The Neshoba Democrat., 1922-03-02
CIRCUIT COURT OOlNGS
MURRY JONES GIVEN vSRDICT $4,000

'I The case of Murry Jones VS. Hen
N derson- Molpus Lbr. Co., was tried
4 Wednesday, and verdict OF $4,000
was given Murry Jones for loss sus-
Xtained through the death of plain
ii tiff's son, who was killed by one Of
IA Kdefendant's trucks.
III DALLAS VS. BUCKWALTER
~ The case of M. G. Dallas VS. the j.
4 X. Buckwalter Lumber Co., was
fItried Thursday. Judge Drien in
.~tructed the jury, II they found for
Mplaintiff, to make the damages not
'e0ess than III cents nor more than 81.
a The jury brought back verdict for
ty$350, contrary to his instructions.
sssThe jury was sent back and found
Il or. plaintiff, and gave verdict of 81.
i MRS. RUTHyENS GETS 1880
q The case OF Mrs. Lucy Ruthvens VS.
y rxHenderson- Molpus Lumber Co., in
(which Mrs. Ruthvens was suing for
.I..$40, 900 damages caused by the death
FMhe jury was instructed to find ~
Nwerdict for $3.50, which it did
IN STATE vs. CHARLIE BLOUNT
NJ Charlie Blount Acquitted
81 The jury in the Charlie Rlount case
safteE night and part of day ac-
gAuitted him of man slaughter. The
&Note stood 10 for acquittal and two
&Sfor conviction for many hours, when
EIJudge Bren gave the jury to under
fstand that he could stay as long as
NEhey wanted to deliberate over the
a 5Amatter. Saturday morning they
NAbrought out verdict for acquittal.
II The case OF the State VS. Charlie
n kBlount was tried Thursday and Fri.
day. From a special venire the fol-
Il lowing jury was chosen; Lewis War
,tren, T. A. Barnett, g. M. Hawkins,
NJ. II. Smith, A.. l.. Rivers, H. \. Ger
II many, j. B, Gardner, j +. Houston,
q Clyde Agent, l.. w. Brewer, ID. w.
N Warren, with ID. w. Gillis and w. r
~ Lewis us bafiffs
GRAND JURY REPORT
i To The Honorable f. l.. Brien, Cir
cult Judge:
N We the Grand Jury empanneled at
y the February 1922 term OF the court
y beg leave to submit this our final re-
|. port; We have been in session days
and during our session have eXamin-
h ed 139 witnesses and have found and
returned into court IL bills of indict-
ment and have referred 10 mis.le-
meanor cases to the Justices of the
peace of the proper Districts. We
\ have investigated the books OF the
various County and District officers
who handle county funds to the best
of our ability and find the same
h properly and correctly kept and that
4 all of such officers charged with the
handling of county funds have ac-
counted for the same. We have ex,
amined the Jail and find that same
Is not kept sanitary and recommend
that same be placed in q sanitary
condition at once. We have examin-
/. ed the county Poor house aud find
!. that same is properly kept and the
inmates properly provided for and
kept We have inspected the Court
house and find same in bad condi-
|. tion and not properly kept but that
same is kept III as good condition as
1t is possible TO keep same.
? We wish to congratulate people of
! the county on the fact that there has
4 been no homicide committed in the
county since last court. We regret
however to say that the Sunday
laws are being violated too general
ly especially by the Saw mills. Drug
Stores and Restaurants and we rec
ommend that the County Attorney
and Justice of the Peace take such
steps as is necessary to stop said
violations OF the law.
I We especially desire to thank your
!, Honor for the very able and digni-
fed charge and instruction given us
when we were empanneled.
We also want to thank the Dis
i trict Attorney, County Attorney and
| other officials for their assistance
and courteous treatment given us
! during our deliberations.
L And now having finished our la
|, bours we beg to be finally discharg-
ed. Respectfully Submitted,
IN r. l.. Breland, j. r. Perkins, ID. b.
kmith, w. ID. Nicholson, j. b. Jones
XIII. Morrow, II. l.. Cheatham. w T.
DfWillamson, A. ID. Boiler, 5 b. Now.
" ell, 5. $ Fulton, j. X. Roundtree. A
N. Smith, w. J. Milling. Frank Bar
I nett, r. A, Richmond, L. j. Tally
and j. A. Graves, foreman and X. M
Jones, bailiff.