Pocahontas star herald., 1925-07-23
COURT MAKING RECORD
DISPOSING OF DOCKET

y. c. Ashley ordered Sheriff Perrin to
open court" Practically an of the
regular panel of jurors, both grand and
petit. answered the roll cali besides
many witnesses who had been sub
poeuaed for the first day were present
at the opening Of court In addition
to witnesses and members of the court,
citizens were present from every town
ship in the county, some having bust
ness in court and many others who
came as spectators.
Promptly at nine o'clock court was
declared in session and the regular
panel of grand jurors was called.
Every member except one was present.
II. ID. Barden of the alternate list was
called and he took his seat with the
other fifteen and after having been
sworn they received the courts in
structions, which We're given by the
judge himself This jury is composed
of sixteen of the best citizens of the
county and their names are as follows
/ Il. Dalton, foreman; ]. b. Duvall,
clerk O. c. Wilzerson, Rector John
ston, Hugh Bridges, ID NJ Holder, j.
S. Riley, j. S. Brown, Joe Redwine, ].
j. Knots, j. A. Ford, A. e Swindle,
3 e f. James, ID. w. Fender, Win Davis,
r. d. Barden. Gus Belew is bailif
for the grand jury.
The names of twenty-four petit
jurors and six alternates were then
called and twenty-fOur selected and
sworn in. Their names follow:
J. II. Robinette, George Purdy, j. A.
Mclaughlin, f. L. Simington, c. Il.
Powell, W. H. Bennett, A. L. Davis,
Lawrence Stubblefeld, j. p. Spikes,
Jim English, Lee Sharp, JEFF Hufsted-
Ter, A. ]. Cooper, Dave Risner, Jehu
Presley, w. L. Mock, Jr., Tom Blan-
sett, Paul Startling, c. NJ. Penn, Chas.
BOde, Rich Gross, Harry Hensley, c.
X. Black, Ben ChOate.
The jury commissioners made no
mistake in selecting this jury. They
are all good men, who believe in re-
turning verdicts according to the law
and testimony. A citizen, who has
been a regular attendant at court here
for many years, was heard to remark
that he never saw a better bunch of
men than those from whom both juries
We're made up.
Additional members of the court call
ed for special service are Lee Mays,
special deputy circuit clerk, and John
z. Johnson, Donald Jackson, ]. w. FL
lis, ]. f. johnson and George James,
who are assisting Sheriff Perrin.
H. j. Denton, regular court s:eno-
grapher, is at his post of duty.
Oscar Il. Ellis prosecuting attorney,
and his deputy, f. Newton Ellis, are
looking after the interests of the state.
Local attorneys present the first day
were Pope & Bowers, ]. L. Bledsoe,
Schoonover Schoonover, j. W. Meel;s,
f. n. Ellis, Booth & Higginbotham
Visiting attorneys were II. L. pon-
der, W. Il. Beloate, W. Z. Smith and
John l.. Fry of Walnut Ridge; II. W.
Campbell of Little Rock Senator VIM.
f. Kirsch of Paragould; w ]. Orr of
Springfield; ]. d. Wallace of Alton.
Mo, Shelby Ferguson of Ash Flat and
George ID. Dent of ImbOden.
This court has been a record breaker
in the matter of clearing the docket.
Out of the 10S cases on the criminal
docket more than fifty were disposed
of during Monday and Tuesday.
Twenty-Five of these entered pleas of
guilty and were fined or sentenced by
the court. Twenty-Five of the fifty odd
cases resulted in either pleas of guilty
or convictions by jury.
r. II. Cartee, charged with selling
mortgaged property, was found guilty
by the jury and sentenced to serve six
months in the penitentiary.
| c. W. HolbrOck, charged with ag-
grayated assault, was found guilty and
fined $4,000 and sixty days in Jail on
one count and $4,000 and one day in
Jail on another The charge grew out
of an assault by HOlbrook on Mr.. and
Mrs G. NJ. Peterson of Water Valley
in which both Mr.. and Mrs. Peterson
were cut severely with knife by Hol
brook. The latter is a preacher and
pleaded his own case before the jury.
Floyd Cochran, charged with trans
porting liquor, entered a plea Of guilty
and was fined $4,000 by the court.
b. f. Sisson, charged with selling
| liquor, in which case he was convicted
at a recent term of court, asked for a
change of venue which was granted.
The case will go to Evening Shade and
is set down for the 11th day of Aug
ust.
Bill Folks, charged with making
mash, entered a plea of guilty and the