The Holt County sentinel., 1920-09-10

bills for the illegal selling OF liquor.
peddling without a license; selling
igor TO Indians; gambling, and va
ious otner misdemeanors, Just as the
docket of today is largely made up.
At this first term of court in the
first court house Of the county, Prince
:. Hudgins. Willard +. Hall, John NJ.
Young and l.. u. Bird were the first g.
re licensed 10 practice before the
curt.
II was at this time that James
McAvoy was acquitted Of the charge
Of perjury by jury, and was the first
perjury case heard.
Paying cards on SUNDAY IL seems.
was common offense, Tor at each
tenn for several years, the grand Jury
would return many indictments.
In those DAYS men were found who
who made and showed the queer
Just as they are found today. At this
October term, John Jackson, and Al
win Morrow innocently passed some
counterfeit, monty. They were nc.
quilted.
Prior TO 1852 the circuit judges were
appointed by the governor, and judge
Atchison, Young and Leonard served
under appointment. and held court in
this original court house, and the
judicial circuit was known AS the 18th.
II was here in this old court house
that the grand jury returned true
bill. charging Cornelius McKissick.
with the murder Of Zadoc Martin, on
April "a, lS43, the deed being done
with u rifle gun" The case came up
for trail, September %, 1913, and was
the first murded trail in the history Of
the county. Peter Burnett represented
the state, and A. W. Doniphan defend.
ed. Doniphan afterwarl attained
distinction in the mexican war. The
Jury was composed Of stephen II.
Scovill, Alex Record, James Temple
ton, Vim. VI. Cas-, Robert Watson,
John Robson, Cornelius Risk, Stephen
Stuart, Wesley Plummcr, VIM. G.. Ball,
Abraham Brown. Scovill was foreman
and the jury returned verdict Of sec.
ond degree murder assessing punish
mcnt at three years in the peni-
Tertiary. Col. Doniphan at once, filed
his motion for a new trail which wa,
granted by the circuit judge, Hendct.
son Yorng. who qualified February
20. 1912. Doniphan then induced his
client 20 plead guilty TO manslaughtcr,
and he was given six months in jail,
anu lIne VI aDoo' '.i'.' WV 90" ~
'ehce was leniis.Su ON u"eoun. " Wv
lhSanltary CONDITION. ana 9hiy the llhc
'Cv" "g"'hs' '"c "''"sSe" WHICH was
paln' 80,
me mr. carnage sun vas 'r.ea ~
th's Original court mouse, ana u was
On thc "oenet lhs steamer bowlhs
pr"'n W.. Nililam lemPie'oh ana g.
Ncph iiolt the latter bcihg u pfoth,i
"i David hicc dot tor whom non
county was Named Dl'atory lac,lci
were useh IN ,hose uaEs ~ now, ans
we sa'c I,ha,,y cane On to' tl'ai w
pa u n" go, doo, ill., ,h", ,inao 80 w.,
of the most fnshionable and popular
steamboats, ON the Missouri river, an
besides being the popular means OF
travel by n very aristocrntic and *.
elusive set of slave traders of 81
Louis and Now Orleans. furnishc.
some of the most extensive gambling
of that dny. The trial occupied twC
DAYS, and the iury gave a vcrlic, TO,
tho plaintiff for Slial2-it was moth.
inc more nor less than a suit 10 max,
tho losers nay a pokcr debt. -. .,.
Among The practictioncrs at the ban
In those DAYS we're such men as Peter
II. burnett BENJAMIN HAYES, Sol I.
Leonard, James BALDWIN. Elias T.
West. James Foster, John c. Morris
Robert Wilson. Henry NJ. Vorics
Prince l.. Hudvins, Edwin Toolc, San,
ford Hastings Jobn NJ, Young, Thco
Wheaton, James Craig, Frank Warm,
castle, " r. Hall. las, II. Gardenhlrc
Jas. s. Thomas. Frederick Grecnough
Christopher p, Brown, John w, Kelley
Geo. W Grow, Alex. w, Doniphan, Bcr
Loan Elijah Norton. Vim. nj. Paxton
RI. S...,a Cur, Hans.
''','"' so"
Before the lapse OF the ilfst deead'
IN the couhtys history ts progress
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