The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-02-12
Proceedings of the Court.

at this place was Monday, End inst, and the
parties es5tot the actions, witness, Grand and Petis
Jnrors, and d2.every one whose presence was ne
cessary27 for business, save. the Judge, were
present, many Of them having, come long dis.
tanees through the rain, and on the coolest day
of the year. Their expressions and frame of
mind can better be imagined than described
but suffice it to say, they were not very eulo-
CYSTIC when they found that they could not
attend to their business, and no one was able
to inform them when they could, as not word
had been heard from the Judge, and all that
could be ascertained on the subject was that ne
had told some one, several days previous, that
he would not be at Anderson until Tuesday
evening. Monday passed of, and no news
and no Judge on the train. Tuesday morning,
when the time to convene the Court came,
nothing had still been heard. So the people
still knew nothing; but their minds were set
at rest during the day by the reception OF a
telegram, saying that he would be up that
evening, that sickness had prevented his earlier
attendance.
Court was called at ten o'clock, Wednesday,
the 4sh of February, the Juries organized, and
the Judge made his charge to the Grand Jury,
which was very suitable in some parts, and
eloquent in others, but was too much of TRADE
against the officers of the County, from the
highest to the lowest, to be relished. Our
county officers are considered peculiarly good
ones, and have the respect and esteem of the
good people of the County, and are believed to
be honest, upright and conscientious men;
hence, his suspicious of rascality, were not as
we'll founded as they perhaps are in some OF
the other counties in this Circuit He ascribed
all the crime to the use of Intoxicating liquors,
and urged the Grand Jury to report every case
where it was Improperly sold.
The Grand Jury found true bills in most Of
the cases handed out to them, and made their
usual presentment that the Offices were proper
ly kept Jail, Poor House, &C., &C., but called
attention TO the condition of certain roads in
the County, and suggested that they be worked
upon as soon as possible.
The following business was disposed of:
The State vs.. W. T. Duckworth, assault and
battery with intent to kill Defendant plead
guilty of assault and battery, and the Court
stuck the law to him pretty severely, imposing
q fine of S. and the costs in the case-amount-
ing to about $50-or be imprisoned sixty days
in Jail.
The State VS.. James Long, assault and bat
terry with intent to kill. Not guilty.
The State vs.. Oscar Geisburg, Morris Lyon
and J. H. Won Hasseln, receiving stolen goods,
knowing them to be stolen. This was the most
interesting case before the Court, and involved
many nice points of law and facts. Lyon, one
of the defendants, did not deny receiving the
and late at night; but denied any suspicion of
its having been stolen, never having seen any
cotton in Austria, where he WAS raised. and
only having been in this State three weeks. Ho
and Hasseln both testified that the latter was
sleeping when the cotton was bought; but
negro boy, complicated in the stealing, and
who turned States evidence" swore both
Lyon and Hasseln were up. Geisberg was
asleep in his house. The Jury, after the charge
of the Judge, found Lyon and Hasseln guilty.
The Judge, in giving their sentences, said he
regretted very much the other party was not
convicted. Hasseln was sentenced to pay hge
dollars fine and half the costs in the prosecu-
ton, or sixty days in Jail. Lyon was SEN
fenced to pay seventy-fve dollars fine and half
the costs in the indictment. They paid up the
fines and costs and were discharged by the
Court.
Then came in a series of cases. The State
VS.. George Posey. This was a gentleman Of
celor," and hailed from our sister State, Geor-
gia, and it seems that he followed the illustri-
GUS example Of an old Athenian General, who
'left his country for his country's good" not,
however, for the good of the citizens of this
State. His cases were four in number, and Of
q heinous nature. First, for mule stealing;
verdict, guilty; sentence, five years in the State
Penitentiary. Next, mare stealing; verdict
guilty; FIVE years in the State Penitentiary
after the expiration of the first sentence. Next
grand larceny; verdict, guilty; sentence, five
years more in the Penitentiary. Next burgla-
ry and grand larceny; verdict, guilty of petit
larceny, snd sentence of one more year in the
Penitentiary. So we shall not see the light Of
Georges face for sixteen years, unless the Gov
ernor pardons him and we fear Georgia's loss
has not been Carolina's gain.
The State VS.. Thomas Lark, burglary and
grand larceny; guilty of petit larceny; SEN
tence, four months in County Jail.
The State VS.. DR.. John Hopkins, malicious
trespass. Not guilty.
The State vs.. Hiram W. Majors, selling per-
sonal property on which lien existed, without
giving notice to purchaser. This was the first
case of this nature that has come up, and much
interest was evinced. The Judges charge to