Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-11-28
CIRCUIT COURT.
The Term Brought to Il Close
on Friday.
A List of the Cases Acted OH
After The Leaders Last
Report.

Inc IfoceuinSS "lnu Up WIN MINUS
Between Circuit Clerk McNair and Dis
trict Attorney Hudson Over the Ex-
pcnse Account-Judge Chrisman Takes
Hand as Peacemaker.
The following cases were disposed
of in the Circuit Court last week after
THE LEADER closed its report:
r. W. Millsaps VS.. Aaron Brown
Ejectment. Verdict for plaintiff.
Douglass Shoe Co. VS.. B. f. Brister
S475. Subsequently this judgment was
set aside, defendants agreeing to make
good the costs, and the case continued.
j. L. Bacot VS.. r. H. Rollins, defend
ant, L. c. McNair, garnishee. Judg-
ment rendered on a former day against
T. G. McNair, garnishee, set aside and
annulled.
Hazlehurst Lumber Co. ct al VS.. j.
n. Cooke, petition to establish de.
stroyed papers in case granted and
defendant allowed 60 days to plead.
The State VS.. Virgil l.. Keene-As-
sault and battery with intent to kill.
tIulIl VI SullJy anu oChtChCCN w oiAN
penitentiary for four months.
State VS.. Lunn Keeping
a gambling house mol pressed and re-
instated) Defendant plead guilty and
the judgment of lower court, a fine of
$4,000 and costs, was affirmed, but on
petition of lower court, execution of
Judgment as to fine was staid until
next term.
J. b. Andrews VS.. Norwood & Butter
field Co.-suit for balance of reward
for conviction of whitecaps. Verdict
for plaintiff for 800. A motion for a
new trial was Overruled.
S. d. Powell VS.. City of Brookhaven
Suit for damages to property. Yer
dict of 5000 for plaintiff.
Mrs. J. C. Fur VS.. B. F. Speed
for Islander decided against plaintiff on
a former day; new trial granted.
Max Priebatsch VS.. +. Yates Pro
ceedings to reinstate lost record. Pc
tition of plaintiff granted.
A lively interest was taken in the
suit of Andrews against Norwood d
Butterfield and of the State VS.. Virgil
Keene, and many were attracted to the
court room to hear the proceedings.
No cases were tried after Thursday,
and on Friday before noon, court ad
journed.
Three persons were sentenced to the
Penitentiary during the term-Quit-
man Brown, colored, ten years for
attempted rape; John Wells, colored,
five years for manslaughter, and Vir
gil Keene, white. four months for as
sault and battery with intent to kill
and murder.
Beginning with the destruction of
the court house, it is doubtful whether
there has ever been a more unsatisfac-
tory term OF court in the county.
Censure and fault finding have been
rife in many directions, reaching all
the way from the Judge on the bench
down to bailiffs, witnesses and jurors.
A very unusual and disorderly pro-
ceeding for court room took place
Friday morning before final adjourn
ment. District Attorney Hudson,
whose duty it is to scrutinize and ap-
prove the different items of court eX-
penses before the accounts go to the
Board of Supervisors, felt it incum-
bent upon him to disapprove several
items in Sheriff McNair's account and
condemn the sheriffs administration
as unnecessarily expensive. He and
the Sheriff had warm dispute over
some of the items. but Hudson per-
sisted and had stricken out charges
amounting to over two hundred dol
lars, when Circuit Clerk Charles Nc
Nair, the Sheriff's brother, spoke up
and said loud enough to be distinctly
heard by Mr.. Hudson, that if the Dis
trict Attorney should undertake to
treat him in that way he would not
submit to it. On his repeating this,
the District Attorney turned to him
and retorted, that if Mr.. McNair
meant to insult him to say so then and
there. No sooner had he said this
than Clerk McNair seized a chair and
struck at Hudson, but Mr. Hudson
caught the blow with his arm, and be-
fore further hostilities could proceed,
Judge Chrisman rushed between the
commanded the peace and
with others succeeded in preventing
further trouble.
Court was not in session at the time,
and not exceeding a half dozen per-
sons besides the Judge, District At
torney, Circuit Clerk and a few depu-
ty sheriffs were present. Sheriff Nc
Nair had stepped out on the street af-
ter a final protest against having his
account scaled and returned just after
the collision occurred. Referring
in q conversation yesterday with a rep
lesentative of The LEADER to report
which gained currency that the as
sault had the appearance of being pre-
meditated by himself, kinsmen and
deputies, he emphaticlly condemned
any such charge as untrue, said he
promptly apologiZed to the Court for
its occurrence, and that if he had been
i'll the court room at the time it would
not have occurred.
The following are the charges which
the District Attorney refused to APP