The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-03-09
The Circuit Court.


The Court of General Sessions consumed
the entire time Of last week and up to
Tuesday OF the present week in the trial of
criminal causes. The cases tried or dis
posed of i'll addition to those reported last
week, and the sentences in all the convic-
tions of the term, were as follows:
State VS.. James Anderson, for rape and
assault and battery with attempt to ravish.
Not guilty. Accused represented by Muir
ray e. Murray.
State VS.. Pink Paydon, for arson. Case
continued.
State VS.. VIM. Tucker, for houscbreaking
| and larceny. Continued.
State ys. Isaac Putnam, Silas Putnam, and
Lily Putnam, for murder. Guilty of man.
slaughter, the two last named being recon-
mended to mercy of Court Sentences,
Isaac Putnam 10 years in penitentiary, Silas
and Lily each years in penitentiary.
State vs.. Henry II. Harrison, for forgery
in two cases. Guilty. Two years in peni-
tentiary for each offence. T. H. Cooke ap-
pcared for prisoner.
State vs.. John Cleveland and Moses
Cleveland, for burglary and larceny and
receiving stolen goods. John Cleveland
plead guilty. and the case against Moses
mol. pressed. John sentenced to one year
in the penitcntiary. Prisoners represented
by Murray dE Murray.
State VS.. James Harris, for housebrcaking
tiary. II. G. Scudday represented accused.
The same party was convicted Of carrying
| concealed weapon, and sentenced to six
| months in the. penitentiary for that crime
w. D. Bewley. was his attorney in this case.
State VS.. Martha Hill, for grand larceny
| Continued.
| State VS.. ]. A. L. Norris and Ella Miller,
for ADULTERY. Continued.
State VS.. Clifton Whiiner, for selling prop.
erty under lien without notice to lienor.
| Indictment quas!ied. b. F. Whitner rep
resented accused.
State VS.. r. w. Baskins. Appeal from
Trial Justice Court. Appeal dismissed, and
sentence Of thirty days in Jail passed. Pris-
oner represented by Scudday & Bewley.
State VS.. ]. r. Burton, for aggravated as
sault and battery and assault and battery
with intent to kill. Guilty of aggravated
assault and battery in two cases. The de-
fendant having run away before the trial,
sealed sentences were left with the Clerk of
| Court in both cases.
The parties whose convictions were an
nounced last week were sentenced as fol-
lows:
Perry Williams houscbrcaking and lar
| ceny, one year i'll penitentiary.
John Talley, larceny, six months in the
penitentinry.
Sherman Smith, VIM. Tucker, Manual
Howard, Piackney Peyton and Perry Will
liams, convicted of arson, life time in pen
itentiary.
All the parties convicted are colored, OK
cept J. r. Burton.
After sentencing the prisoners on Tu es-
day, the Judge called Calendar No. on the
| civil side of the Court, and also sounded
| Calendar No. /. As we go to press the
Court is busily engaged in the trial of civil
causes requiring jury.
| Judge Aldrich has transacted very le 'ge
amount of business, and at the rate hereto
| fore made the whole Of the jury causes will
be disposed of by Thursday or Friday after
noon. The greater portion of the time o
| the Court has been consumed in the trial oi
| criminal cases, which have been more nu'
merous than at any previous term of Court
| of which We have any recollection. These
cases are great burden to the people of oul
county, but the summary trial and adequate
punishment inflicted upon these evil doer:
| will, we have no doubt, have q strong ten
dency to repress the apparent disposition
towards an increase of crime. The com
mission of crime is now q very sure ticke
of admission for good term to the Stat
penitentiary, where tho criminal will b
made not only to suffer punishment 70
his crime, but by his labor to also earl
some revenue for the State as measurabl
compensation for such crime.