Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-05-24
CIRCUIT COURT,

A special term of the Circuit Court for
York county-his Honor Judge T. j. Mack
ey presiding-was begun at 10 o'clock, A.
NJ, on Wednesday of last week, and closed at
2 o'clock, A. NJ, on the following Friday.
Except few causes on the calendars, not re.
quriug the Intervention of jury, only the
cases on the sessions docket we're tried. All
the cases on that docket were disposed of as
follows:
State vs.. VIM. Lee; assault with intent to
kill. Verdict, not guilty.
State vs.. James Houston; aggravated as
sault and battery. Inhuman beating of a
child six years old, lacerating the body with a
switch. Pleaded guilty. Sentenced to pay
a fine Of 5000 and costs, or to be imprisoned
two years at hard labor in the penitentiary.
State VS.. Frank Fewell, Andy Barnes,
Jack Wallace, Lewis Steele, Jordan Campbell
and Abraham Poag; grand larceny. Ver-
dict, Frank Fewell and Abraham Poag, gull
ty. The others we're acquitted. Sentences
Frank Fewel three years in the penitentiary,
and Abraham Poag two years in the peniten-
tiary.
State vs.. Isom Dunlap; burglary and lar
ceny. Not guilty.
State vs.. Monroe Killian alias Monroe
Pettis, and Harriet Killian alias Harriet Pet.
ts burglary and larceny. Verdict, not guilty.
State VS.. Lemuel RUSSELL assault with
weapon. Pleaded guilty. Sentenced to pay
a fine of 5000, and to be imprisoned thirty
days in the county Jail.
State vs.. Henry Jordan and Richard Rob.
ertson; burglary and larceny. Richard Rob
ertson pleaded guilty. Sentenced to ten years
at hard labor in the penitentiary. Henry
Jordan went to trial and was found guilty.
Sentence-three years at hard labor in the
penitentiary.
State vs.. the same defendants, for burglary
and larceny Nol pros. as to Richard Rob-
ertson. Henry Jordan found guilty and SEN
fenced to hard labor in the penitentiary for
seven years.
State vs.. Mary Fisher; arson. (setting
fire to the "Harris Hotel" property in York
vile.) Verdict, guilty. Sentenced to be I'M
prisoned for term Of twenty years in the
penitentiarv
State vs.. Abner Jackson, Isom Buchanan,
Ben Jones and Britton McKeown; burglary
and larceny. (Burglarously entering the
store of Latimer & Hemphill, of Yorkvil!e,
and stealing goods to the amount of $3.50
therefrom) No. pros. entered as to Ben
Jones and Britton McKeown. Isom Buchan-
an found guilty, and sentenced to seven years
at hard labor in the penitentiary. Abner
jackson found guilty, and sentenced to twen-
ty years at hard labor in the pententiary.
All the above offenders are colored.
On Thursday afternoon the grand jury
made the following presentment:
To the Honorable T. j. MACKEY, Presiding
Judge The grand jury would respectfully
submit the following report:
We visited the county poor house and found
that there are thirty-three paupers maintained
at the public expense. Of this number, 10
are white and ii colored. The care taken of
these paupers is very good. The poor house
farm is apparently we'll managed, and the
stock belonging to it are in good condition.
In regard to the poor house, we would make
the following recommendations
1. That Jane Rodgers, a stout and healthy
white woman, apparently about thirty years
old, now an inmate of the poor house, be dis
missed
2. That the County Commissioners furnish