The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-15

like it-and laid IL m the dssk. Jefyfes
openesi the ..ocr and Ne let Mockbee in Oh,
cr;L -ii.; To- .!-tfrcss, "l,eis 20 and ge
the dsrkev." and - vent out took Oh,
pocte,b.i,. and pat i, IN my pocket, snt
we vent "a the ncc'o sni pat Kim 10 and
J.fre-s -.sr,lr iirm. We did no, stop .,
any pisc. ~h'l- >i;-r the negro. Jefiress
searched she negro and l ex suined Mock.
bee. Mock6~e hsd two silver dolisr. and
three ten cen, pieces. The negro had sSa(
bill, . 81 Till And t~o silver dollsra The
negro .sid his nssue was Chas. Lowry
There VIA anne chang, sixty-6ve cents.
When 60, up from :he desk Marshal
Smith Was in the door, and We turned both
the pccketbooks over io him. Mockbee sas
drunk enough to be ugly and N. an. !
gave him polite invit.iioo 10 le, Us alone.
l have seen Mockbee drunk three times in
the last three months. Our duties - po-
lice 10 when ve lind nan drunk We lock
him up. We search him, and IL Ne find
anything We lake IL I'd Of hun. doc,
know what the marh.l did With the
money. Isaw him pay the dsrkey his
money, bu; don't know what he did with
Mockbee's.
Coos examined There Was no one in
the cell with Mockbee. Jetfssss took the
peck .tbook and put il on the desk. took
it-and put it in my pocket. We put the
negro in . wagon. JefIe-s took the re.
ero's pocke,book aud put il on the desk.
Thos. J.hres., defendant, sworn -
When ne pa, Mockbee in the c.laboose We
thought he had . pistol; We went through
his pockets to see. and in the right pocket
We found pocke,book. and pitched it on
the desx, and / vent and got the keys and
pu, Mockbee in the cslaboose, and Turner
took the pocketbook and put il in his
pocket; Ne vent and got the negro, and
vent through his pocket and found
hi. pocke,book and s2.s5 in silver ;
l counted the money in the
pocketbook and there was S3l /;
Turner to"k Mockbee's pocketbook ard
counted his money, and there WA tso sill
Yer dollars and three dimes in il saw him
take the money out and count IL; Mr..
Smith came in ne Turner h,d registered the
nance, end we hsnded him The pocket
books and he counted tie mon-y ard saw
thss there vas $3.50 in Mockbee's and
81 IS in the negroes. We did no, stop at
any place o. We went after the dsrkey; We
vent together.
Csoss-exsmined II took The pockstbook
out OF Mockbees pocket and threw IL on
the de-k. Turner took up the pockesbosk
and put il in hi pocket, and We went siier
tie negro. We put the negro in wagon
ard We rode back. We searched the negro on
the 6oor cf the calshoose. examined the
negrU's pocke'book, and Turner counted
Mockbee's. II there il any partition in
the pocketbook ! don't know il. Smith
looked through the pockeibook ard d,dn',
know that there was q PARTITION. / cant
swear that no money vas taken out Of the
pockeibook, but Turner did not take il in
my presence. Turner and I sat facing
each other, and Turner sas writing on the
slate. Turner took the poo textbook out Of
hrs pocket ard cav him count il.
A. Smith, marshal, svorn:-I received
$3.50 in sPocke,book, said TO BE- Mockber'..
Can't say whether Turner or Jeiiress hand
ed me the pocks,books. They handed me
Two At once. After they handed me the
poctetbooks Immediately counted the
money. found in Mockbee's four half
dollars. one quarter and . nickie. / an
not positive about the denominations, but
positive about the amount.
Cross-exanine,,: II know the negro "a,
locked up in ten or fifteen minutes after
the police was in the calobco-e apparently
counting money. hsnded Mockbee the
same money given to me. Mockbee, I
think, sid he uou:d give me check. !
told him there Vas 50 80 in his pocket
book, and to give me check for the bal
snce, snd handed him bis pockelbook
Mockbse snid be would not hsve il,
did not want il and said there
had been two ten dollar bills taken out
THE COURTS vKkDIcI.
Alter hearing all the evidence in the
csse. the curt 6nds that . crime hiss been
committed as charged. and tbs. the defend
ant, James Turner. il guilty thereof. 1t is
therefore sdjudsed tia, the defendant
James Turner, do pay to the state Of Mis-
souri the su@ Of $50, With the costs herein,
and that be be committed to the county Jail
for sixty days, and until the ine and costs b
paid, or he be released according to Law.
The case a. 70 Thomas Jsfress is dis
missed and be il discharged.
THE APPEAL
Nov comes james Turner end flee his
affidavit and bond for az appeal to the
Criminal court of Pe,,is county, and the
toud il approved and the appeal allowed.
LOGAN CLARK, J.P.
As soon ~ the finding Of the court had
been announced there vas great excitement,
and the sidewalk in front OF Squire Cl.rt's
Office WAS crowded with people, sll discuss
ing the subject. OF cour-e opinion is di-
vided n To the guilt of the pri.oner-msny
thinking Mockbte lost his money before
falling into the hands # the police, while
others think i!se circumstances are re-
nsrka6ly suspicious and point TO the pr 9
onsr. guilt.
THE MAYORS say
Mayor Evans vas vi.iied by q BAzOO
man tins morning and asked IL he would
suspend Messr.. Turner and Jeffress. He
replied that he had not yet full exsmined
into the c.se ard could not say - 10 What
he would DO. Ii ne did suspend them, he
would appoint iwo spscisI- to do duty DIR
ing the rrmsinder Of his term IT Office.
BoTH OF EN- SUSPENDED.
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