The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-01-29
LOCAL ITEMS.

was greater than we anticipated, and
tie cases mostly larceny and assaults,
while the common pleas docket was light {;
together howevvr the was work labo.
riouS and called for the exercise of much
patience. The admirable practical abil-
tiles Of bench and bar were evidenced
in the facility with which the confused
and knotty web of business was gone
through with, and which happily cna-
blcd his Homer to discharge his jury at
an early hour on Thursday afternoon.
Ours was not the high honor Of making
one of the "inteligcnce" this time for
tunately, it being a mixed affair and COL
ored, half white and half black, and hav
ing no particular business in court, but
considerable outside, we were prevented
giving as close attention as We would
like to have done; therefore the report is
brief We noticed however with pleas,
ure, during Lastly visit, respectable
attendance of the Bar, with each a pile
of law and evidence before them, and
among whom we mention our esteemed
Solicitor, COL Fair, as keen in the eycr-
else Of legal lore and wit as in the good
days Of old, Gen. Darlington, Maj. BaS.
ter, Maj. Jones, S. Chapman, Esq, and
the Mcssrs. Spearman. Majors Suber
and Summer, and Benson Jones, Esq.
being absent from town. All gentlemen
of eminent legal ability, end of whom as
a Bar Newberry is justly proud. The
colored portion of the community, who
are so largely interested in the district
court, have had another evidence Of zeal
in their behalf on the part of the counsel,
and should be deeply grateful, although
, in the minority Of the cases, facts proved
too stubborn to be overcome to their adj
vantage. 1t is time that they learn, that
to avoid punishment they must commit
no crime against the law.
The leases" must have been hard ones,
and with guilt transparent in their faces,
or else the "intel'igence" were in haste,
and were indifferent as to the dollars and
cents which each days sitting added to
their wealth, for the almost iavarable
and very speedy finding was "suity."
1t was clear that this mixed body Of ju.
rors who "sot" under the drippings CT
his eloquent Honor, and who were fire.
quently, as We were told, inundated, and
sometimes almost carried away with the
| torrents Of beautiful oratory and ina
gerry from Solicitor and Bar, had their
eyes "skint," and exercised wonderful
Judgment under the lead of the "iittle
corporal" :ocal1ed by the old 18th in
war times, and now the foreman. No
| time was lost with the "rccords" to the
relief Of the court. Intelligent mixture!
The sentences in the cases as given be
ll--.s- mess- passed on SaturdaY,-Hhen- The
| honorable district court adjourned till
it's next session, if not discontinued by
act Of the great riagcd- ard stri-
ped in the meantime:
The State VS.. Dinah Boyd, larceny, not
guilty.
+ Gilbert Chalmers and j. Reid, petit
larceny, guilty, sentence $40 and costs.
Spencer Davis, trespass after notice,
sentence $40 and costs
Neus koon, larceny, two indictments,
sentence - months in penitentiary.
Joice Rock, petit larceny, sentence
! sealed.
Mary Williams, assault and battery,
sentence $50 and costs.
Robt Ruff, petit larceny, plead guilty,
sentence 10 months in penitentiary.
Jas Webs, assault and battery, SEN
tence 81 and costs.
Robt Ruff, sheep stealing, sentence 8
months imprisonment.
Simeon Welch, petit larceny, sentence
| 81 and COSTS.
Geo Blocker, larceny, sentence 81 ard
costs.
Eliza Wilson, assault and battery, SEN
| tcnce $50 and costs.
Irwin Kibler, larceny, sentence $50
and costs.
Scott Copeland, cow stealing, plead
guilty, sentence s25 and l months i'm
priSonmcnt.
Leonard Floyd and Chas. Floyd, lar
ceny, sentence each l months imprison.
ment.
Emma Clary and Winnie Clary, lar
ceny, sentence $50 each and costs.
Griffith Floyd, larceny, sentence seal
ed.
Griffith Floyd, Mary Floyd and d.
Floyd, COW stealing, sentence sealed as
to frs, ard ST. and costs each for others.
Dennis and Mary Floyd, hog stealing,
sentence $40 and costs.
Nathan Wadlington, burglary, SEN
| tanra sealed