The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-23
THIRTY EIGHT CASES
DISPOSED OF IN TERM
OF COURT TO FRIDAY

District court was adjourned Friday
moring at the close of the criminal
docket. which had been in session for
the past two weeks, and which had
been unusually heavy due TO the more
than ordinary number of murder cases
on hand. -Four murder cases vert
tried. resulting i'm two acqWuals'
and two convictions which bore sen
tences of 20 years each after the de
fendants had been found guilty OF first
degree manslaughter. one plea oil
guilty was entered in q murder case
and the defendant sentenced 10 life
Imprisonment in the state penltentiarY.
Thirty-eight cases were disposed oil
as follows:
Son Hickman, larceny, continued
A. n. Nut, larceny, dismissed.
A. p. Couch. murder found guilty
,nanslaughter in first degree, and sen
fenced to 20 years in state peniten-
tiary. Couch was alleged to have killed
Ernest Lunceford at Wilson on July
3.
Tom Simpson, false pretense. one
year sentence.
P. H. Herring, false pretense, con-
tinued.
George Pollock. murder, acquitted
Pollock was charged with having kill
ed William Williams at ReXroat on
July 6.
Pat Whitfield murder, continued
ty state due to absence of witness.
Lon Kirby. burglary. bond forfeited
Charlie Maddox, burglary, pleaded
guilty, sentenced one year in reform
school. sentence suspended pending
good behavior.
Priest Combs. assault, dismissed by
state.
Ed Baker, receiving stolen property.
acquitted.
Fred Thomas, receiving stolen prop
erty. dismissed by state.
c. a. Taylor. statutory oftense
continued.
c. Il. England false prctense, con.
tinued
shorty Phillips. gaming house, bond
forfeited,
Ira Hammer. murder, acquitted
Hammer was charged with the killing
of Charles Spears near Brock on Jun'
6, 1919
Dock Smith and King Lindsay re-
ceiving stolen property, dismissed by
state.
Jim Davis, disposing of mortgoged
property, pleaded guilty, sentence one
year McAlester pepitentiary.
George Oyerstreet. bogus checks
dismissed by state on payment OF
costs.
Wylie Smith. murder, continued on
account of illness of defendant.
Jake Nugent, murder, pleaded guilty
sentenced three years to reformatory
for second degree manslaughter
r. s. Baxter, murder, guilty of first
degree manslaughter, sentenced ~
years state penitentiary. Baxter was
alleged to have killed a. c. Ford on
September Is.
Grady Gilbreth ct al, larceny, con-
tinued.
Clint Pierce, murder, continued on
account of illness of child of late Tom
Fogle, whom Pierce is alleged to have
killed at Milo.
Jeff Settle, receiving stolen prop
erty, dismissed by state.
Ernest Ford. receiving stolen prop
erty dismissed by state,
Lloyd Stegan, ct al, larceny, con
tinued.
Ernest Ford, assault, continued.
Fred Ford, assault, hung jury.
Hubert Pace, bogus check plead
guilty, sentenced one year.
John McCauley, larceny, pleaded
guilty. sentenced one year.
John Boyles, murder, pleaded guilty
sentenced TO life Imprisonment al
McAlester, Boyles was alleged to have
killed G. 5. Beavers at Dillard.
c. j. Eek, embezzlement, continued.
J. 4. Thornton, murder, continued
on account Of illness Of defendant
Thornton is alleged to have been i'm
plicated in connection with the killing
OF W. +. Carl at Provence.
Wilson Worley, perjury, continued
L. s. oglesby, larceny, acquitted.
Walter Coffey, assault, continued.
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