Sentence:  The judge became ill just as the Colfax District Court convened , no substitute was brought in , no criminal cases <WSD>heard</WSD> , only 5 out of 122 cases docketed were tried , and court adjourned sine die after sitting a few days instead of the usual three weeks . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process