The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-04
Circuit Court.

we're discharged Friday. They
found seven true bills during their
sitting-l r"r murder. for attempt
ell rape, for gaming, , for violat-
ing The sabbath, , Tor assault and
battery with intent to kill and muir
der. Four OF the indictments were
disposed of at this term. The grand
Jury, as whole, was undoubtedly
one of the most intelligent and con
scientious the county has ever had,
and are entitled to much credit Tor
the manner in which they dispatch
ed business, thereby saving to the
tax payers hundreds of dollars.
The following were the cases dis
posed of after our report closed last
week :
Alton a. Miller Ct al VS.. Green
Franklin Case-Ejectment. judy
ment by default for plaintiff
W. +. Spencer VS.. John Washing.
ton-Ejectment. Judgment by de
fault for plaintiff.
J. Il. Nalty vs. IIoskins Il EIamil
ton-A ssumsit. Judgment by de
fault Tor plaintiff in The sum OF
SSS42 %.
State VS.. Joseph Goodman-At-
tempt at rape. Jury aud verdict OF
guilty. Upon the recommendation
OF The jury the Court in this case
only gave defendant s wears in the
pcnitcrtiary, 10 years being the full
limit of the law.
Reuben Chandler vs.. Wesson &
Monrv-Dcb'. Julgmcn; hy de
taut for plaiatih in the sum Of
$50 c..
State vs.. Sherman lInnkcr-As,
sauIt and battery with intent to kill
and murder. The defendant in This
case was indicted at this tenn of
Court, and being arraigned on the
bill OF Indictment, plead guilty and
was sentenced to s years imprison-
mcnt in the penitentlary.
State vs.. VIM. Bolls ct al-Al-
tempt at RAPE. Moak, one Of the
defendants in this case, was tried
and acquitted. The case rs TO
Bolls was continued.
State Us. Lum Philips ct al--Gam-
If,fr N Lot. 10 to oh IN
number, all negroes, were indicted
at this term OF Court. Continued.
State vs.. Martin MvGIath ct al =
Violating the Sabbath. The de
PENDANTS in this case (all young
men of this city, were indicted 10y
the grand jury tor playing base ball
on Sunday. By consent, Judge Nc
MILAN presided throughout this
case. j. d. Chrisman, one OF
the defendants, vas tried Ivy jury
and acquitted, there being no evi.
dence To sustain the charge as against
him. The remaining defendants,
some % in number, we've then put
upon trial, and, on account of the
ruling of the Court, the District AT
torney, by consent Of the Judgr, mol
pressed the case as to them. The
ruling of the Court was that the
State must contine the proof 10 The
particular day on which the UtIense
was committed and alleged in the
indictment. The District Attorney
represented that while the
proof was and would he that the tie
PENDANTS had been playing on divers
Sundays during the past two years,
he could not make out the case il
the Court confined him to the par
tlcul.r day alleged in the indict-
ment, and hence he asked to enter a
n0ile proSequt.
Encouraged by this escape, or
else ina spirit of contempt for the
/ Court, We learn that II number OF
the indicted got together last Sun
day afternoon and had another game
of ball. If all such do not get into
| fresh trouble at the next term OF
the Court, we are greatly mistaken
in tie stuff of which the Court and
the islrict-Attorney are made.
The following is the section of the
Code under which instructions were
given the grand jury to indict, aud
which Judge Chrisman and other
Courts of the State have construed
as embracing baseball and similar
games
S295l. II any person shall show
! forth, exhibit, act, represent or per-
, form, or cause to he shown forth,
acted, represented or performed, any
interludes, farces, or plays of any
kind, or any games, tricks, juggling,
or sleight Of hand, or feats OF deX-
tcrity, agility of body, or any bear
batting, or any bull batting, horse
racing, or cock fighting, or any such
like show or exhibition whatsoever,
on Sunday. every person, 50 offend
ing, shall be fined not more than fit
ty dollars.
George Bunch, a Summit shoe
maker, indicted for sewing up the