The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-10-29
The Court of General Sessions.

The fall term Of the Court of General
Sessions for Anderson County was called
on last Monday morning. Judge j. b. ker-
shaw presiding. Solicitor Ansel and Stem
ographer Aiken were at their posts of
| duty, as we're the Grand and Petit Juries
and the Clerk and Sheriff and their as
| sistants.
Judge Kershaw briefly charged the
| Grand Jury as to the duties devolving
| upon them, and took occasion to say some
| conn plimentary things concerning the
growth aud prosperity Of Anderson, say
ing that its growth was marked since the
last time he held Court here about four or
five years ago.
The Grand Jury was handed batch of
eighteen or twenty indictments and re-
tired to their room for their consideration.
John w. White and w. B. Hembree
were excused from duty as Petit Jurors
because of sickness in their families, and
Robert I. Stewart was excused because he
was cotton wcigher at Cooks.
Three true bills were found against
and grand larceny; carrying concealed
prisoner plead guilty to the two first
charges. On the last be plead not guilty
but the Jury found found him guilty of
stealing the yearliDg. John conducted
his own case and cut sorry figure in
making his defense. For the first offense
ne was sentenced to the Penitentiary for
two years; for the second, three months,
and for the last, one year.
George Rucker plead guilty to the
charge of larceny from the field, and was
sentenced to one years imprisonment in
the Penitentiary.
julius MCGOWAN confessed guilt to the
indictment Of assault and battery of high
and aggravated nature and will have to
wear the stripes for six months.
Simon Calhoun had been tried by
Trial Justice for assault and appealed to
this Court. The appeal was dismissed
and the case remanded for execution of
sentence.
Sue and Frank Wilson were put on
trial to answer 10 the charge Of an assault
and battery of high and aggravated ma.
ture The verdict was brought in and
read as follows: "We find Sue Wilson
and Frank Wilson guilty and recon-
mend Frank Wilson to the mercy of the
Court" Sentence was suspended, pend
ing an appeal.
The Grand Jury found "no bill" against
Marion Chamblee and Sallie Putnam,
charged with adultery. mo bill' was
found against James Ferguson, charged
with vagrancy.
g. M. Knox entered plea of guilty to
the indictment of bigamy.
Frank Young was put on trial for as
sault and battery with intent to kill. He
was found guilty. and sent to the Peni.
tentiary for term of six months.
Morris Richardson was tried on the
charge of burglary and compound larceny.
BE was found not guilty on the first
count and guilty on the second.
Charlie Vandiver, colored, was put on
This is the second time he has stood trial
on this offense there being a mistrial at
the last Court. The Jury again failed
auree, and the Solicitor mol. pressed til
case.
"No bill" was found against Aarol
Smith, indicted for assault and battery Of
high and aggravated nature. The SAINT
was found against M. II. Kay for malicious
trespass on real estate.
The case against Pink Ropers charged
with house-breaking and larceny, was
mol. pressed, Pink having been convicted
in another case. The same disposition
was made of the case against Crate Norris,
charged with grand larceny.
at this writing James Crawford is being
tried on the charge of breaking into car
and larceny.
The Grand jury returned true bill
against Elbert Sizemore, charged with
abducting a maid child under sixteen
years of age.
mo bill" was found against Fl. W.
Curry for carrying concealed weapon,
SO also in the cases of Cicero Harrison,
Thomas Ferguson and John Brown on
similar charges.