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THE SPRING TERMtain%FEDERAL COURTPalisTwar besj' a n d r« jo f ionIbllity of a Short SessionBeing HeldThe spring term i f the Federal acourt convened Monday morning at10 o'clock in the district court- j room with Judge \V. K. lstes pre-I i lt;fficers of theI court, who arc in attendance upon the court are Randolph Bryant, Unitid States attorney; George P.Brown, assistant attorney; Miss So-j phie Kruger, secretary to the dis-j attorney I K Blades dtrk and John 8* Stone, deputy clerk;!S ttm Mar hil E. Ba* tland Deputy Marshal C, L. Sentell.The grand jury was organized j with John ci. Wright of Rugby as! foreman. The court delivered his ' J usual charges to the grand jury em- j ■ ■ * bracing different violations of the j Jud Federal statutes; particularly that\setof the violations of then narcotic|v and prohibition laws, in which his language was v*ry forceful and ap-! pealed strongly to his hearers.l i c? . -.. t I * iaiHI Several jurors were excused both '' on the grand jury and the petit, jury on account of illness in their} J famines Fines w**re imposed on :i few who fai’ed to make their appearance when called but they made their appearance before the court got through with the organi-? j tu.on and the fines were remitted, j After the errand jury was organ- ^' ized and the petit jurors sworn‘in there were only a few minor or-1 1: f .**motsonisortjur\ndt rs made an the civil docket.siThere were several cases disposed!11 d ti r i ng t h e d ay on t h e crim I n a 1, docket in which pleas of guilty? were entered.The firs: case called was that of Jim *Ree, charged ith possessing liquor. He pleaded guilty at the | October term and sentence was deferred. The court assessed a fine j ^ of noo. ‘vahTJ- next cafc« ealfed 'vas that of I'1,1** Mrs. P E. Heed, an elderly woman,;10«lt;•wfc %.iv s in a distant countv She f was charred with possessing liquor ^i!u! j and pleaded guilty at the October r term. In consideration of the fact 1 ° that she was very' old and almost in 1J in destitute circumstances the court UoW sentenced her to pay a fine of $1 !^n *1 L Heed, her husband, pleaded K*k \ | guilty Monday to the same chance ; V;.! | and aertt nee #n h*« case was de-: ^ | ferred until th* next term, I?! Watt W, Moon and Ernest j thl* ^iMosely pleaded guilty to unlawful-1 *i ly possessing liquor, having equlp-I j ment for making liquor and manu- * - } fact urine liquor. They were fined 1 '• 1 f *.0 each in the three cases, mak-t: ing a total of f ISO each. vif Frank Allen was fined $25 on a !‘ r- charge of possessing liquor. 1*'j W. Ot is Bodine, charged with ' Jdo rg possessing equipment for making * r liquor was fined $50. jJack Fraley the vouth who was f *Iti arrested a few weeks ago by thea thy! i r w i f h f i v** ft hilla f hnf h. ^ r! * “ ^
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Paris Weekly News
Paris, Texas, US
Thu, Mar 08, 1923
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