The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-01-17
CIRCUIT COURT

CIRCUIT COURT
The January term of the circuit
court opened Monday but no further
court will be held for at least two
weeks,as Judge Collins will go to Liv-
ingston county to hear several cases.
The Jury will not be called until Feb
ruary 10.
Practically all of the morning ses-
sion of the circuit court Monday was
taken up in examining candidates for
citizenship. In all II residents of the
county were naturalized. Judge Col
Inns examined the applicants and their
witnesses until the arrival of Harry
X. Curtis of Detroit, federal examiner
All but one applicant for citizen.
ship was native of Canada. The
only exception was Henry Hepfner, a
Russian living in Owosso. George
Gilbert of Owosso, who discovered last
fall that he was not citizen although
he had believed he was and had voted
for years, was denied a citizenship
on technicality.
Included among the many men who
were made citizens, were half dozen
others who had believed until last
summer that they were citizens. Mayor
A. T. Wright of Owosso, was among
them, as were his two brothers, How
ard and George All three had been
told by their father, they swore, that
he was a citizen, but when they came
to look for his last papers, last year,
couldn't find them.
Those who were made citizens
were: Garfield Crossen, B. F. White
ley, Henry Hepfner, Owosso; Alfred
Damn, Corunna; William Wood, Co.
runna; Robert and William Wigel-
worth, New Lothrop; Samuel Clapp,
William Hoy, Owosso; L. j. Veale,
Corunna; A. T. Wright, George u.
Wright, Howard Wright, Owosso;
Horace Roper, Corunna; j. D. Angus
tine, New Haven. George Wyatt of
Durand, will be admitted to citizen
ship as soon as one of his witnesses,
who is sick, makes deposition.
The court granted Mrs. Ora Willett
of Owosso, temporary alimony in the
sum of four dollars week, pending
the trial of her divorce suit against
Sidney Willett. He also granted Mrs.
Willett SIS witness fees.
Two DEGREES of divorce were gran ted
by Judge Collins Mondsy afternoon.
They were in thu cases OF Eva Va Will.
liam Hillman of Byron. and Charles
O'Connorvs, Eva OConnor of Owosso.
Neither case was contested.
The Hillmans were married in 1915
and have one child. Mrs Hillman
swore that her husband WAS cruel to
her, beating her and calling her vile
names, and that on one occasion he
threw her on the fl ,or and choked her.
She was given the custody of their child
now three years old.
OConnor testified that his wife start.
ed going to dances last winter and be.
ing out until late hour. leaving him
home with their four little children and
that when he demonstrated she gave
him no satisfaction Things went from
bad to worse, he said, until he had to
leave her.
The court calendar was arranged for
the term. The case of Mrs. Kittie
Barrows Of New Haven township |
against the Michigan Surety and |
Bonding Co. will be the first tried |
She is suing for damages, because she |
claims that her husband was sold IL
quor at the Oakley saloon and became |
a drunkard, breaking up her home.
The bonding company carried the |
bonds of Joshua Fuller, owner of the |
saloon. The cases on peremptory call |
are: E. r. tombstone of Bancroft |
against the Grand Trunk Western
Railroad; William E. Robbs VS.. L. C. |
Mountain and Thomas Murdoch VS.. the |
Ann Arbor Railroad Co.
The following cases which it was
announced were ready for trial were
placed on the call board and will be
tried in the following order: o. E.
Driver and S. E. Driver VS.. G.. F.
Phillips & Taylor VS.. Mich.
Co.; Frank S. Smith VS.. De-
witt, Tremble and Co.; Ritter Lumber
Go. VS.. Biggam Trailer Co.; the three
appeals from from the probate court
in the matter of the estate of Caroline
Bugbee deceased. Judson r. Clyde
and Charles Smith, claimants; William
Hughes VS.. Roy Pierce; Lloyd Tower
vs.. Floyd Bassett; w. A. Spencer VS..
Phillips & Taylor; Jennie McEachen
It. al, VS.. Charles Pitter ct. al, James
Sullivan VS.. Fidelity and Casualty Co.;
Orbin Moore VS.. Tony Radon;, Pearl
Odell VS.. Anna Rifkin; Stoughton
Wagon Co. VS.. w. Berry; Mirial and