The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-10
SENT UP FOR FIVE YEARS.
Charles Lee Convicted Five Years After
Being Indicted.

He Comes From the United States
Penitentiary Only to Get Another
Term Riley, the Bigamist, Gets the
Lowest Sentence Under the Law-In-
dictments Against Sarah Lewis for
kidnapping Nolle Prossed-Maj.
wilkins Gets the Naphtha Launch.
Indicted five years ago for assault with
intent to murder, Charles Lee was brought
before the superior court yesterday on
that charge, and on conviction was given
five years in the state penitentiary
Dec. 1, 1883, Lee got into row with
several other negroes, and drawing his
pistol fired shots at Thomas Mack and
Peter Batise, He then escaped.
just week later the grand jury found
two indictments against Lee, for assault
ing these two men with intent to murder.
The country was secured for him but he
could not be found.
Not many weeks later Lee was arrested
in Macon by the United States marshal,
case of counterfeiting was made out
against him, and he went up to the United
States penitentiary at Columbus, o., for
five years. Solicitor General Fraser tried
to get Lee from the United States author
tiles at the time, but they refused to give
him up and he had to wait his opportunity.
For good behavior Lee got off some
time before the expiration of his sentence
and returned to Savannah several weeks
ago. About a month ago he was discov-
cred and arrested on the old charges.
His case came to trial yesterday and on
conviction of an assault with intent to
murder ON Peter Batise he was sent up
for five years. He served out one SEN
tence only to fall again into the clutches
of the law and get another of the same du-
ration.
GOT TWO YEARS FOR BIGAMY.
Fred Riley, the bigamist who was pros
ecuted by his ex-wife, Sarah Riley, was
found guilty yesterday and was sent up
for two years.
Riley married his first wife, Sarah, in
1874. Some time ago they agreed to sepa-
rate, and articles were drawn up to that
effect and signed by the two parties to
the agreement. Riley thought this con
stituted a legal divorce, and, as he said,
had no idea he was breaking the law
when on May "a of this year he led to the
altar the smiling BetSey Graham.
Their connubial bliss, however, was
short lived, for Riley's quondam better
half took out a warrant for him and
had him sent to jail. On the
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Riley plead an entire ignorance of the
law, saying he thought the agreement to
separate as made between himself and
his former wife constituted a divorce.
VIM. Morrison, Esq, plead Riley's case
for him.
The jury could not do otherwise than
find Riley guilty according to the evil
dence submitted. but recommended him
to the extreme mercy of
the court Judge Fall
CANT showed clemency towards Riley and
gave him two years in the penitentiary,
the lowest sentence allowed under the
law.
On motion of the solicitor general the
indictment against JAS. Morris for the
burglary of the house of Albert Johnson
on March %, 1893, was nolle pressed.
VIM. Washington, indicted for assault
with intent to murder, ON a charge Of
cutting Eugene Small with a razor last
March, was found not guilty and &C
quilted.
Sarah Lewis, charged with kidnapping
the young children of Mr.. w. S. Pottinger
and Mr. 7. K. Thomson, went scot-free
Her case came up yesterday but the pros
ecutors decided that she had been pun
ished severely enough, and upon their re
quest the solicitor general had the cases
against her nOlle pressed.