Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-05-04


amount to the Chairman of the Executives
Committee, Mr.. Joseph Herndon. y
The thanks of the Convention were voted
to the Chairman and Secretary for theiir, SER
vices, to which Major Hart responded in 9
few chaste and well.timed remarks. ], .,;iis +,
The Convention then adjourned, TO meetat
the call of the Chairman. te,a.,,,,.~o ,. d,
From the charieston News and Courier, 80
THE PARDON OF JOHN, LILLEY., 4,..
COLUMBIA, s. g. April ~. {.
The following are the papers, requested to
be published by your Chester correspondent.
The text Of the pardon is omitted as purely
formal ~ ai2 Tba iiei J t3ash,st ,t3tsya 2tls
- ~ CHESTER, s. C.,tAprl II, III sac. oil
10 His .Ezeelency d. H. gCHombsrlain, Coz.
.-.. ernor of South Carolina !:
s1R-We, the undersigned, acting herein in
behalf of what we conceive to be the due ad-
ministration of the law and IN furtherance Of
the ends Of public justice, begleave, respect
fully, to apply to YOU'RE Excelleucy fo- the par
don of John tLilley, who was conyicted,iof
grand larceny at the January term, 1876. ,.ef
the Court of Sessions for the, County of Ghes,
ter, and sentenced for the term Of nine years
to the State penitentiary, and We solicit the
pardon in this instance, solely upon thsf follow
i1g grounds, to wit: $3.50 ,3lsl sii':ss i
| lst. Benjamin g. Yocom, Treasurer Of the.
County of Chester, is noweunder indictment
ih the Court of Sessions for said county on the
charge (among others) Of breach Of trust and
larceny for having fraudulently, as county
treasurer, appropriated to his own use 9 large
Sum of the moneys Of said county which bad
come into his hands as treasufer'tp beapplied
and paid out by him, as provided BY law; for
the payment, of all school claims due prior To-
November !, 1873, and that the ssid John
Lilley is very material witness for the State
to prove the facts as alleged. &
%. The State expects toprove BY said John
Lilley- stitiEf95itf fstS' ..
.4(a) That on or about the 10th day, Of May,
1875, the said B. g.: Yocom, fiaudulenly abb
stracted from the Office of the county treasurer
of said county one or more packages Of what
is known as teachers pay certificates, for, the
years 1871, 1872, and 1878, which said ceftiG,
Gates had already been paid, as he we'll knew,
by his predecessor in Office, q large portion Of
which had not been cancelled;s that nhe, the
said B. G.. Yocom, delivered thesaid package
or packages to said John Lilley, with instrnc-
tions to select therefrom all certificates which
were uncanceled,; that said Lilley did, in
fact, make such selection and informed said
Yocom of the result, delivering back to Yo-
com said certificates as were cancelled; and at
the request of Yocom retaining such as we're
uncancelled. bas .7i,,i f.si .jg 8.
CD That the arrangement between the, said
Lilley and Yocom was, that Yocom, as treas.
urer as aforesaid, was to pay said uncancelled
certificates out of the actual fund Of said.
county when the same should thereafter be
received by him and the amount paid on said
uncancelled certificates to be divided between
said Yocom and said Lilley. =, .,.,5,g "a
fu1 That on n nf5tiday; + tn of My, 1875
said B. G. Yocom went to Columbia and, re-
ceived from the treasurer Of said State ~. .8l3.-
10, which, with the sum of 81 ,887 poll tax
collected by him in said county making mall
s4,7OO.7O, to- be applied by him as treasurer
to the payment Of school claims due as aforeI, 81,
said; that on Friday night, the 21st Of May,
1875, said Yocom returned from Columbia,
and On Sunday, 23rd Of May, Of the same
year, had an interview with said Lilley atihis
(Yocom's) residence, in Chester, and he (Yo-
com) cashed and paid in full to himself and
said Lilley about 500 Of the certificates 80
fraudulently distracted from his own Office,
by the said Yoconn, he Y ocom) receiving
onehaIf thereof; and, further, that said Yo-.
com, at the same time, also paid TO said Liliey
some 5000 or $700 for valid certificates which
said Lilley had purchased for said YocoIa.
county treasurer aforesaid, at the Instance az and
request Of said Yocom. 81. ,.,.,
Sd. That said Liliey will be corrobofated
in the following manner, in several rnaterial
points, to-Wit : sj59 ,feglt
> (a) By, James J. Kinard, who assorted at
least one of the packages of certificates given.
by Yocom to Lilley, and wrote pretended Is AZ =
signments across several Of them 70 SAID John
Lilley. ''', - -, n
(bj By David Hemphill, Yocoms preds.
cessor IN Office as county treasurer, who will
prove thathe turned over said certificates 90
abstracted, to said Yocom, and that said GER.
ti6cates had already, been paid bY hin, the Y.
said David Hemphill. - i II
,(c) By severafo the teachers Of the pub
lie schools Of said county, that certificates
paid BY Yocom out of the fund 60 received By
him had been previously paid by said David ID.
Hemphill. ~ daj 1a ssaely 81 ii5iiisssi5;af
s(d) BY Yocom's account with the National
Bank of Chester, which will shoF that on
May 24th, 1876, before ,Yocom had paid GER
ti6cates to any other person than said Liltey,
he, the said Yocom, had overdrawn his &c.
count with said bank, at least$ 800 thaton
May 24th, that he Yocom) deposited $1,000
in said bank, and on May Oath and 25th paid
out on account of pay certificates by checks
on said bank, $1,799.70, which is the entire
amount shown by bank account to have been
paid out by him-incuding a check to the
said John Lilley for $l59.90, his (Yoccm'O
books as treasurer at the same time showing
that on the Oath and 25th of. May, 1875. he
claims credit for about 81 200 paid out for
certificates. .A. =, .c,,.. a.; .,,ss ~, 8; .l
In addition, we would state that there are,
several other minor facts and circumstances,
unimportant in themselves, but which, taken
in connection with the foregoing facts, tsndto
corroborate Lilley's testimony. b o1a l!5sai1.
We would also suggest that the pardon
herein asked for, if granted, be forwarded TO
US to be delivered to said John Lilley upon
the express condition that he testify in this
case in good faith. = -2st5f a 81 i e s94
Very respectfully, your obedient servants,
... ~ taa am ii "A, M. MAcKRY, iry; !: .
...a .ooa-~5 ~5,oo,a Solicitor Sixth sGircuitsss
,-., ..;,....gf iii D. CHARLES s. RRIcE. - s,
-. I.,sj,. OF Counsel for the State.
Please act ON this at once, as the case is set
down for trial On Wednesday morning at 10