Davenport Democrat Davenport, Scott, Iowa Feb. 7, 1872 The Courts. District Court. State vs. Prage, charged with malicious mischief. Defendant failed to put in an appearance; default takes and bail forfeited. State vs. Foy, charged with resisting an officer. It appearing that no arrest had been made, the case was stricken from the docket of this term. State vs. Ruge: assault with intent to commit great bodily injury; the defendant having whipped a neighboring woman and her little girl, on account of the little girl having struck defendant's little boy. Rue being called in open court, was not in hearing distance, and was defaulted accordingly and his bond of $200 for appearance declared to be forfeited. State vs. Delaney; charged with murderous assault upon Dr. Lyon, who came near losing his life at defendant's hands; motion for continuance on account of illness of his Attrorney, Judge Murphy; also for the further reason that he expects to prove by high authorities and other evidence that he himself, was working under a spell of insanity when he so fiendishly stabbed Dr. Lyon. The motion was sustained, and the trial of the case is put over till the May term, when we shall see how much there is in the plea of insanity. State vs. Gustave and Anna Priester, charged with keeping house of ill-fame; motion for continuance overruled. State vs. Rogers; charged with forcibly ejecting one Schmink from a street car, of which he was driven. It appears from testimony that the man Schmink with several others were boisterous and unmindful of the rules of the line; that they were frequently reminded of it by the driver; and that finally there was a sort of matinee down on the corner of Western Avenue and Third; the Schmink party would go on further, but he made a fuss about paying; the driver ordered them out; Schmink was opposed to the order; driver procured a pebble from the gutter about the same way that David got his pebbles from the brook, when he went forth to fight Goliath; and in the melee smote Schmink on his forehead about where Goliath got hit-at all events S. left the car with an awning over his eyes, as it were, and the car went on. Trial by jury. Ellis for State; Foster and Hubbell for defendant. State vs. Lyon; for resisting an officer. Defaulted, and recognizance forfeited. Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm