Celebrating History: More action in court

By Emily Mayer

It isn’t much of a surprise to see a lot of court news in the Hill County Democrat as its owner, J. K. Bramble, was an attorney. Cases regarding prohibition were among the entries, including this article found on the front page of the Dec. 4, 1919, edition:

MORE INFORMATIONS FILED.

There were three or four new informations filed in the district court this week by County Attorney Stranahan relating to alleged blind pigging cases. We presume these cases are as groundless as the ones heretofore filed and this endless chain of expense to the taxpayers of Hill county continues...