The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-10-30
NEW RECORD IN
CRIMINAL CASES
Less Than a Day Required to Dispose
Of Minor Misdemeanors Brought
Before Circuit Court--Railroad
Cases Are Tried.

cases were disposed OF IN less than q
say. In the first instance, the Grand
jury returned only 10 indictments,
seme of these were for minor offenses
that were settled without taking the
time Of the court and juries for trial,
and then the cases carried over from
last term were mostly relating to vio-
lations of the cattle dipping regula-
tsons. and these were dismissed by the
ssate. At the close Of the session on
Tuesday, Judge Steele congratulated
enc people of Polk county on the good
sAowing made thru the light criminal
dssket
]. F. Dickson entered a plea of
amsfsy to the charge of permitting
Etwsr to be stored on his premises,
- ne Court assessed fine Of 500,
anesting that the fine be suspended
snA1Ass good behavior and upofi the
61rmept Of costs. This action came
a6bm the case had been tried and af-
~ Ne jury had deliberated on the
aSes from Ii o'clock in the forenoon
- 4:10 in the afternoon. The case
- an appeal from the court Of S. H.
GfkAeA. where the defendant had been
tspmS guilty and fined 500. Before
- trial Of the case the State secured
- anendment Of the charge so as to
n&sFe that the defendant permitted
~ making, manufacture, storage and
1enking Of intoxicating liquors on
- premises and in a room on his
prsmises. The jury in the case was
ssxposed of l.. p. Purvis, T. ]. Walk
e.. d. L. Cock, w. II. Jones, Harry
kGes, Dennis Townsend, u. L. Thack-
r, A. Al Spikes, Whit Hawkins, j. M.
H2eett, VIII Clark and Carl Whisen-
ant
Not guilty" was the verdict re-
sxrned by the jury in the case Of State
sf Arkansas VS.. Percy Lance, charged
IN an indictment with having been
drank On the highway This was the
6rst verdict returned on Tuesday
after Judge James S. Steele recon
vened the Polk Circuit court. The
jiery was composed of L. J. Lofts. G.
L. Baker, j. w. Gardner, 7. ]. Ed
wards. M. B. Fried, j. A. Earl, Wayne
Fleming, + w. Tomlinson, w. M.
Chamblin, |. L. Reed and M. B. Le-
gate The first jury case taken up,
however, was that of State Of Arkan-
sas VS.. j. r. Dickson, in which the de-
PENDANT was charged with permitting
liqnor to be kept or stored on his
premises. The case went to the jury
before noon today, but verdict had
not been reached at the hour Of going
70 press.
Vernon Harris, living in Oklahoma,
west Of Hatfield, who had been held
ia the county Jail for about three
months on the charge Of grand lar
seny, appeared before the Court, and
on the recommendation of Prosecut-
ing Attorney A. d. Dulaney, the
charge was reduced to petit larceny,
and then, on his plea Of guilty, the
Court sentenced him to jail for one
hour and fined him $40 Clint Har-
ris, father Of the boy, was present,
and agreed to take the youth home
and thus save him from being sent to
the reform school, tho he admitted he
Aad difficulty in controlling the boy.
The offense consisted in entering the
some Of ]. S. Finch and taking there
frem certain property
]. w. Gardner, 7. ]. Edwards, Nj. B.
Fred, J. A. Earl, Wayne Fleming. w.
=. Chamblin, l. L. Reed, NJ. B. Lee
gate, E. A. Lewis, c. r. Shields, w. r.
Cole, and G. A. Kennett, as jurors in
sAe case Of State of Arkansas VS..
Morrison Barnes, returned a verdict
e guilty and assessed fine of $40.
Barnes was charged with malicious
sssschief. consisting in shooting cattle
seIcnging to M. Houston, living near
&rannis.
II the case of State Of Arkansas VS..
]. B. Carroll, charged with selling
wh'skey, a plea Of guilty of procur-
ing liquor was accepted and fine Of
Sfo0 was assessed. It was also or
dered that the forfeiture of the bond
be SET aside upon the payment Of the
costs
The cases Of State Of Arkansas
against A. B. Cartright, T. J. Stokes,
John Miller, Bill Smith, Lige Lewis,
Bunyan Bates, and Will Harrison
were all dismissed by the State. The
eases involved violations of the cat
Ne dipping regulations, and were in
dEtnents returned at the April term
Of court 1t was announced that af-
ter the return Of the indictments. the
1r1 szidants had all COMPLIED with the