Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-04-08
SAI,ES.DAY.

The following parcels OF land were sold oy
the Sheriff last Monday:
Land of j. NJ. Lowry-1126 acres-sold
under execution, and bought by Mrs. L. E.
Lowry for S2500.
Land of F. S. Carson, deceased-40 acres
sold by order Of the Judge Of Probate, and
bought by Mrs. R. Louisa Carson at Sl.25
per acre.
J.H. Clawson, Assignee, sold the following
property:
Lands of Hilariah McCall-one tract of
70 acres, bought by Mrs. Catharine A. Nc
Lure, at s425 per acre one tract Of l23 acres,
bought by DR.. w. E. Erwin, at s4.O5 per
acre; one tract of 81 acres, bought by DR..
w. +. Erwin, at s3.10 per acre.
Lands of j. N. McCall-S6 acres-bought
by Reuben Dulin, at s6.65 per acre.
Onehalf interest of j. B. Marks in tract of
land near Rock Hill-about 10 acres
bought by James Bynum, at s2.10 per acre.
CIRCUIT COURT.
The Court of Common Pleas and General
Sessions for York county-his Honor Judge
Mackey presiding convened at 10 o'clock on
Monday. His Honor, on charging the grand
Jury as to their duties, deemed it unnecessary
to extend his remarks, at length-the present
jury having already served at previous term
of the Court, at which time they had been for
mally charged. His Honor, however, was
emphatic in his condemnation Of the retail
traffic in liquor, and expressed the hope that
the grand jury would reject all petitions that
might be presented for licenses to retail liquor
Every homicide or case Of murder committed
on this circuit in the past two and a-half years,
his Honor attributed to the indulgence of the
parties concerned in liquor; while the traffic
in it leads to the commission of minor ofien-
ses, such as thevng, brawls aad other dis
turbances of the public peace, filling the jails
and poor-houses of the State In pecuniary
point of view, his Honor argued that the rev.
enue derived from the sale of retail liquor IL
censes, was small as compared with the ex-
pense and poverty it entails upon the county.
His Honor urged that the County Commits
soners have the power to close every retail
liquor establishment in the county, and he
suggested that the grand jury, in their report,
recommend such course.
His Honor expressed qualification at the
action of the foreman of the grand jury in
publicly notifying the trial justices Of the
county to produce their records and books
for inspection. He was happy to believe,
however, that these officers, as we'll as all the
present officials of the county, had properly
discharged their duties After his Honor
had closed, Mr.. Solicitor Mackey called his
attention to the statute prohibiting the sale of
certain drugs and medicines by any but Ii
censed pharmaceutists, whereupon the Court
charged the grand jury to ascertain, if in their
power, whether this law is being violated in
the county, and ifso, to present the guilty
parties.
The following indictments have been dis
posed of up to the time Of our going to press
State vs. Hamp. Hicklin, Mary Hicklin
and Elisha Hicklin; assault and battery.
Found guilty and sentenced to one hour in
county Jail.
State Us. Charles Davis; assault and bat
terry. Verdict of guilty.
State Us. Stephen Waters, John Harris and
Henry Massey; riot tumult, and assault and
battery. Guilty of assault and battery as to
John Harris, and guilty of riot as to the other
defendants.
State us. Frank Mcconnell burglary and
larceny. Verdict not guilty.
State vs. John Ratteree; receiving stolen
goods. Verdict guilty. Motion for a new
trial and in arrest of Judgment This is
case in which the defendant, John Ratteree,
while in the pursuit of his avocation of butch
er at Rock Hill, purchased an OK from two
negro men who drove the animal to his lot