| Show District Court Notes The Jury trials docketed for thIS term of cour court b been ds dISposed deposed ed of of the jurymen w we were m md d dISmissed last Sa Saturday Tl The re ming cases are to be heard I and id passed upon by the judge The Th eu wherein suit wherein Dean Dun F Bray Brayn ton n of California had sued McClam Mein Me Me- Clam lam in Copening for a commiss- commiss commissIon Ion n on a realty malty deal a verdict ir m favor of the defendants was OIVen given en by the jury jury Atty J J. J A A. A Melville Mel Mel- Melville I Iville ville represented defendants I The young man Loechner Loehner who shot and k killed lied one Italian and wounded another early erly last fallon fall fallon on a northbound passenger train near Clear Clem Lake Lk was seL Sentenced to even years m In the state penitentiary ber by Dist Judge Greenwood after over over ruling de de- de dei motion for a new nw trial Atty Higgins promptly fill filing a notice nobce of appeal to the tate state supreme su- su preme court ourt The suit instituted by the Consolidated Con Can Wagon Machine Machu Co against Fred Frd Barben Barbee et t a at aI for forthe forthe the recovery of 1100 and andey a attorney ey fee was a B hotly contested contest contest- ed ad legal al battle battle consuming consuming the the I greater part of three days dy After we weighing gh ng the evidence and giving it due consideration the jury returned re re- turned turned the following verdict verdict- No No cause for action J J. J Alex Ale Alex Melvile was attorney for don ts The ease case wherein the state stata was wasand wasP P I Richardson hardson and accused jointly joint joint- ly Iy of murdering Sam Gatlin new neat Garrison resulted in m the acquittal acquittal acquit acquIt- tal of the defense the jury hold hold- mg ing that the defendants were justifiable in shooting C Geshn not only for the reason jon of protecting the sanctity of their home but also to defend themselves The test testimony mony brought out the mabon that the man Geslin Geshn had forced the wife of one defendant and a daughter of the tha other I to accompany him to his hi wagon at atthe atthe the po point nt of a gun with man immoral intent the testimony f further u 7 showing that when the defendants defendants defend defend- ants attempted to rescue the the ladies ladles raised h. h his gun to shoot sheet them when he was as killed |
