The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-02-29
The Court at Sumter.

SUMTER, Feb. 22.-In consequence OF
today being Washington's Birthday, the
Court of Sessions adjourned last night to
meet tomorrow morning.
The grand jury brought in yesterday the
following true bills: David h. Bowen, ma
licious mischief; David II. Bowen, Benz.
r. Bowen, John +. Bowen and Belfast
Bowen, burglary and larceny; Charles
Williams. assault and battery with intent
to kill; Samuel Scriven, robbery and lar
cenv; Addison Wilson, burglary and lar
ceny; Peyton G. Bowman and Walter l.
Hardy, murder; John R. Keels and Kin
chcon Pennington, murder: John r. keels,
assault and battery with intent to kill,
assault and battery of high and aggra-
vated nature, and carrying concealed wcap-
ons; Walter /. Hardy, carrying concealed
weapons; Peyton G. Bowman, carrying
concealed weapons; Walter I. Hardy, as
sault and battery with intent to kill, as
sault and battery of q high and aggravated
| nature, and carrying concealed weapons;
Peyton G. Bowman, assault and battery of
a high and aggravated nature, assault and
battery with intent to kill, and carrying
| concealed weapons; Peyton G. Bowman
and Walter I. Hardy, same.
The Court has appointed Monday next,
| the 9th instant, to hear the trial OF Fey
ton G. Bowman and Walter /. Hardy for
! murder. The trial of keels and Penuing-
ton will follow directly upon it. No day
has been set for hearing the other cases con.
nected with the Haynesworth shooting
affair. The grand jury yesterday returned
mo bill" against John Bowman, charged
| 1nI q
to News and Courier.
SUMTER, Feb. 25.-The cases against
Pevton G. Bowman and Walter I. Hardy,
charged with assault and battery with in
tent to kill, and aggravated assault and
battery, were called this afternoon. The
defendants were in court. represented by
N1cssrs. Noises & Lee. This case is that
of the second Bishopville shooting, in
which G. NJ Barrett was wounded by
| Peyton G.. Bowman When the case was
! called, the Hon Marion Noise made mo
ton on behalf of the defence to have the
! case deferred until a later day, on the
ground that counsel engaged in the case
was absent, and, further, that the defend
ants were to be tried on Monday for their
lives, and it would be unjust to them to
harass them with lighter charges before
the main charge was heard. Mr.. Noise
was ably seconded by Mr.. R. D. Lee in ar
guing the motion for postponement.
Solicitor Gilland and Attorney General
Earle replied for the State, urging an I'M
mediate trial of the cause.
). The Court decided that it would grant a
| postponcment Of the case, as the defend
ants had only three days left in which to
prepare for trial on the charge of murder,
and it did not propose to allow their time
to be encountered by their having to stand
trial during the three days on lighter
charges. The Court, however, did not
deny the right of the State to demand a
trial of the case before the murder case
was heard, and there is a possibility that
the case may be heard on Monday before
the murder case is called. The case against
Henry Dennis for larceny from the South
eru Express Company was taken up late
this afternoon.