The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1921-10-20
October Term Dist.
Court Will Convene
Tuesday, October Is
Much Interest Being Manifested In Coming Term
On Account of Rozell Murder Case; Large
Number of Other Cases Also Will
Appear on the Docket

The regular October term of district
court will convene in Julesburg next
tuesday morning, October 25th, with
Judge l.. G. Stephenson as the presid-
ing Judge.
Eighty petit jurors were to have
been summoned for jury duty, a jury
venlre having been issued by the clerk
of the district court upon the lnstruc-
tons of the court for this number of
jurors. However, the sheriff could
only summon seventyseven of
the original list on account OF two OF
the men not now residing IN Sedgwick
county and one being dead. The sher-
If made return OF having summoned
seventy seven, which is no doubt the
largest list Of jurors ever summoned
tor one term of court in Sedgwick
county.
We have been refused the list of
jurors by the Clerk of the District
court, she informing representative
Of the Grit-Advocate Monday that
the list was not for publication; that
1t was the wish Of the court that the
jury list be not published, although
II was not an official order. We
made a request upon the clerk thru
an authorized representative of this
paper to copy the list OF the petit
jurors from the records in the clerks
office, and we were refused the oppor-
tunity to do so, therefore the reason
for the jury list not appearing in
print in this issue. However, we are
publishing d tentative list Of the cas-
es which will appear on the docket,
representative of this paper having
gone to the clerks office and COM
piled the list from the records.
Inc coming term of court will at
tract unusual interest due to the fact
that murder trial is on the docket,
that Of The People VS.. J. j. Baker.
Baker is charged with the murder of
Ralph Rozell, former business man
of Julesburg, the shooting having oc-
Cured Wednesday morning, July 18th
in the law Offices of Robson d Hen
bricks on the second floor of the Clti-
zens National Bank building in this
city. Baker was arrested shortly af-
terwards and placed IN the county
jail, where he has been since that time
awaiting trial. District Attorney Roy
T. johnson of Sterling filed a direct
information in the district court Sat
urday evening, July 10Th, charging
the defendant with murder, and Judge
Munson of Sterling ordered Baker
held without bail until the October
term Of court.
The prosecution will be represented
by District Attorney Roy I. Johnson,
Deputy District Attorney W. H. Pound
of this city, and Attorney Isaac Pei
ton of Akron. the latter having been
engaged as special counsel to assist
in the prosecution. From reliable in
formation obtained the defense will
be represented by Attorney George
Hastings of Grant, Nebr., Mr.. Hast
ings having been here recently max
ing Investigations in the defendants
behalf. There is considerable specu-
lation as to how long it will take to
secure a jury of twelve men, on ac-
count of the prominence of the case.
1t is thought that the trial will con-
sumo considerable time in submitting
the testimony of the witnesses, as
there will no doubt be quite a num-
Der for both the defense and prosecu-
ton
We herewith publish tentative
list of the cases which will appear on
the docket at the coming regular Oct
ober term of district court:
NATURALIZATION
In the matter of petition of A. Nc
MILAN.
In the matter of petition of VIM.
Sattler.
CRIMINAL CASES
People VS.. Bush, grand larceny.
People VS.. Baker, murder.
People VS.. Flora, malicious mis-
chief.
CIVIL CASES
Robson VS.. Liddle, suit on note.
Cox VS.. Liddle, foreclosure.
Spells VS.. Gavin, specific perform
ance.
Petition Of D. Hileman, determina-
ton of interest.