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Albert Yarbrough Found Guilty OF
Selling Cotton Upon which there
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The case OF the State against Albert Var.
brnug'i. Indicted for selling property under
lien, was called. MIR. Noble appeared for the
state. The Solicitor opened the cIsc with a
brief explanation Of the recent Act bearing
! upon the case.
Mr. q. 4. douglass proved that the defend.
ant had given him u lien ON his crop To Sc
ed. In the fail Yarbrough tod Mr.. Douglass
he had sold one bale ol '"ttnn. but he hnd
more Oh hand; Mr.: Dou?. ofieie.l TO send
not necessary. I loand out soon after lie had
no cotton, hat that he had sold 1t.
Jones Miller-1 am n merchant In tow
vas In business last fall with a.. w. Jones
1 bought one bale Of cotton from Albert Var
brouvl,. He did not Fay 1t had a lien upon IT,
Cross, examincd-I ain not positively Ger.
tain | bought from f%nrbrOugh. settled with
{. w. Gutiln for II, but think iarbrough sold
1t.
A. " ~Jones-Gufin bought some goods tina
alfred farbrnugh got. l understood that w.
bought a bale Of cotton from Marlborough
though Guf1n sold the cotton. Yarbrougl'
had no account In our store.
he had sold one bale Of cotton to Jones Miller
e. W. Guffln-I live on my sisters farm
Ya%rbrough worked with my brother TO-
o %" Sf: ja a1fse sho ! 9a i asht owed tG my f SroiS.
or and l did not allow him 10 have any OF the
cotton. Did not know Mr.. Douglass had a
lien on the crop.
Observation-Disclosures had an inter.
est In n seven acre crop. ! did not allow him
TO have anything TO do with the crop, but
sent 1t to Jones & Miller to credit on my
brothers account.
Mr.. Noble was heard for the defence. Mr..
Solicitor Cochran appeared for the State. Az
ter the Judges charge the jury ook the
record, and soon after returned u verdict OF
guilty.
Mr.. Noble gave notice Of a motion for new
trial.
A Stray Bull Creates a disturbance.
The State against Richard Kirkpatrick-In.
dictment for assault and battery with intent
TO kill. Solicitor COthran for the State. MIR.
Cothran for the defence.
The testimony was v luminous In this case.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick did not deny the assault, but
ms defence WIS that Mr: robinson, the prose
lent language In the presence Of his family,
and that he ordered him to leave, moi doing
It. he threw the rock and struck him.. The
state showed hat Mr.; Robinson was at the
latter under the stock law; that the first All
cry words came from defendant, and contend
ed that he used more force than was necessary.
The jury returned o verdict OF not guilty.
Odds and Ends.
The Grand Jury found true bills In the fol-
The Suite against Marshall Davis. assault
and battery with intent to kill.
The State against John w. Fell, malicious
treSpass.
NO BILLS.
The grand jury found mo bill" in the iol-
lowing cases:
The State against Marshall Davis, larceny
from the field.
TheState against Jacob White, grand lar
ceny.
The State against William Donald, murder.
BENCH WARRANTS.
Bench warrants were issued for John
Adams, Oliver Mays n Lydia Adams.
SET FOR WEDNESDAY,.
The trial OF the case OF the State against
Henry Riley fol- assault and battery with in
tont to kill WAS fixed for to-day, Wednesday.