Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PARNUM ACQUITTED OF BRIBERY CHARGE. (Co-ntinued from Pagc. 0ne. heen paid and eleven of us were con vined that it was merely given as a rebate in the regular course of bus icess. and there was no evidence, as we understood it, that would tend to make one believe that the money was given for corrupt purposes. When the one juror, who was for conviction, had heard several of the jurors ex plain their views on the testimony offered, he came around to our side. A vote was then taken, and all of us voted for the acquittal of Mr. Parnum. We didn't believe that the testimony of the alleged accomplices of Mr. Farnum had been corroborated by the -testimony of others." Testimony of Wylie and Samuels Harmful? The general opinion appears to have been here that the testimony of Messrs. Wylie and Samuels hurt the State's case because of the admis sions on the stand, especially those of Mr. Wylie. The Verdit Announced. Theie came a tap on the door of the little back room, and it was an iionteed that the jury had- agreed. Silently one by one they filed into the Court room. A small crowd greeted them. They all wore a serious look, and those in attendance waited with ]bated breath for the words about to be spoken. The Court called for the defendant, James S. Farnum. He had just entered the room. He was seat ed by his attorney. It was a mo ment of suspense for him. A few words might have been read which would have meant imprisonment for him. He was cool and not perturb ed. He faced the men who held !his fate in their hands, and without a sign of emotion heard the words, "Not guilty." He grasped the hands of the jurymen and then left the Court room a free man, in com pany with his attorneys. A Great Legal Battle. The trial just ended was one of the greatest legal battles eevr fought in this State. Upon the State's side Col. B. L. Abney put up an admirable fght from the very opening moment of the case until his eloquence pie tured to the jury the fall of the old State dispensary and the influences of the day. At-torney General Lyon, who worked so hard in securing evi dence for this and other cases, took very little active part in the trial itself. Attorney W. F. 'Stevenson, who is attorney for the dispensary winding-up commission, was import-J ant for the State, especially in the documentary side of the evidence. Chairman W. J. Murray, of the commi.ssion said: "It's hard for us,'' in commenting upon the situation. Black's Trial Next.' With the Court's stand& that the defendant just acquitted shall not he ..separately tried any more at this term, the next, trial on the list is that of John Black, charged with accept ing a .bribe. This case, it is stated, will be taken up Wednesday.. Charge Fair and Clear. 'The ease went to the jury this zrnorning at 10:15 o'clock. The charge of Judge Memminger consumed twen .ty-five minutes. Although the case is very complicated and .peculiar points are involved, Judge Memin ger explained all points of law very clearly and the fairness of the charge was generally commented upon. He has made a fine inmpression. His re marks upon the various points of law were short but to the point. At the outset, in making his charge he stated that he wished to call the attention of the jury to' what was en tirely material in the testimony pro duced at the trial. He asked t'he at tention of the jury strictly to mat ters that he was about to lay before them. He stated that -they must first take into consideration whether or not the Sate had proved the case be yond a reasonable doubt. He ex plained very clearly and succinctly the different counts in the indict mnents and the possible verdicts. WYLIB ADMITS TFAT HB GOT COMMISSIONS Columbia, Sept. 23.-Admitting upon the witness stand that he him self had accepted various amounts of money to influence his vote as member of the State dispensary board of con trol, Joseph B. Wylie to-day directly connected the .$1,125 draft previously referred to in the trial with the de fendant, James Farnum, stating that Henry Samuels had eashed the draft -for him and turned the cash over. Put through a grilling cross-examina tion by the defence, the witness gave as his reason for going on the stand the assurance of his attorney that if ne told the whole truth he wvould not bi prosecuted. "I want to get my self right ~before the people of the State," declared Mr. Wylie, "and I am going to tell the truth." The State closed its case this after te-nonn and the end of the trial is SOF SU GOOD CLOTHE A cordial invit that reads or he sure to come to We want to pres make our BIG C Here you will be It's arn easy matter to hot air statements or pl believe them. Realizin we have adhered strict] we could produce wher Honest Goods, Hones JEB1!L E ow in sight. Although no announce ent to this effect was made in Court, t is very doubtful that the defence will put up any witnesses, but will rly upon the State not having prov d its case by the witnesses already yresented. 'Mr. Wylie's testimony was the most significant of the trial to-day. This, however, was not unexpected, as Mr. Wylie was known -to have ap peared before the grand jury when the dispensary indictments were handed out about two weeks ago. Mr. Wylie's testimony -was in line with the charges made in the indictment. The defence's yhowing was an at tempt to impeaeh the .character of t-he witness by having him admit that he received gifts of money from agents of whiskey houses.. This the defence succeeded in bringing out forcibly. Henry Samuels was another wit ness for the State whose testimon~y was in keeping witi1. the charges al leged, and as -to the cashing of the draft alleged to have been sent by the defendant to Mr. Wylie. It is very probable that the case will go to the jury some time to-Inorrow, that is if the defence puts up no witnesses. There will probably not be any ot.her motion that will delay the argument before the jury. Alleged Rebate Schedule. :The alleged rebate schedule was brought into the ease to-day, although the defence objected. As stated b.y Mr'. Wylie, the rebates given were paid in propor~tion to the cost of the gods, anid were for the ordering out of the liquors p)urehased from houses represented by the defendant. Thai an agreement had been made between Mr. Wylie and Mr. Farnum previous to the execution of the orders was the startling annouiteement made by the witness. This evidence was ad mitted by the Court upon the show ing made that this sort of testimony tended to prove a corrupt gift which was alleged in the indictment. PThe State opened a fire of ques tions when the witness took the stand as to the draft from the defendant to Henry Samuels. Answering the di ret question as to whether or not he had received the draft, witness an swered: "Yes.'' Witness stated that LOWEST MER BROS. 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