Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-02-16
"OTHELLOv |NFLAMED
MASTERS JURYMEN
AS Recited by Crutcher, Say
o. Young Mans Attorneys, Who
Ask New Trial of Court

~ idl VI o case, were contained III
"a motion filed in the Madison cir
cult court by Attorneys G. c.
Wallace and J. c. Chenault, rep
resenting Floyd Masters. senten-
ced to five years in the peniten-
itiary for betraying Minnie War
ren. In the written motion fill
ed with the court, there are five
causes cited by the attorneys as
grounds for a new trial but the
one which attracted the interest
OF those who read the motion,
was that new trial should be
given Masters.
because the Commonwealth
Attorney in his argument before
the jury recited and acted
ohakespeare's drama, known as
'Othello,' the recitation and act
ing of said drama tending to in
flame the jury"
! Other grounds offered were
that the jury was allowed to sep
,arate and lninglc with the people
during the trial; that because the
court tailed to instruct the Jury
not to make up their minds as to
guilt or innocence until the case
had been finally submitted to
them; that because the cOr.t did
not instruct the jury not to CON
slider the case unit it had been fin
ally submitted to them; and be-
cause the jury did not consider
the case, but returned its verdict,
lntiictlng the extreme penalty lln-
der the Jaw. within less than five
minutes after retiring to the Jury
room.
! Circuit court has been busy.
mostly with civil cases the first
part Of this week. The grand
jury met again Wednesday, how
ever, and has quite bit of work
before it, it is said
Judge Shackelford appointed
Messrs. {. {. Coy. Elmer Death
erage and Joseph West as Jury
Commissioners to fill the wheel.
They will meet February 2lst for
that duty.
The suit OF V. \. Lccr and Co.,
against the l.. & n railroad for
damages growing out of a ship
iment Of mules to Blackey, up in
the mountains. was decided iii
favor OF the plaintiff. who was
given Judgment for $3.50.
\ demurrer filed by attorneys
for G.. ". Goodloe to the suit
brought against him by Harold
Oldham for collection Of an al
legged debt amounting to about
$500, was sustained, and the case
was dismissed.
On account Of the very serious
illness Of his brother, Wearen
Kennedy, Judge Shackclford cx-
cused Jesse Kennedy from the
Jury box, early Wednesday morn
ing. News came a little later to
the court room that Mr.. Kennedy
was dead, and general sympathy
was expressed for Mr.. Kennedy
and the entire family.
The suit Of {. {. Clark aginst
Il. NJ. Mcclure, over rental con-
tract. was dismissed, having been
settled.
The suit of Fred Whitaker
against the l.. & \. was also dis
missed, having been settled.
J Court went into trial Wedncs-
'dav morning OF the suit of LYONS
land Durham against Lonnie Alb
rams and Alvin Azbill. The plain
tiffs are from Lebanon. The suit
grew Out OF an alleged sale OF a
stock of goods in the army store
on East Main street last Novem-
Der. The plaintiffs claimed that
they sold the goods to Mr.. Abb
rams and Mr. Azbill for 81 l.OOC
and a Mitchell car: that the deal
was closed on the evening Of No
venber 18th. and the key to the
storeroom turned over to the de
ifendants and the key of the car
TO the plaintiffs. However, that
might the entire stock, uninsured
was destroyed by the fire that
swept almost the entire block, de-
!stroying Soper's mil and a num-
Der of small storerooms and the
Belue storeroom. The plaintiffs
claimed when they called upon
defendants to pay them the
amount due as cash purchase
price the next day. that it was
claimed that the deal had not
ibeen completed, legally or other
wise. Messrs. Abrams and Az
bill contended that the sale was
not to become effective unless af-
ter examination by mechanic
the next day. the car was found
to be in good shape, and also that