Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-04-08
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the defence. w. X. Wilson, DR., then made an
argument in behalf of the State, and at its close.
it then being $50 P. NJ, the Court adjourned
until $50 Friday morning.
When Court convened on Friday morning, Mr..
McKiSsick made an argument for the defence
and was followed by his colleague, Mr.. Rion,
Solicitor Mcdonald having the close. The argu-
ment of counsel occupied the time until near l
O'Clock, when Court took recess until .. The
Judge then delivered his charge, which was a
clear exposition of the law as it relates to the
taking of human life under all circumstances,
and as the law related to the case just heard he
was particularly explicit. At 10 minutes to
8 the Jury retired, and at 8 o'clock the next morn
ing the Judge was notified that a verdict had
been reached. When the Sheriff waited upon
the Judge to escort him to the court room he did
not know that the jury had agreed upon a YER
dict, the foreman having merely directed him
to notify the Judge that they wanted him., and all
who repaired to the courtroom were surprised
when to the usual question by the Clerk, NJ
Foreman and Gentlemen of the Jury, have you
agreed upon q verdict p the answer from the
foreman came, "We have The indictment
was then handed the clerk and he read the en-
dorsement: equity Of manslaughter, with
recommendation to the mercy of the Court
The Judge at once proceeded to pronounce the
sentence of the Court, which, Invested OF the
usual formalities and upon the case
and admonitious to the prisoner, is in the fol-
Lowing words: "The defendant, Robert c. Bish-
Cd, being brought to the bar of the Court and
asked what he has to say why sentence should
not be pronounced against him, says nothing
save as he has hitherto said, ~whereupon it is
considered and adjudged by the Court that the
said Robert G. Bishop be confined at hard labor
in the State Penitentiary for the period OF three
years."
After the jury in the Bishop case retired,
the next case called was the State VS.. H.. l..
Simmons, charging him with procuring
goods by false pretences; prosecutor, John
r. Ashe, Hart & Hart appeared for MI.
C;,oxo1oc Tho alienation Woe fhat Mr.
Simmons applied to Mr.. Ashe for advances,
to be secured by a lien on his crop, and that
he represented to Mr.. Ashe that ne was the
owner of the land he purposed cultivating;
whereas the title to the land, as Mr.. Ashe
afterwards learned, is vested in Mrs. Sim
mons, wife CT the defendant; and besides,
Mr.. Simmons also cultivated two other par
GELS of land, one belonging to MIR. Quinn
and the other to Mr.. Hall, on each of which
he applied fertilizers supplied to him by
Mr.. Ashe. Mr.. Simmons denied making
the alleged representations to Mr.. Ashe.
The Court charged the jury that if Mr..
Simmons had rented lam from Quinn and
Hall, it was his for the time rented, in the
meaning of the law, and the charge of false
pretence could not stand as it related to
those parcels; while in regard to his wife's
land, if he spoke of it as his, as the head OF
the family and manager of the premises, it
wa not fraud within the meaning of the
Act. The jury returned a verdict of not
guilty.
Only one case remained on the Sessions
docket, viz. The State VS.. W.. T. M. Beard,
appealed from trial justice. Appeal dis
missed.
On Saturday morning, Immediately after
sentence was pronounced upon Bishop, the
Sheriff brought in the prisoners who had
been remanded for sentence and they were
sentenced in the following order:
Daniel Darwin, colored; burglary and lar
ceny: at hard labor in the penitentiary for
one year.
Lee Hambright, alias Lee Rogers, white :;
grand larceny at hard labor in the peniten-
tiary for two years. .
Greene Berry Griffin, white; bigamy: at
hard labor in the p%enitentiary for one year.
Sam Patrick, colored; gambling: at hard
labor in the penitentiary for six months and
to pay q fine of one dollar. Same, for carry
ing aconcealed weapon, at hard labor in the
penitentiary for three months and the for
fixture of his pistol.
Ed. Mcdonald, colored; malicious mis-
chief: at hard labor in the penitentiary
eight months.
Berry Anderson, colored; carrying con-
cealed weapon: to pay a fine of $50 and costs
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in the county Jail for ninety days.
athard labor in the penitentiary six months.
WileynFewell, colored assault and bat
terry of high and aggravated nature: at hard
labor in the penitentiary four months, or
to pay a fine of $50. Fine paid. =.
In the case of George Beckham, colored,
convicted at last July term of manslaughter
and sentenced by Judge Witherspoon to the
penitentiary for ten years, from which YER
dict he appealed to the Supreme Court, and
the remittitur havingcome from that Court
sustaining the verdict, on motion of the
Solicitor the Judge signed an order directing
the sentence to be carried into execution.
Court of Common Pleas.
The Court of Sessions was then adjourn
ed sine die, and the. Court of Common Pleas
was opened.
The calendars were sounded and on mo-
ton of attorneys a number of orders were
granted.
By Wilson & Wilson the petition of Alice
j. Evins VS.. David A. Long, praying a de-
cree annulling the marriage contract be-
tween the plaintiff and defendant, was pre-
sented before the Court. After hearing
testimony and the facts in the case, which
are fresh in the public mind, the decree was
granted.
Court then, at l P. NJ, adjourned until 10
o'clock A. NJ. on Monday.
Court convened on Monday morning all
the jurors drawn for the second week an
swering to their names except F. w. Moore
and J. w. Bales, who could not be found.
J.. r. Halle and A. r. kimbrel were eX-
cused, on their own motion, and the panels
were then made up as follows:
Jury No. One.-W. Meek Adams, fore
man; J.. A. Flanagan, j. V. McFadden,
John l.. Davies, w. J. Anderson, Preston
Goforth, D. J. Glenn, ST., TIC. Spratt, Sam
uel Smith, j. l.. Doggett, r. S. Crawford,
J. L. Moss.
.Jury No. Tvo.-A. D. Holler, foreman ;
j. G. Sadler, w. H. Crook, r. d. Davidson,
w. j. Rawlinson, d. NJ. Ford, T. p. Wits
onant, J. B. Blalock, John A. Byers, Mel
son Knox, ]. 0. Moore, r. w. Moore.
Superintendent. R. Bigger, J. A.
Stewart, r. l.. Lindsay, w. T. Poag, j.. L.
Hoffman, r. l.. Sherer, j. w. Thomson, j.
]. Whisonant.
The day was occupied in the hearing of
Oriana Adkins, Adm'trix., VS.. the Atlanta
and Charlotte Airline Railroad Company,
for damages sustained by the death of her
husband, a brakeman employed on that road
and who came to his death in the service of
the company, was taken up. This case was
heard at the last term, resulting in a mistrial,
and on the present hearing, on motion by
defendants counsel, a non-suit was granted.
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