Court at Bellville

Bellville, Dec. 31. — The winter term of the district court convened here yesterday, Judge Teichmuller on the bench.  No business has been transacted further than organizing the grand and petit juries and setting cases for trial.  Fourteen persons are confined in jail awaiting action on these cases by the grand jury.  The following murder cases have been set for trial: Reuben Boulware, January 13; Frank Barnhill, January 13, and Bill Tottenham for January 14, and special venires ordered.

"Court at Bellville", The Galveston Daily News, Wednesday, January 1, 1896, p. 5, col. 2.

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