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Show Justice's Court One civil action and two criminal cases docketed in the justice court of Albert Swain, this city, were disposed of during the week. A motiou for an arrest of judgment in the case against Andrew Hendrick sen of Mayfield, who on Friday last was convicted on the charge of interfering inter-fering with water lawfully distributed toother parties, was entered by counsel coun-sel for the accused and sustained by the court, This action renewed the case, and on being arraigned the second sec-ond time Heudricksen concluded to jolead guilty. Both the attorneys interceded in-terceded on behalf of defendant for the court to exercise leniency in passing pass-ing of judgment. Taking this iu account, ac-count, Justice Swain impoaed only a light sentence $5 and cost, amounting amount-ing in all to $26.80, John W, Nielson pleaded guilty to having disturbed tho peace in Ceu-tertieid, Ceu-tertieid, a case which the justice of that place was disqualified to try, and was tiueU $10 and cost, Iu a change of venue from the justice jus-tice court in Ceuterfield, Justice Swain sat through two tedious sessions ses-sions Monday afternoon and evening, tistening to aa array of witnesses testify tes-tify in a suit brought by W . D, Childs agdiust Sophia B, Childs, seeking to recover possession of a mare of the alleged value of $125. Judgment of the court gave to plaintiff possession of the mare, cost of suit to be shared by the litigants equally. It was shown that title to the property in dispute had been acquired by plaintiff plain-tiff through a biil of sale executed by the husband of defuudant, now divorced. di-vorced. On the othur hand defendant defend-ant claimed rightful possession because be-cause she had once redeemed the mare and kept the animal from being sold on a sheriff's attachmeut that was levied on it for a debt against her husband, who was absent at the time. Mrs. Childs afterward sold the mare and later on bought it back, taking a bill of sale. She also set up the claim that the auitnal was a gift to her from her husband. It is intimated thtt defendant wilt appeal the case to the district court. |