The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-19
oense for selling liquor on Sunday,

isaac L uIntIs a N0lDItAA man VI 60 PNN. ga
Bile appearance. was the city's only wit
ness. He testified that on the sunday IN
| question he, with another man, and after
| going through two or three doors found
| negro man in room with water cooler
from which he and his company We're
each given a drink Of whisky and for
! which he paid twenty-five cents.
Turner. was very positive and apparent
| ly straightforward in his testimony. He
said he had been in the employ of Mayor
! McDOnough for seventeen years, and that
he had been sent to the Bandy place on
| the Sunday in question.
/ Policeman York, who went with Turner
| when he was sent 10 identify the place,
| said that Turner did not seem TO be very
! familiar with the interior Of the Ban
! dy house and took some time to lind his
| way around.
Adam Gaines, an old colored man, said
! he had been rempioyed for over % years
| at the Bandy place. He testified that
! he was the only colored man in the house
on the day in question He also said
! there was no water cooler IN the house
/ Gaines is one of the old-time negroes and
! his peculiar manner Of expressing him
! self frequently excited the merriment of
! the crowd.
James Jones. colored, also an employe
of Mrs. Bandy's, testified that he and the
old man Gaines were the onlycolored men
CLl JlUF ttA db INC HlaGt Ilt SdlA IlGIC
was no cooior on the place. He was not
at the place after 10 o'clock Sunday.
MR. BANDY's TESTIMONY.
Mr. Bandy's testimony was read by
Mr.. O'Counor. the former being sick at
his home. He was not at home on the
Sunday in question. He had the barrOom
keys in his pocket, and as he did not come
back Monday morning his wife had to
have the lock of the door to the bar
picked.
s. w. Brickman, locksmith, testified
to being called in to open the door of the
barrOOm on Monday, Sept. l6.
Mrs. Coles a cousin Of Mrs Bandy, tes-
titled that she was at Mrs. Bandy's on
the Sunday in question all day, as was
also her husband for the greater part of
the day, and that there was no whisky
sold while she was there. 1t would have
been impossible, she said, for any person
to have gone through the house, as de-
scrlbed by Turner, without being seen by
herself and the rest of the family who
were in the sitting room.
Mrs, Bandy was put on the stand by
Mr.. O'Connor. Her testimony was prac-
tically the same as Mrs. Coles,
An affidavit from Mrs. Coles husband,
who is employed as a steward on the
City of Birmingham, was read by Mr..
O'Connor. 1t testified to the same facts
as those sworn to by his wife.
WHY THE MAYOR SENT TURNER
Mayor McDonough made a statement
that he had sent Turner, the colored
man, to Mrs. Bandy's on the Sunday in
question to buy liquor, as hehad reason to
believe there was whisky being sold
there Turner had been in his employ
for seventeen years, he said, and he had
every confidence in his veracity He had
never known him to tell an uutruth
Mr.. O'Connor summed up the case
briefly
II move that the appeal be sustained"
said Alderman Dixon.
There were several ayes, but no nays
when the vote was taken. There was
great applause from the crowd in waiting
when the result was announced.
CARR IN IT, TOO.
The appeal of John Carr, fined 500 on
the charge of selling liquor on Sunday,
April 2, was the last case taken up.
Detective Bossell testified that a white
man by the name of Berry had told him
on the Sunday in question that Carr was
selling liquor at his place. He went down
to the place with him, saw him go in the
place and come out again with bottle of
whisky. He reported Carr, but was
instructed to wait and catch him
a second time While he was waiting
Berry skipped town and was gone sew
tLdl luOHbAlo. when ne lOuuu UlaJ Berry
had returned he placed the case on the
docket.
Berry was put on the stand He testi-
fed that he did not remember the dates.
but that he knew he had gotten whisky
at Carr's place on Sunday sometime this
year. Detective Bossell gave him the
money and sent him in.
Berry said he was employed by the
mayor for this work. He was paralyzed,
he said, and unable work. He said that
he had never received any money for his
work however.
Mr.. A. e. Way represented Mr.. Carr.
MIR. Carr was sworn and testified that he
remembered nothing of selling any liquor
on Sunday, April 2. He said he had
never seen Berry, the witness, before he
saw him in the police court. He said he
had never sold any liquor at his place on
Sunday. He had no clerk or other en-
ploye around the bar at the time, he
said
Mr., Way made brief argument, claim
ing that the evidence was insufficient for
a conviction.
Alderman Mcmillan moved that the
appeal be sustained. The ayes and nays
were called for, and resulted in MIR
Carr's acquittal, Alderman Haines cast
ing the only negative vote.
The appeal cases of Herman Miller
were set for trial two weeks hence.