Show E V STEED GETS JUDGMENT AGAINST STOKES A ca case se that attrache d more attention than any case t t that has come before a justice seurt in this county count for a long time was heard hea r d monday M I 1 b judge jud ae J D wood of farmington agthe court house the cour room was was filled I 1 with special spectators arom from farmington I land ind all of parts part of the county especially I 1 ally from C anton where the parties to the rf ait it reside ezra V of clinton had lester stokes cj ke same PI place ace tried oz on i a 1 cha c e of battery before a jury co posed of A 11 lamb johnn john et EE kelly jah johnston the blacks mt h and wilfird stevenson J I 1 the trouble e ras as the outgrowth of a business t ans ns action t that hat occurred betwee between i the plaintiff and defendant ant so som months before over a horse trade t e pasture aill etc plaintiff hl h agreed to buy buk a span of horses bom oin the defendant on condition t athe the horses were good to pull also agreed to pasture n horses forr for ane til 6 deafen defendant ant ahli i he did in the meanwhile ile the t th le defendant efen dant went to td montello when the t latter return ed the plain jainti tig informed hint him j that one of the horses that lie he was buying 41 was lot good to pull later defendant defend an took one of the horses out of th pasture and tool took it away when plaintiff plaintiff lain tiff harmed charge d liim him with ste stealing alint the same and started suit agai against the defendant in a court in 0 0 len A relative or friends frien d s of the defendant efen dant put up lip cash bail to t insure the defendant being be n atthe a t the trial but be the ti n le of the trial the matter was adjusted ed on condition that plaintiff pub publish ish a noti notice ce in in a newspaper three times that he had wrongfully c clr arged aged the de fondant with horse stealing te aling plain tiff paid the newspaper for print 4 the notice three times but same S me one ordered thi the notice dis i continued after it had run ru n once which the defendant was not a ware of and thought thou el ht that the plaintiff was vs not living up lip to the agreement ly sir mr steed run the school wagon at clinton A few days ago as lie he was deturi ig g from school with the children stokes and a friend on k met him and stores stokes accused SJ S ed of not hav ing performed hia b part of tho the agreement in reg a d to publishing the notice in the t e p per and accas ed him of having tj i misrepresented him all along sti t acs es got off his horse and steed 0 01 t of his wagon when a fight ens then steed bad had tokes arrested and the trial was ye e outcome the trial lasted I 1 rr more than a justices day six 0 ours and the jury deliberated 0 on the ease case for I 1 an hour and a half afore rendering their verdict of bilty with recommendation of leniency je bency on the part of f the court I 1 ills s honor fined the defendant 40 or forty days the defendant was remanded back bach to the custody of the sheriff until notice of appeal is given the fine paid or the sentence served |