The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 07, 1909, Image 8
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Louis Boon,a leading merchant of
Norway, Mich, writes: "Three hot
ties of Foley's Honey and Tar absolutely
cured my boy of a severe
cough, and a neighbor's boy, who
was so ill with a cold that the doctors
gave him up, was cured by taking
Foley's Honey and Tar." Noth
ing else is as safe and sure in results.
D C Seott.
Fire in the new Krooklard dispensary
in Lexington county destroyed
liquor wortn $1,000 Monday
morning. There being no pro
vision for replacing the stuff, New
Brookland will remain dry, Lexingtou
county im^ng voted out the
dispensary in the August election.
Foley's Honey and Tar clears the
air passages, stops the irritation in
throat, soothes the inflamed membranes,and
the most obstinate cough
disappear. Sore and inflamed lungs
are healed and strengthened, and the
cold is expelled from the system.liefuse
any but the genuine in the
yellow package. D C Scott.
Don't carry your Christian Science
so far that you imagine your
troubles.
If people with symptoms of kidney
or bladder trouble could realize their
danger they would without loss of
time commence taking Foley's Kidney
Remedy. This great remedy
stops the pains and the irregularities,
strengthens and builds up these organs
and there is no danger of
Bright's disease or other serious disorder.
Do not neglect the early symptoms.
D C Scott.^
The man with a cheerful disposition
and a sunny face is never lonesome.
Fall colds are quickly cured by
Foley's Honey and Tar, the great
throat and lung remedy. The genuine
contains no harmful drugs.
D C Scott.
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.4 GENTLEMAN FROM MISSISSIPPI.
i< ON"< l.ri?Kl? 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.
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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. His thoughts tarn to the
; memory of her who went before these
. many years and whom he is. soon to
j see again, and peace descends on- the
i soul of the gentleman from Mlssis;
sippl as the world drops to slnmber
' around him.
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