Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-04-03


offices and books of the Clerk of the Court, OF
the County Sheriff, of the Judge Of Probate,
of the County Treasurer, of the County Audit
or, of the County Commissioners, and or the
School Commissioner, and find that these sew
eral officers are faithfully discharging their
duties.
The books of the following Trial Justices
have been submitted to us for examination
and found to be correct, to-wit A: l.: Nun
nerv, Bethesda S. NJ. Fewell, ROCK Hill >.
L. Davidson, Bullock's Greek; L. u. smith,
Kings Mountain; D. NJ. Wallace, Bethel )
James S. Lewis, P. B. Darwin, Yorkvllle; b.
F. Powell, Fort Mill. No books have been
submitted by the Trial Justices in Catawba,
in Ebenezer, and in Broad River townships.
w. G. Black, recently Trial Justice IN Chero-
kee township, by letter. reports that from eX-
treme feebleness he was unable to prepare MS
books for examination.
We visited the County Poor House, and
found it well kept. In that institution there
are twenty-fOur paupers, seventeen OF "hom
are white and seven cOlored.
The County Jail we find secure. we make
the following recommendations
First. That the inside of the County Jail be
whitewashed with lime, and that the defective
widow blinds be repaired.
Second. That water-clOset be erected at
some proper place on the Court House iot.
This recommendation we urge, since IL mas
been made frequently before, but no actlon
taken in the matter.
Third. We recommend that the Trial JUS
tices earnestly admonsh all persons, whether
male or female now living i'll state OF adal,
tery or fornication, to abandon their unlawtul
manner of life and at the same time to IN
form all such persons that in the event they
do not comply with the law, they will be pros
ecuted Respectfully submitted.
S. l.. ADAMS, Foreman.
The grand jury were then discharged, his
Honor expressing the thanks OF the Court Tor
the able and efficient manner in which they had
discharged their duties, and announcing that
before the close of the term he would issue the
necessary orders for carrying out their recon-
mendatiOns.
On Friday the following cases were tired,
which ended the business on the Sessions
Docket:
State VS.. Hiram Cunningham and Rose
Bingham, colored adultery. Wilson y Will
son appeared for defence. Only Hiram was
arraigned, and he pleaded that he and hose
were married. Verdict, not guilty.
Two white women were also arraigned on
the charge of unlawfully living with men in
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Court instructed the Clerk to take bond from
each one of the women on her own recognl-
zance for her good behavior in the future,
and at the same time admonishing them that
if guilty of violating the law again, the full
penalty of the law would he visited upon them.
State rs. Joe Edwards, Elijah Sutton and
Tom jerks, colored; gambling in the open
woods on Sunday Mr.. Bell appeared as coun-
sci for defence. Verdict guilty.
State IS. Benson F. Hardin; malicious tres
pass. Prosecutor. J. L. Guy. This case orig
mated in the removing, by Mr.. Hardin, OF a
number of loose planks which formed floor
in a house vacated by him on premises bought
by Mr.. Guy at the bankrupt sale OF Mr. Har-
din on sales-day last January. Mr.. Hardin
proved that the planks were given to his wife
by her father, to be used as scaffolding for
drying fruit, airing beds, ETC., and had been
placed in the house, without being nailed
down, to serve as temporary floor, and it was
claimed that he did not remove them ma
liciously Mr.. Bell appeared with Mr. Solicit
or CASTOR for the prosecution; Messrs. Hart
s. Hart fer defence. Verdict, not guilty.
In similar case against Mr.. Hardin, in
stituted by the same prosecutor, nolte pros
equi was entered on motion of the State Sollcl-
tor. ..t.. ...
State vs.. Oliver L. Thomas, Franklin A.
Thomas, VIM. Davis and VIM. Forbls; rlot.
Prosecutor, Ezekiel Fewell. Only Franklin a.
Thomas and VIM Davis had been arrested,
the others having fled the county. The de-
PENDANTS were young white men, VINO one
night in the early part of last January, assem-
bled on the premises of Mr.. Fewell, having been
attracted by performance advertised 10 De
given there on that evening by an itinerant
Professor of legerdemain. A number OF
persons in the neighborhood went to the
.sshow," some of whom went in, while others,
among them the defendants, demurred at the
price of admission, and remained on the out
side. Mainly for diversion, they acted i'll
manner calculated to disturb the professor
and annoy his audience persisting in their
conduct after being warned by Mr.. Fewell,
owner of the premises, to desist and leave.
Mr.. Bell appeared for the defence, and after
argument by him and Mr.. Solicitor CASTOR,
the Court charged that in the meaning and m
tent of the law. the offence constituted riot.
ment person remained on the premises OF
another-the rightful owner-after having
been ordered away, he became a trespasser;
and if three or more persons were together,
under similar circumstances, no matter wheth-
er they met by accident or assembled after
premeditation. if ordered off and they refused
to 80, they became rioters and were subject to
the penalties of the statute. Verdict, guilty.
On motion of defendants attorney, and
with the consent of the Solicitor and prose-
cutor, nolle prosequi was entered IN the pro-
ceedings on the criminal side of the Court
against John l.. Watson, ex-County Treas
urer, for alleged breach of trust as treasurer
with fraudulent intent.
Court convened at 10 O'Clock on Saturday
morning, when the following sentences were
pronounced: -"' :! >
Joseph Edwards, Isaac Sutton and Thomas
jerks convicted of gambling In consldera-
ton of the imprisonment of the parties for
near five months previous to their conviction,
his Honor made their punishment as light as
was consistent with the nature OF their Of
fence, and sentenced each to imprisonment IN
the county jail for the term of one week.
Thomas jerks, the same above sentenced ;
convicted on Tuesday of attempt to kill, by
firing a deadly weapon at John r. Porter The
verdict was accompanied with recommends
tion for mercy, in consideration of which the
sentence of the Court was six months in the
penitentiary .... :. IT.. ......
James Neal, white assault and battery with