Circuit Court Doings

The regular May terra of the circuit court opened on Monday morning with Jndge E. D. Kinne presiding and it will doubtless be a stort one. There were 14 criminal cases on the docket and most of them were disposed of in short order. The case against Paul G. Suekey was disrnissed as was also that against John Harrison and Anna E. Bryaiit, for adultery, on defednants filing their affidavits. Tbe cases against George Bryant for assault; C. P. McKinstry, for appropriating public money to his own use ; Fred Laubengayer, disorderly; E. H. Wint, violaion of liquor law, were continuad. Michael Welsh paid a fine of $15 for a violation of the liquor law. Bert LaRoche pleaded guilty to tbe charge of uttering a forged order on Clark C. Hawes, and was sentenced tofour years' iniprisonment in Jackson prison. Clem ent Eberhardt, charged with assault and battery on W;-W. Wallaoe, had his case discontinued on paying the $20 costs assessed against him by the justice conrt. Jefferson Wilson, disorderly, had his case continued on applipation thereof. Of the issues of fact the following were ordered stricken from the docket : James S. Wells vs. Samuel G. Miller, assumpsit; Thomas Snay vs. Thomas Birkett, trespass on the case; Caliphurnia B. Phelps vs. Charles A. Abbott, appeal; Cassandra Bunton vs. Charles S. Young, appeal. On Tuesday morning the jury trials began. The first called was that of Jimmie Blythman, the juvenile incorrigible. He plead guilty to a charge of larceny and sentence was suspended on him during the term of his good behavior. David Wixon, who with others nearly succeeded in breaking jail on Wednesday of last week, had his trial on a charge of larceny. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four years in the state prison at Jackson, to which place he was taken on Tuesday night. Bert LaRoche for forgery was also taken to Jackson at the same time. VVednesday morning the court was oocupied with the trial of the appeal of Francés Parker vs. Lester Canfield from Justice Pond's court. The case went to the jury shortly after noon and a verdict, fnr $37.60 was rendered in favor of the plaintiff.