Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-04-02

cided to send him there for treatment WlCnOu
delay, and it is t. be hoped that under his treat
was naturally bright young man, and his sac
affliction calls for the sympathy of our com
munity.
The parents of the unfortunate young man arr
we'll known in Yorkville, his mother being
native Of this town, and in their distress they
have the sympathy of our people with the hop'
that the atf1iction of their son may at most bt
only temporary.
THE SESSIONS COURT.
AS foreshadowed in these columns severa
weeks ago. the Sessions docket ofthe present tern
of the Circuit Court was heavier than it has beer
for years, not only as to the number of cases
but the serious character of many of the crime!
charged. Besides one case Of arson, three O.
murder and three prisoners charged with being
accessories to murder, the alleged principal o
which was convicted at the last term of the
Court and is now under sentence Of death, there
was also developed during the term case o.
bigamy, which, with the usual number Of petty
offences, increased Yorks criminal calendar be-
yond its usual proportions.
At the time our last issue went to press the
case of the State vs.. Sylvanus Thornburg, charg
ed with retailing spirituous liquor, was pending
On the convening of Court, Wednesday morn
ing, they returned sealed verdict of not guilty
The next case taken up was that of the State
vs. Andrew Glover, colored, charged with burn
ing the barn of James H. Sutton, near For
Mill, in this county, on the night of the 18th Of
November last. This being capital crime, ano
the prisoner having no counsel, the Court as
signed as counsel Maj. J. F. Hart and Mr.. Cher
ry The following jury was impaneled: A. B
Crosby, foreman; w. N. Gold, S. G. keistler
Lee Campbell, R. A. Westbrooks, P. X. Null, A
G. Mcknight, R. L. Crook, George r. Shilling
law, J. w. Carroll Colonel A. Martin, Alexan
der Gill.
A large number of witnesses were examined
both for the prosecution and the defence Mr.
Sutton testified that his barn and two cribs were
burned on the night above mentioned. The
first crib set on fire was about one hundred anc
fifty yards from his dwelling. The crib was
built for corn crib, and contained two bales o.
cotton at the time it was burned. The cottor
was in the seed. 1t was burned about or II
o'clock. The next morning he examined the
ground for tracks and saw a track made by
a man running from where the crib was fired
Both shoes were run down. The defendant was
there the next morning, and witness measured
his track and his shoes. The shoes were round
like the tracks from the crib, and witness
thought it was defendants track.
Marion Watson, colored, testified that the
defendant had confessed to him that he burned
the barn. Other witnesses were examined, thell
testimony pointing to the guilt of the prisoner
The defence rested entirely upon an dtt6i, which
it was attempted to establish by proving that or
the night in question the defendant was at the
coored church in the neighborhood; and clout
of witnesses-members of the church-were in
troduced to prove that the defendant was a
the church from about dark that evening un
til after the alarm of fire was raised. The de-
PENDANTS case was ably argued by Messrs. Cher
nv and Hart, and the State was represented will
equal ability by Mr.. Solicitor Mcdonald. Tht
Jury took the case late in the afternoon, and a
O. clock next morning sent for the Judge anc
notified him that they were unable to agree
whereupon the jury was discharged and mis-
trial entered We learn that the jury stooc
four for conviction and eight for acquittal. Or
Friday, on motion of Mr.. Hart for bail for the
accused the Solicitor having also been heard or
the motion the Judge granted bail in a bond o
$500.
On Thursday morning Barney Davis, coloreo
boy about twenty years of age, was put upon his
trial for the murder of Jackson Meek, also 6
colored boy about the same age, in the Hickory
Grove neighborhood, on the night of the l2tf
of last January. Messrs. Chambers and Cher
nv were employed for the defence. $The follow
ing iurv was impaneled: G. VI. Greene, fore
man, S. B. l.. Brown, p. NJ. Burris, Lee Camp
bell. colored, George r. Shillinglaw, j. P. Dun
can, Samuel G. Blair, Alfred Long, colored
Colonel a. Martin, Alexander Gill, colored, Johr
r. London, A. b. Crosby.
The killing was not denied, but the plea sci
up by the defence was that the act was acciden'
tai or unintentional The defendant and the de-
ceased, while returning home from frollc
were scutiiing and playing at "holts.' The de-
fendant had an old cheap 32-calibre pistol, the
cylinder of which would revolve only when
turned by the hand, and besides, the cartridges
he had were No. 30, two sizes smaller than the
calibre of his weapon. Placed in the chambers
thev were liable to fall out, and he claimed that
only short while beforet the playing commenced
he examined the cylinder and thought the cham
bers were empty. He playfully placed the pisto
at the head of the deceased and pulled the trig'
ger with fatal results. No malice was shown
and it was proved by others who were present
that the prisoner and the deceased were or
friendly terms The case was argued by counse
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Court clearly explaining the law as relating te
homicides resulting from accident or careless
ness, the Jury returned verdict of not guilty
Court then adjourned until 3 o'clock.
When Court convened at o'clock the case O.
the State vs.. Robert Wisher for the murder o
James l.. Boin was called. Bolin received
mortal wound, inflicted by the hand of Rober
Wisher, at the house of Elizabeth McCarter, IL
the Clarll's Fork section of the county, on the
18th of last December, from the effect of which
he died OH the 21st.
Mai. J. F. Hart was retained to aid the Solicitor
for the State, and Messrs Wilson IL Wilson were
engaged for the defence. Tho following jury
was impaneled: r. J. Love, foreman, 5. u
Keistler A. b. Crosby, r. L. Crook, WE Boyd
R. A. Westbrooks, Colonel A. Martin, W. D
Miller, A. c. Mcknight, j. Fl. Duncan, W. Nj
Gold, P. K. Null.