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JONES BEFORE COURT. Union Man Under Life Sentence t Hears His AppeaL.-The Attor neys' Arguments. Columbia State, 5th. With his little boy at his side W. T. Jones, the Union county farmer who was convicted of killing his wife, listened to arguments in his .own behalf in the sapreme court yes terday. While his attorneys were making earnest pleas for a new trial Jones sat with lowered eyes and now and then his face betrayed some of the emotion that must have been lurking in -his heart. The detailed story of the crime .with which he is 4arged seemed to move him most and it could be plainly seen that the memory of that fatal night when his youg wife went to her death bore deeply upon him. The penitentiary for life stares W. T. Jones in the face. Repeatedly having declared that he would rather die tan come here to serve his sen tenee the condemned man is grasp ing at a last straw and the result of this appeal to the highest court of the State means much to him. Should a new trial be granted there is the hope the next jury may not be so hard with its verdict. There is the hope that some evidence not adduced at the first trial may be brought, out in his favor. Exercising the right given under te laws the defendant appeared at the supreme court. He wore a light gray suit, was carefully groomed and altogether gave the appearance of being a prosperous man. When the 'supreme court hands down its decis ion in this case will be writen the last chapter, perhaps, in one of the most sensational trials ever held in South Crolina, unless, of course, a new trial is ordered. The s%preme court justices appea.ed to be very mmeh interested in the words of the attorneys and now and then leaned forward to catoh the argument more dearly, evincing more than ordinary interest in the case. Judge Memmiuger Attacked. Solicitor Otts and Attorney Saw yer were not present for the .State, Ike former having been confined to bed for some time nd the latter having been ealled to Spartaniburg. However, writtem arguments had been suibmitted ,by attorneys on both sides and have been printed from Jie o im as they were filed in the supreme court. The feature of the hearing was the attack* upon the charge of Judge mminger -whih ihas already been referred to. The verbal attacks were, moreover, more vituperative than the written argument. Ini ad dition to the argument of Attorney' Wilson, who especially dwelt upon the matter of the second charge of Judge Memmringer of Charleston, in this eas~e. Attorney George John stonie stressed the reference that Judge Meimminger made to the Hoyt Hayes trial, the famous handwriting ease. "TLhis ease," declared Mr. Johnstone, "was presented in such a * anner as to show them his con-vie tions thereon." "He reviewed the t*wo eases, in part, and showed the sleet, as he conceived it, of the com parison of the cases. He objeeted to a statement of the presiding judge that "I thought the governor did wrong in pardoning that man," this referrimg to Hoyt~ Kayes. Mest u'uasua'l were the lawyer's vefereniees to the judge's ruling as to .Ihjections. '"You've objeeted to bhat already; Iil-e onsider that you are objeeting to 'every syalable of 'ibis witness." He pointed out that he was very much emibarrassed by Another unosual referencea is to the admission of a statement that Mrs. Jones was erying. Was this anm .xpression to be ruled upon just as - 'wonversation would be? That is to say is crying to be ruled out as being the same as words not spoken in the presence of the defendant? This is a very important orbiter dictam that may be touched on by the court. Reference was made to afB4avita in the motion for a nc -trial.' 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According to coun el for the defendant Judge Mem ninger said: "I don't believe! ;hem,' and refused to grant the new ror the State. Touching poimts of the testimony it was stated that "the next day 3regory endeavored to see Jones, but eould not do so, as he was constantly out of town until March 27, when Le saw him and charged him with having sent his wife in the room to him. His reply-was, it was submit ted, not a denial of the charge, but he merely said, "You or she one lied," this being one of the sensa tional bits of testimony. The argument for the State pointed out many other facts as to the testi moly. The State's position in regard to the -second 4harge that has caused so much disussion is that the charge should be considered as a whole and Solicitor Otts' argument states that when this is done the charge itself will refute the argument of the de fetse i4 regard thereto. Oine state ment objected to and referred to in the State's argument in refating the same is:"-'I Iwill do so at the risk that I might make some little slip in stating to you the law of the ease," and the State's argument says: ''We frankly confess that we do 'not see .what this exception means but the in tepretation we put on it is that he told, the jury no matter what errors of law, slight or otherwise, he might commit, . they would be revised by the supreme court and any mistake he made would be righted by that court. The State points out that "aside from aU the alleged errors there re mains the testimony of one witnes which alone is saffient to warrant the jury in rendering a verdict of gilty. 14 This ease is a very important one and its deeision by the spreme court will .be a fr-reading one in either case-whether a. new trial is grant ed or the supreme court aMis the lower court for the question of cir emstantial evidenee plays quite ,-a roe in the. caILse-ad the charge of one of the Sa.te's eireuit judges is brought up for consideration. MOSE DONS PRISON STRIPBS. Former Ice King Begins Serving Fif teen~ Years Sentence. Atlan,ta, Ga,:- January 3.-Charles Wman Morse, former ''ice king" and millionaire banker, at noon today began his service of a fifteen-year sentence in the Atlanta Federal pris on for violation of the national bank ing laws. He is registered as Con vit No. 2,814, and tonight occupied a steel eell not in the least different from those to which are assigned the several hundred prisoners. His im mauate tailored garments gave way to a regulation suit of stripes, nor 'did the distinguised prisoner escape. the Bertillon expert,the prison pho tographer, the regulation bath or the barber. POLICY HOLDERS MEETING. The Policy Holders of the Farm ers Mutual Insurance Association of Newberry' County will meet at N~ew berry Court House on Friday, Janu ary 7th, 1909, at 11 o'clock a. m. Every policy holder is expected to be present or send proxy, as business of importance to all will come up at this meeting. L. I. Epting, Secretary. R. T. C. Hunter, President. NOTICE. I The regular aznual meeting of the Stocholdeie of The National Bink of Newberry, S. C., Will be held in the banking house on Tuesday, Jan ary 11, 1910, at 12 o'cloek M., br the election of a Board of Diretoro and the rtaneaetion of such other business that may be brought before nem. R. D. Smith, -Cashier. e in The Herald oting Contest. mionday, Jain. 10, 1910.)