district court Is in session here ollie norris escapes term in jail civil cases disposed of 0 M ollie norris ol of lund alleged pos lutent violator of the pio pie s huf j an n fully evaded a jail terra term though he has apen in the tat courts mole enough times to haie drawn a jail sentence on a conviction i Cli charged arged in two cases one for or possession and one tor for sale he was ar laigner in the district coliat when it convened hereon here on tuesday morning and was given until wednesday at 2 to plead ihben when the latter hour arrived county attorney R J shay acting for and in connection with the district Ati attorney orney moved to dismiss the fhe cases aud and send them hern back to the justice court where it Is understood defendant pleaded guilty to the possession charge and was fined the other case care against him was dib dismissed missed discrepancies in the records of former ormer convictions making conviction as a persistent violator rather uncertain and the refusal of the states chief witness in the sale case earl dennis to testify are the alleged reasons tor for the dismissal of the cases from the district court to save what they could from the wreckage the county and district attorneys though best beat to send the cases back to the justice court and accept a tine fine on the possession charge without denniss testimony 11 the sale case the evidence aulont support a conviction tile the officers state so BO nothing remained but to dismiss it it Is learned front from the county office that a chaise lies has been prepared against dennis and will be filed the sale with which norris vas charged was alleged to have been made to dennis when norris was vas arrested by night watchman nat gardner tor for possession the latter asked him it was wag about six n the morning how much he had left with dennis he Is alleged to have answered ten gallons acting on this hunch the sheriff immediately medi tely searched the dennis pre amses and Is alleged to have found 18 pints then dennis the officers state stale to save himself agreed to testify in substance that norris had continued to page five district court in session hue here continued from first page called that morning and awakened him with the statement that he had a package tor for him that he dennis never got out of bed but told norris to leave it and that the officers got the package before dennis opened it and it proved to be the 48 pints the officers found on his hia premises the officers depended on some testimony of that nature from dennis to strengthen the case against norris but the last minute dennis laid down on them so the case against him Is to 0 o be filed and the norris case Is dismissed the two cases against norris were the only criminal ones on the calendar tor for this term of court and a jury was called tor for the term pro marilly mariely to try them in one civil case that of gerald W taylor Ys vs lester ford a jury had bad been demanded and when that was tried the jury was dismissed trial of the tay lor ford case resulted in a verdict tor for the plaintiff for or with interest action on other civil cases thus far during the term has been as follows thomas W tweedale Twe cdale vs va dolob coal co dismissed on the courts motion bank of southern utah va mammoth plaster co dismissed on plaintiffs motion without prejudice wm win C mitchell vs VB wm win C pendleton set for trial next tuesday union central lit life insurance co vs va john E dover default previously entered and judgment entered for plaintiff with order tor for for closure pauline hull vs C K E hull set for or trial on monday home building and loan co vs A Y hardy judgment entered for or plaintiff in default of the defendant john G page vs va geary page defendants fend fead ants demurrer overruled unit ana the latter given ten days to answer federal land bank of berkeley vs cora Ba barnson dismissed on plaintiffs motion john W vs western wool exchange dismissed with prejudice to the bringing of another suit lawrence bracken vs AV H sawyer judgment entered for plaintiff cedar lumber and hardware co ve VB jedediah cox dismissed on plaintiffs motion without prejudice cedar motors co vs henry mackelprang et al 91 set for trial friday other cases on the calendar have either been continued tor for the term or passed A A default del lault divorce case from washington county leona M stratton Sl ratton vs va elmer stratton residents of 0 hurricane was heard in this county on wednesday morning and judgment entered tor for plaintiff granting h her er an interlocutory decree of divorce with custody of a minor child 2500 a month alimony and actor neya tee fee