Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-29
QUICK WORK.
Sc No FOOIishneas dis Time, OhfIe, L TsIHs
YOa Now, Our Criminal Court
Means ~Buatneas7-Es tho
GaIIOWa Ready1

It will be seen that the opening week
of the criminal court 10 signsliEed by 4
degree Of CELEBRITY that must make the
criminals who, in our jail lately played
free-Gnd-easy tricks, shake in their boots
Judge Flippin means not only TO do his du-
ty, but 70 see that others do what 6~evOlves
upon them. he means business. He has
two juriea in session, and a. q result we
ind that yesterday "a criminal wssfound
guilty OF murder, another sentenced to
the ~psnisentiary for twenty-One years,
and still another to four. The particulars
are as follows:
Dan. Smith was charged with killing
James L MsrriWsather, q young gentle
man of ability, last spring. The evidence
showed that Merriweather had lust ar
rived home from town, and found Smiths
woman" in alteration with q number Of
other darkies. He told her to 60 out, and
she commenced cursiag him; he then
gave her q push TO put her out. At that
moment Smith came in with q stick of
cord-wood, and knocked young Msrri-
weather down by q blow over 6he head.
After he was knocked down Smith con
tinued to beat him, until his skull wa sf-
fsctualIy crushed In. He died shortly
sfserWsrd. Smith and his "Woman' fed,
but were captured out at a lanyard be-
You'd Wolf river. He had an examination
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trial. He was brought before Judge
Flippin and q jury Monday morning
The trial wss finished yesterday. The
jury brought In prompt verdict Of 8mUr-
der in the hrst degree" The sentence Of
the court was not given.
James Kinney, colored, was charged
with larceny in having snstehed q mssOnic
jswel from the robes Of Judge Dixon the
day Of the Masonic picnic. The charge
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guilty rendered, and q sentence OF four
years l n the State penitentiary passed.
James Jourdan, colored, was tried for
stealing a horse from Colonel Pittmsn, Of
Wythe station. He attacked the neigh
borhood Of Wythe Depot first, succeeded
in u~nhitching a horse and q mule from
heir stalls, the property of Colonel Pitt
man and Mr.. Appleberry respectively
There was another colored in cahoOt with
him. They proceeded across the country
and succeeded in reaching Sena-
tobia, in the State Of Mississippi, The
gentlemen, when they missed their prop
erty the mex morning, immediately set
out for Memphis, to consult with our
Hicks and Shelby, Of the detective force.
About half an hours conversation with
these gentlemen threw g flood Of light on
matters and things sppertaining to horse
men and so forth The gentlemen at Once
prOce60s0 TO 4lSsl8slpplt anu 70 inc Town
of ~SenatObis, where they met Mr.. r. 7.
Miller, the constable. The result Of q
counsel with hat gentleman was the ar
rest OF Joe. His friend he'd forsaken him
Joel at the first Whit Of danger. The
horse was found in the possession Of Joe,
but the mule had been sold. That ant
NAL was also recovered, u Messrs. Pitt
man and Appleberry returned 70 this city
with their prisoner and the animals.
Colonel Pittmsn resolved to remain here
until the thief got justice. he wss ar
raignsd yesterday. The evidence was heard
and the Jury found q verdict of guilty"
against him. Twenty-one years in the
-oenitentisry was the sentence.
A white roman was put on trial for
living the wife Of q colored man. She
was sentenced to one yssr bat the Judge
coInmuted the sentence to day in the
comfy Jail, owing TO her explanation that
she had been ali her nfe brought up
among niggers and was in fact treated as
one OF them.
Henry Williams, colOred, for stealing a
horse from W. D. Dickerson on the Ash Of
September. Verdict Of gully nj SEN
teRce Of ten yeas TO the penitentiRry.