Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Thirteenth Year - Number 30
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, September 25,1902

RIGGINS IMPEACHMENT.
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       City Attorney Files Petition With
High Courts.

       The impeachment trial of Mayor J. W. Riggins at Waco attracts considerable interest in Marlin, where the parties most concerned are quite well known.
       The latest phase in the case is embraced in the following from Austin:
       "City Attorney Allan D. Sanford, of Waco, arrived here today to file a petition with the court of civil appeals to have that tribunal set aside the restraining order in the impeachment proceedings against Mayor Riggins.  Mr. Sanford with the assistance of City Attorney V. L. Brooks, of Austin, were busily engaged all day preparing the petition and it will be presented to the court tomorrow.  Mr. Sanford says that he will remain here all day tomorrow and present the matter to the court.  He will make an effort to have the court of civil appeals set a day on which to hear the arguments in the case.  He will make a strong effort to have the court dissolve its injunction so that the impeachment proceedings will not be interfered with."

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