The courier-index., 1919-04-11
SPRING TERM OF CIRCUIT COURT
,.ND JURY IN SESSION 3 DAYS AND RETURNS ss BILLS or,NnycTMENT-RECOMMEN- nATIONS ARE MADE.

The spring term of the Lee circuit
 ,t with Judge J. M. Jackson pre- siding. and Prosecuting Attorney J. r Miller looking after the interests af inc state, convened here on Mon- M Jav for a session of two weeks.
 The grand jury, with W. 5. Me |r,;ntock as foreman, and O. B. Har- .;a of Aubrey as clerk, finished its .rork in three days and was discharg- |sd on Wednesday afternoon. The |hodv examined seventy-five witness o1 ~ and returned thirty-three indict- |rnts,thirty-two of which were for |ra,or;es and one for misdemeanor. Five eases brought before the grand :rr were dismissed because the
 ,roof was deemed insufficient to Justify the indictments. \ The grand jury, in a portion of lowing recommendations:
 l eve have experienced some diff [cu,tv in our work because of the |fact that some of the justices of the |reace of the county failed to file a Eranscript of the testimony of wit |rasses in cases that were tried be- |fore them; and we wish to recom- 6nend that the attention of all jus hices of the peace be called to the fact that the law requires them to |f;le transcript of the testimony in nIl eases that are bound over to the brand jury, as such action on the hart of the justices of the peace in complying with the law in this re- kpect will greatly expedite the work |of grand juries in the future. We Lalso wish to recommend that all wit hesses who are recognized to appear before the grand jury be impressed Mith the importance of their attend lance on a certain day in order that the necessity of having subpoenaes issued for witnesses may be avoided in the future.
 "A committee was appointed by the foreman of this grand jury to Visit and inspect the county farm, hnd they reported to the grand jury [that they find the premises of this institution in fairly good condition. This committee recommends that fn view of the fact that the farm can hot to be operated at profit with tprison labor in the cultivation of general crops, that the farm be plant |ed to grasses largely, which will pre- Fent the farm from washing to the extent it is now.
 "A committee was also appointed |by the foreman to visit the county Bail, and this committee reports that while the jail is not in as good sani- kary condition as the comfort and welfare of the prisoners demand, the condition will be remedied by the Completion of the new addition which s now in process of construction. This committee has called the atten- |tion of the county judge to certain Fminor improvements in the old jail (Which should be made to afford tenn porary relief from conditions which obtain there, and the county judge has promised to carry out the sug- |gestions of the committee"
 Two of the most important cases fried so far this week were those |pf the widow of Mike Wood, colored, egainst J. M. Kinard of Brickeys Tor s10.000 damages for the death pf Mike Wood, and J. Benham, ad- ministrator of the estate of Julius Ebenham, against the American Gen. Fral Life Insurance Company for the Recovery of $4,00O on an insurance policy carried by the late Julius Ben ham.
 The Wood-Kinard suit grew out pf an accident at the Kinard gin at bnckeys in January, 1918, when a Paie of cotton rolled off the cotton
 platform and killed Wood. The cot kon was being handled by T. P. Cliff bord, employed in the Kinard gin.
 ne Widow of Wood filed suit again Ft hlnard for $10,O0O damages. The Ease was hotly fought and the jury
 eiioerated over it more than a Pay' finally returning verdict for me defendant.
 The Benham suit against the
 1merican Central Life Insurance
 company for the recovery of the
 ace value of policy held by the
 a'e Juhus Benham hinged on the
 ssue as to whether or not the insur-
 was in the fighting service at
 ne time of his death. A provision
 the policy disclaimed liability
 1ner than the accumulated reserve,
 "aocunting, ac in this instance, to
 Ao.of when the insured entered
 ay branch of the army or navy
 .'nout special permit. Upon this
 round the company refused pay
 .n. ae o1 the policy other than the 0,O' reserve, upon the death of
 Denham. The insured was in
 aL aViation branch of the service,
 au au taken his ground work at Cor
 sa a University, Ithica, N. r., and
 su S gone to Dallas, Texas, to take
 Jnsanced work at Camp Dix. He was
 "gn III with influenza on his way
 oal'as and died within a week.