Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-08-16
Action of Official Came as
q Surprise = Cam
paign Interfered
With Vacation.
tEron Mondays Dally)
Courts adjourned!

Court dQJOurHec.
Thereby hangs a tale.
At any rate, Greene county is not
going to have a special or adjourn
ed term of Circuit Court as was
announced at the conclusion of the
recent regular term of that court
and as verified in subsequent news
assured that special session of the
grand jury would also be convened
this morning. in conjunction with
the trial court to dispose of num-
Der Of criminal cases carried over
from the April term.
This morning at the appointed
hour Judge Johnson, after having
made the trip to Paragould by auto
mobile, seated himself in the judges
chair with all the judicial bearing
that has characterized his courts in
days gone by, only to announce that
there's going to be no, adjourned
term of Circuit Court" Following
the transaction of some business
in the way of disposing Of some
cases that had been presented, the
session was suddenly dismissed.
The announcement that there
would be no adjourned session fol-
lowed the statement made by Prose
cutting Attorney Cecil Shane that
the state was ready in the Lipscomb
case, that cause being the outgrowth
of the Bedfrod Stone killing at
Marmadukc, several months ago.
Prosecuting Attorney Shane then
inquired of the court if it would
be satisfactory to designate Judge
w. w. Bandy to preside in the
hearing. The suggestion advanced
by the prosecution apparently was
agreeable and the latter had left the
court room to instruct the sheriff to
summons Judge Bandy to occupy the
bench. In the absence of the pros
ecuting attorney, and without Civ
ing that official notice of his in
tention, Judge Johnson announced
adjournment of the session.
Prior to the adjournment, how
ever, three cases were disposed of.
George Quinn, grand larceny, sem
fenced to one year in the pnitcntiary
upon a plea of guilty. Elmer Cole,
ordered to serve sentence of two
years in the state penal institution
for pandering, convicted at the re-
cent term of circuit court; motion
for new trial was overruled and
the sentence imposed. Cecil Camp
bell, upon plea of guilty, was
fined ten dollars for public drunk
enness
When court opened this morn
ing Prosecuting Attorney Shane pre-
scented the court with the petition
for special grand jury to investi-
gate the case against Tony Melon
aid. The court informed the prose-
cutting attorney that the special
grand jury would not be convened,
Notwithstanding the fact that the
judge had previously announced
that it would and had instructed the
prosecuting attorney to proceed with
the preparation of his petition for
same in accordance with the law.
Judge johnson mad also promised
committee of citizens that such
action would be taken. But, in the
course of his remarks, the judge
announced that the campaign, in
which he was defeated for re-elec-
tion to the office of Circuit Judge,
had interfered with his vacation and
he was too tired to proceed with the
work in view of the approaching
term he is to open next week in
Craighead county.
The following is a copy of the
petition Prosecuting Attorney Shane
filed with the court, asking for a
special session of the grand jury:
In the Greene County Circuit
Court (Second Division), May term,
1922. Adjourned to August 14th,
1922.
Petition for Special Grand Jury.
'sComes Cecil Shane, as Prosecut-
ing Attorney for the Second Judicial
Circuit of Arkansas, and states:
''Since the adjournment of the
regular May Term of this Court and
since the discharge of the regular
Grand Jury of said court it has
been discovered that the following
crimes have been committed in
Greene County that should be inves-
tigated by Special Grand Jury:
"One Tony Mcdonald has been
charged with an Assault to Rape on
the person of one Miss Grace Worth
ington, and your petitioner believes
the charge to be we'll founded;
zone Virgil Brown has been just
ly charged, it is believed, with the
violation of the liquor laws of the
state;
Zone other party, whose name is
to petitioner unknown, is accused of
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