anderson, John Dodd, W. E Hilton, Sim Lawrence, w l.. Durham, E. p. Liehlyter, Wiley Jones, J. J Embry, w. J Barton. L. O. Cooper, w. k. Watkins, |. B. George, Frank Gam, w. l. Collins and C. w. Tole of the regular panel. and to complete the required number NJ. D. Huddleston was selected from the bystandefs. B. ?. Lichlyter was selected as fore man by Prosecuting Attorney A. D. Duianey, and after the prisoners in the county jail had been brought into open court to exercise the right of challenge to the array of grand jurors, the court briefly instructed the jury in the method of organic ing and conducting business, and in the general duties of the jury, pro- eeeding then to brief instructions on some of the criminal statutes most likely to have been violated dul ing the preceding year. s. B. Wallace was selected as bailifl in charge of the grand jury.
 Special jurors summoned for the completion of the petit jury panel were as follows: F. F. Hoffman, T. A. Carter, c. l.. Clement. G w. Nich- ols. Phil Abernathy Carl Whisenant, J. F. Smith, Elmer Eddy, U l.. Thacker, H. L. Baker. C. $. Tankers- ley. John Thompson, $. L. Brooks, John Wimberly and c. w. Craig. C. B. Connally, Will Foster, NJ. M. Shields, w. E. Holt and Willis Thompson were excused from fur ther attendance.
 Court Adiourns to December 10.
 After empaneiing the grand inrx and petit juries and calling the cnil docket Monday afternoon. Judge J. $. Lake found there were no cases ready for trial, and hence, about 3.30 o'clock, he adjourned court until S:30 o'clock Tuesday morning Up- on reconYening he found that tie trial of the civil docket would not take later than Wednesday, and as there were many jurors who desired to be excused that they might conn plete the harvesting Of crops. tho Court announced thai after Wednes- day evening all petit jurors would be excused until December 10. ut which time court would be recon Nened for the completion of the civil docket and the trial of the criminal cases.
 The first civil ease taken up for trial was that of W T Whittenbers ys. C. C. Naught which was an ap- peal from the justice court of ". F Cole Of Ouachiia township. wherein the plantiff had secured q verdict of Si0. The issues involved in the case was an attempt at settlemen between W. I. Whittenberg as land- lord and C. C. yanght as tenant Tho case went tn the jury this afternoon after argument by R. ] Stuart and Col. Pole MePhetriee attorneys for the plaintilf and defendant. respeet- ively The jury returned verdict of s3.75 in favor of the defendant Vaught
 The grand jury reported into open court Tuesday morning. returning true bills. One of these was against Roy Oller, charging forgery and us- tering a forged instrument, the saIiie- heinz check drawn on the Planters