Volume 9 , Issue 16

1924 - District Court In Session

The following news article was found on the frontpage of the Friday, February 8, 1924, Volume 23, No. 6, The Alva Record. This article mentioned my great-uncle James A. McGill as one of the Woods County, northwest Oklahoma jurors during this 1924 District Court session. Is one of your relatives mentioned?

The headlines read, "District Court Now In Session" - One Case on Criminal Docket Is Tried, Civil Docket Will Be Cleaned by Middle of Coming Week.

The article stated, "The District Court of Woods County convened Monday morning with Judge Arthur G. Sutton on the bench. A jury was empanelled Tuesday and the case of the State versus Ed McHenry, charged with driving an automobile when under the influence of intoxicants, was brought to trial. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty and the penalty was fixed at a six months jail sentence and $300 fine."

According to the article five other liquor cases were dismissed because of a 1924 ruling of the Court of Appeals. We might have to check out that 1924 ruling by the Court of Appeals to see what it said about liquor cases, huh?

There was also a case against Harry Hodgson, former Woods county Sheriff, who was charged with embezzlement. His case was continued for the the term.

Then there were Raymond Kimmel, James McDonald and Frank Smith, who were charged with having robbed the Santa Fe station at Avard (Oklahoma), the Summer of 1923. They pleaded guilty to the charge and were to sentenced Thursday afternoon, February 7th or Friday, February 8th. It went on to state, "The law fixes the penalty for this crime at from two to seven years in the state prison."

The Court recessed Thursday morning, February 7th, 1924 until Friday morning, February 8th, 1924, when the civil docket was taken up.

This is a list of the jurors summoned for that term of the Woods County District Court. My Great-Uncle James A. McGill is the seventh listed below.

Art Rumsey, Alva

C. L. Bixler, Waynoka

S. D. Dale, Freedom

Ed Coulter, Avard

Harry Curtis, Waynoka

Ivan Morgan, Alva

James A. McGill, Alva

Alfred Woodard, Lookout

Dennis Farrar, Alva

H. H. Dunning, Alva

J. H. Oshel, Alva

F. M Perry, Waynoka

E. L. Gately, Dacoma

M. E. Whipple, Waynoka

Chas. Van Buskirk, Avard

Chas. Estle, Fairvalley

S. S. Noggle, Alva

Dan Bolar, Waynoka

H. E. Hart, Alva

C. M. Branson, Alva

L. O. LeDou, Dacoma

Ed Mahoney, Lookout

John Moreland, Freedom

John A. Johnson, Alva

Merle Cunningham, Alva

O. H. Tanner, Alva

E. N. Cropp, Waynoka

B. O. Haines, Alva

E. E. Fishbaugh, Dacoma

W. G. Reed, Coy

Henry Bixler, Waynoka

L. H. Roberson, Alva

S. W. Henderson, Dacoma

C. G. Jackson, Alva

P. B. Busey, Waynoka

Everett Wheeler, Waynoka

J. L. Rackley, Alva

J. W. Calloway, Waynoka

H. A. Bost, Alva

Olie Evans, Alva

R. N. Spencer, Waynoka

Parr Easterly, Alva

S. L. Walton, Alva

Bert Raney, Alva

Claude Straughn, Waynoka

G. C. Riggs, Carmen

C. A. Hoover, Waynoka

J. L. Elmore, Capron

Do you have an ancestor listed here? We hope it will jog some family stories that you would like to share with "The OkieLegacy."
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