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? ? ? ? ? ? @ ? @ T . ? 1 @ Opening takes pi 1 K PROCEEDINGS OE COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. A RATHER HEAVY DOCKET THIS TERMSEVERAL CASES OF UNUSUAL INTEREST. The court of general sessions convened here Monday at 10 o'clock a in. Judge T S Sease of the seventh circuit presiding. Solicitor Stoll and Stenographer Wood were at their respective posts of duty. Judge Sease, in his charge to the grand jury, stated that it was sometimes a hard thing to ' a? A Know wnat to say to u jjuuu jury. However, he handled the matter well, speaking at some length, and touching somewhat upon the general duties of members of the grand jury. He referred to the rumor so often heard that criminals were not punished in the courts and asked where lay the fault. He stated that it was not the fault of the grand iury, as he had found that body seldom, if ever, failed to tind true bills in proper cases. He stated that it was not the Solicitor's fault, nor the Judge's fault; but said that sometimes it was the fault of the petit jury who allowed themselves to be deceived by false testimony. He said the real basis ot the trouble was the perjured testimony that is given in court; that witnesses swear falsely either to clear a friend in trouble or to convict someone against whom they have a hatred. He dwelt at some length upon this phase, and said that there should be some prosecutions brought for perjury, and that if some citizens did not start the prosecution it was not only within the right and powers ot the grand jury, but their duty to do it. He said that the lawyer who defended the criminal could not be blamed,as he was there to see that his client gets a fair and impartial trial, and that lie was but doing his duty in taking advantage of every right accoraea mm oy me law. The Judge then took up the bills that were ready to be given out to the grand jury and charged them specifically as to the law in the several indictments. The following cases were disposed of by the court: The State vs Sam Turner and Jeff Self, assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying a concealed weapon. The court ordered a verdict of not guilty as to Turner; Self was found OUR wpn T JL-4 MILL Nednesday ace in our new millinery an w iv t sy_ r> nn it IINUSI KC )'?]?.'?!??!?.'.'?l@.*?]?.'@ guilty. A motion for a new i trial was overruled and deI fendant sentenced to ('? months Ion chaingung or $00 tine. 1 Messrs Kelley A. Hinds were counsel for detendants. i The State vs Frank Mothershed. assault and battery with intent to kill. Defendant plead|ed guilty and received sentence! of three years on chaining. The State vs W B (Joker,; disposing of property under lien. Verdict of not guilty' ordered by the court. Lee & j Askins represented the defend-! ant. The State vs Paul Singletary, assault and battery with in- j ' tent to kill. Defendant plead-j ed guilty and was sentenced to ; three years on chaingang. The State vs Sylvester Patterson, assault and battery with intent to kill. Pleaded guilty to assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. Sentenced to 4 months on chaingang or to pay tine of $50. The State vs William Green, assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapon. Pleaded guilty of assault and battery of a high and aggra vated nature and sentenced , to serve one year on chaingang. , The State vs Wilks Osborn, assault and battery ot a high; . and aggravated nature, was1 , sent back to magistrate for trial, j The State vs Ben Singletarv,, murder, nol prosed. The State vs A L Carter, ob taining- goods under false pre; tense. Not guilty. Hirsch & .Hirsch represented the defense.: i! The State vs Joe Mention, as> sault with intent to ravish, j i Guilt}* -with recommendation to; ; mercy. The defendant was sen- J : tenced to 12 years in the State penitentiary. A C Hinds, Esq, i ' by appointment of the court, j represented the defendant in I . this case, which under the law is . a capital offense The crime for ; which the negro, Joe Mention, , was convicted was an attempt j to enter a young lady's room at1 her home in the lower part of this county last July. While the i young lady gave her testimony the court room was cleared of every one not connected with the case. The affair was kept very quitt at the time of the occurrence,but when the nature of j the case became known it ex-; I cited a great aeai 01 auenuuu and interest. The recommenda-. tion to mercy by the jury saved the negro's neck. The State vs Bert Johnson, assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons. In this case the defendant pleaded guilty to asFALL NESD A ATI Ubll =S. i \LL O We wish to ar I N E R wil and Thur nex on first floor, fcverv c E DRY ?:lu 11 and battery ol" a high and aggravated nature and was sentenced to serve six months on chaingang or pay a tine of $1 !?;*>. The State vs George Gamble, malic?ous mischief. Sealed sentence. The defendant was not under bond, we understand, and failed to appear to receive sentence. Probably the most sensational case expected to be heard at this term of court was that of the State against P M Lee, C P Johnson and T B Johnson, charged with arson. The grand jury, however, returned no bill and so the prosecution failed. This case lias been pffhding since last winter ind it aroused much interest in the county and over the State, the three young men involved being accused of burning the store of one ot their number,P M Lee, at Scranton. The court of general sessions adjourned Tuesday afternoon,at 0 o'clock. Both Boys Saved. 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Flt'JM JW.E U.I J He read and again stood before tha senate. which had regained ks usual composure after the fallen ser^^t at arms had regained his feet and rubbed i his bruises. j "I do not think there will be any investigation," he said, with decided effort. struggling to down the emotion I that choked him. "I ask this house to i listen to the following letter: "Dear Senator Langdon?When you receive this letter I shall be well on my way to take a steamer for Cuba. I write to ask you not to think too harshly of me, for I will always cherish thoughts of the friendship you have shown me. "Peabody and Stevens have finally i proved too much for me. When they J got old Telfer to swear to a forged j contract ana wantea me 10 Torge your I name in the land records at Gulf City, ! I threw up my hands. Their game will ! always go on, I suppose, but you gave ! them a shock when you broke up their Altacoola graft scheme. And I'm glad you did. They cast me aside today, probably thinking they could get me again if they needed me. "I am going on the sugar plantation of a friend, where I can make a new tart and forget that I ever went to Washington." < Langdon pawed deliberately. Tbe senate was hushed. The galleries were stilled. Not even the rustle of a sheet of paper was heard in the reporters' gallery. The Mississipplan gazed around the senate chamber. He saw Stevens and Peakody craning their necks across the aisle and talking excitedly to each other. Then be stepped forward and spoke, ! waving the paper ia the air. i "Ti,;.. ic ctr-n,./! Tlmrles Nor tcm.'" The old south -mer g d < riumphantI ly at the iiu 'i who li::d sought to dej strov h!:r.. was with difficulty that I the I'tv-idi: : ^.ioer < aid hammer i down the ??f h; d'-lappiag that J arose from ^r'ii.-ri Sount 'i' IJto'Kiu. however, was not satisfied with Tamnion's sudden ascendency. i "How do we v.- that t' 11 letter Is j not a forgery. a trick." iie < claimed. ; "(u? pet Congressman Nwrt u if you ! can?and pet his denial." responded Lanpdon. The junior senaf< r from Mississippi hurriedly pushed Lis way out of the senate chamber. His day's work was done. * Down on a broad plantation along the Pearl river an old planter, who has borne bis years well, as life goes'nowadays, passes his days contentedly, fie delights In the rompings of his grandchildren as they rouse the echoes of the mansion and prides himself on the achievements of their father, Kan j dolph, who has improved the pianta' tion to a point never reached before, i Sometimes he receives a letter from bis daughter, Hope Georgia, now Mrs. Haines, telling him of her happy life, or perhaps it is a letter from Carolina, describing the good times she is having In London with the friends she is visitj IngAnd the old planter goes out on the I broad veranda in the warm sonth! ern twilight, and be thinks of the ! days that were. He remembers how j the Third Mississippi won. the day at I Crawfonisville. He thinks of the days j when he fonght the good fight in I Washington. 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