Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-11-03
Court Proceedings Some Inter-
esting Cases Tried.

Honor Judge Fraser presiding. He is look
Ing we'll and presides with the ability and
courtesy of his old time illustrious predo.
cessors. Solicitor Orr was In his seat with
batch of indictments. chiefly for minor Of
fenses, though one bill will be given out for
murder. There was conspicuous absence
Of those orimos known as Infamous, most of
them being for assault and battery, and
other ofonses in the nature of breaches OF
the peace.
The following indictments were given out;
State vs.. John Whitman for malicious
trespass.
State vs.. Edward Owens, eolored, CARRYING
concealed weapons.
State vs.. Edward Owens, oolored, assault
and battery with intent to kill.
State vs.. Robert Baldwin for carrying
concealed Weapons.
State VS.. Henry Hembroc, Jamos Harper
and VIM. jackson, riot and assault and
battery.
State vs. Allen Carver for malicious mis-
chief.
State vs.. Allen Busby, OF al, riot TO.
His Honor, after tho witnesses Here sworn.
proceeded to charge the grand jury, emitting
to again remind them specially of their gen-
eral duties, rs they had ut previous terms
OF the court boon fully instructed III them.
Ills Honor then instructed them as to the
bills of indictment handed to them, giving
them plain statement of their dutios in
considering the bills. They Hore instructed
10 cases Of homicide to find true bill, whom
Ia ha 1 Z,
right to have such grave crimes heard in
open court and such q course is u protection
to the defendant, who might show good
defense now, but which in tho lapse of timo
he might be unable to show, though tho fact
Of killing could be proved.
After the grand jury retired, the court
called the case Of tho State vs. Daphne Max,
we'll and Jeanette Maxwell. Indictment
for murder, (nfanticde) The prisoners
we're brought into court and arraigned and
put in plea of not guilty, and aftor jury
was obtained, tho trial proceeded. Mcssrs
Calhoun and Gibson represented the accused
by appointment of the court.
Tho State proved substantially that Jean
nctte Maxwell was delivered Of q child
about the morning Of the 9th of Juno, 1881.
She had worked at Mr.. Nevillo's on tho 9th
and was complaining of being sick; said sho
had toothachc; sho was seen squatting down
several times during tho morning. At II
O'clock q shower Of rain foil and all hands
knocked off Jeannctto and Daphne did not
return to work that evening" though tho
other hands did. Jeanette was larger than
sho is now. On tho morning of tho 9th
Daphne went to tho house of Mary Crump
and told her Jeannettoc had child and it
was dead. On going to the house tho child
was found, and witness, Mary Crump, pro-
oeeded to get something to dress
it, as nothing had been prepared by the
mother. On dressing tho child witness
found large blisters on parts of tho body
and severe bruises OH tho hoad and Jaw.
The skull appeared to be apart, so tho back
part of the head would fall back when the
head was raised up. The skin was slightly
broken and bruised and blood would ooze
out of its nostrils. Has seen several still
born children. but mono having these ap-
pcarancos. Daphne told witness shc did not
know how the hurts happened, unless they
were caused by carrying heavy poles.
Limerick Gadsden. on the part of tho
State, was excluded, because he had been
convicted of burglary and could not produce
his pardon.
Dr.. T.. B. Johnson, a physician of thirty
years experience. who attended the post NOR.
tenn examination of tho child, testified that
he believed the child was born alive and
died from violonco. IIo arrived at these
conclusions from several reasons:
Let. The child in structure and develop
mont showed no imperfectons, was of guod
size and no indications showing it was born
dead.
"a. There wero bruises on the head
and mock sufficient to havo produced it's
death.
Sd. The blood which flowed from it's
mouth, nose md enrs was of character
which indicated the child had lived.
9TH. The swelled condition of tho neck
and throat indicated violence before lfe was
extinct, and tho bruises on tho back of the
head and coagulated blood in the ekull
pointed in tie same direction.
9th. The post mortcn, showed no evi-
dence Of violence on tho abdomen or other
intestines.
9th. The chest of child becomes larger
after it breathes than before, by tho cxpan.
sion of the lungs. This vas found to bo so
from the Indications.
7th. Whom child has brcathed thero is
como change in the position Of the diaphragm
and this indication also appeared in tho
examination, indicating life