When I read things like this I realize that the notion that our ancestors lived in "simpler times" is a myth!
The Caddo Herald
January 6, 1911
Criminal Docket District Court
Judge Hardy Will Re-Convene December Term Next Monday
Judge Summers Hardy, the newly elected Judge of the sixth Judicial District, will re-convene the December term of Bryan county Court in Durant next Monday morning. The court will immediately to into the criminal docket, which is set as follows:
Monday, Jan. 9, 1911
United States vs. Will Chafin, appeal case.
United States vs. J. H. Paris, murder.
State of Oklahoma vs. W. N. Overstreet, adultery.
State of Oklahoma vs. Jess Durant, assault to kill.
State of Oklahoma vs. Will Rose, perjury.
State of Oklahoma vs. Van H. Williams, obtaining money under false pretenses.
State of Oklahoma vs. B. E. Ward, manslaughter.
State of Oklahoma vs. J. C. C. Brown, assault with dangerous weapon.
State of Oklahoma vs. Oscar Mitchell, assault to kill.
State of Oklahoma vs. Sam Williams, receiving stolen property.
Tuesday, Jan. 10, 1911
State of Oklahoma vs. W. J. Moon, adultery.
State of Oklahoma vs. Lula May Manning, adultery.
State of Oklahoma vs. W. I. Sauls, assault to kill.
State of Oklahoma vs. J. L. Ellington, embezzlement.
Wednesday, Jan. 11, 1911
State of Oklahoma vs. Julius Ickard, perjury.
State of Oklahoma vs. W. H. Cummings, assault with dangerous weapon.
State of Oklahoma vs. Wm. Briscoe, murder.
State of Oklahoma vs. Robert Avsby, murder.
Thursday, Jan. 12, 1911
State of Oklahoma vs. John Cobb, embezzlement.
Stet of Oklahoma vs. George Walker and Dennis Shoal, grand larceny.
State of Oklahoma vs. Henry Scott, burglary.
Friday, Jan. 13, 1911
State of Oklahoma vs. Oscar Eskew, assault to kill.
State of Oklahoma vs. Bob Murray, et al., larceny of domestic animal.
State of Oklahoma vs. Joe Pittman, rape.
Saturday, Jan. 14, 1911
Clean-up.
Monday, Jan. 16, 1911
State of Oklahoma vs. Jack Kelley, murder.
State of Oklahoma vs. Milton Bodystun, larceny of domestic animal.
State of Oklahoma vs. Ed Shepard, false pretense.
State of Oklahoma vs. T.K. Couch and Jack Woods, dynamiting a house.
Tuesday, Jan. 17, 1911
State of Oklahoma vs. Oscar Love, assault to kill.
State of Oklahoma vs. John Boydstun, selling whiskey to minor. Two cases.
Wednesday, Jan. 18, 1911
State of Oklahoma vs. Eugene Shoemaker, et al. murder.
State of Oklahoma vs. Elmer White, burglary.
State of Oklahoma vs. Frank Anderson, grand larceny.
State of Oklahoma vs. Jim Sargent, assault to kill.
Thursday, Jan. 19, 1911
State of Oklahoma vs. A.M. D. Hopper, embezzlement.
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