Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-02-20
bis barn was burned solely because he was a

his barn was burned solely because he was a
Democrat. The jury was composed of one
white and three colored Republicans, one col
ored and seven white Democrats. They ren:
dered verdict of guilty" and the prisoners
we're sentenced to the penitentiary for life. IL
- The Aiken Court House cases, or what is
known as the "Gregg Mansion fraud" came
up for trial atAiken last week., At the last
term of the. Court, Samuel, j.. Lee, colored,
formerly Speaker of the House of Represen-
tatives, was convicted and sentenced to i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary for two years.
Pending an appeal, however, he has been con-
fined in the county Jail until released few
days ago, on bond of $4,000. j., At the re-
cent term, Prince R. Rivers, John Woolley,
E. J. C. Wood and James NJ Hayne were
tried, The solicitor consented to q verdict Of
not guilty as to Wood and Hayne, but Riv-
ers and Woolley were tried and convicted, the
jury recommending them to the mercy of the
Court. They have both appealed to the sSu-
preme Court, and Woolley has been released
from Jail on a bond of $4,000 pending the
appeal. .... ...,,,,.... .... D.. .r...,
o- The Columbia Register says that Colonel
Lipscomb, Superintendent of the Penitentia-
ry, has made arrangements with Messrs. }. ?.
& J. A. Bondurant, of Augusta, for the man an
,ufacture of large quantity of bricks. The
contract provides that Col. Lipscomb is to
furnish these gentlemen with fifty convicts
from the penitentiary and to pay all the eexx exx-
pepses offeeding, clothing and guarding them,
and to pay the proprietors Of the brick yard
royalty Of 10 per cent. Of the bricks. The
Messrs. Bondurant are to make. in seven
months of each year, not less than three mil
lions of brick. They are to furnish the wood,
the horse,po the foreman and all the
skilled labor, and to give to the penitentiary
one half of the brick made :, The royalty is
to be paid out of the portion of brick given
to the penitentiary. -, The work Of prepara-
ton will begin at once, and the manufacture
Of brick will commence about the first Of next
month. h.ny.. ...;.r4 ... ..,. iii. =. ..r,dj..en
- The case against Sam Lee, the notorious
radical politician of Sumter county, was tried
before judge Mackey, in that county, last
week., Lee was Judge of Probate. for Sum-
ter county, and the charge against him was
the closing of his office when it should have
been OPEN. Lee was not present at the trial,
but Judge Mackey quoted precedents. and
ruled that he could be tried, he having been
previously arrested, and having, with knowl-
edge of the indictment, fed the jurisdiction
Of the court. The State proved clearly. the
frequent absence of Lee and the, closing, Of
his office before and after the election. At
the close of the evidence for the State, the
counsel of Lee moved to quash the indict-
lnent on the ground that Lee was not Judge
Of Probate at the time of the ofense charged,
his successor having been elected, and on the
ground that his sureties having been INSULT
cient he was functus o6icio. Judge Mackey
over-ruled-both positions, and charged that
Lee, ,hsying acted as Judge Of Probate on aud
afsdr 'Md' time of the 'o8shse charged; was
estopped from claiming that he was out of
office aiso on other grounds, showed that he
was in Office at the time. The Judge stated
that as to his bond, it was clearly shown by
the county auditor that Lee had obtained in
diligence, and had given sufficient sureties,
and that the Office of Probate Judge was
never at any time vacated. A jury Of eight
white and four colored after two hours alb
sence, brought in verdict of guilty. After
the verdict was rendered, Lee was called and
not appearing, the Judge announced that a
sealed sentence would be delivered to the
clerk of the Court. g., ..'it...a ......,,t