KIMBRELL WON'T TRY CASES.
"Theater Arrests Are a Joke," Says
Prosecuting Attorney.
If any theater cases are tried in Judge E. E. Porterfield's division of the criminal court before the election, B. S. Kimbrell, who has conducted the prosecutions in the past, will not be on the job. The chances are that Judge Porterfield will be too busy with civil cases to take up criminal cases, and therefore these prosecutions are likely to die a natural death.
"I will not prosecute any more theater cases," said Mr. Kimbrell yesterday. "The whole thing has gotten to be a joke. Even the jurors do not take it seriously."
"How many cases are still pending?"
"I don't know."
"When will they be set for trial?"
"I don't know."
And Mr. Kimbrell spoke as if he meant, "I don't care."
If a prompt return is made on the vote at the November election, Judge Wallace's successor on the criminal bench should be sworn in prior to November 20.
