The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-03-09
SUPERIOR COURT.
The Business of the ICourt Was Rap
idly Disposed of.

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each. No judgement.
State VS.. Levi Hester and Jatha
Hester, SANDER; defendants plead
guilty.
State VS.. Roht. Hundley, not guilty.
| State VS.. Chas. Fetter, misdemean-
| or, continued.
State VS.. Frank Joyner, l. and r !,
not guilty.
| State VS.. George Marlboro, assault
| with deadly weapon, not guilty.
State VS.. John Wadsworth, l. and r.,
| guilty; sentenced to the county roads
| for years.
State VS.. John Harris, l. and r.,
| guilty; assigned to public roads for
| eight months.
State vs. Thos. Davis and Elem
Richardson, affray, guilty; twelve
months on county road.
State VS.. ALT Patterson, l. and r.,
: not guilty.
State vs. John Murphy, l. and r.,
guilty; six months on county roads.
State VS.. John Murphy, l. and r.,
guilty; six months on public roads.
State vs.. Alice Spillman, l. and r.,
not guilty.
State VS.. Jim Barnes, |. and r.
guilty; Is months en- county road.
State VS.. jas. Kennedy and Wiley
Thomas for stealing money from Rem
igar Bros, guilty; four years on coun-
ty roads.
State VS.. Walter Hairston, l. and r.,
not guilty.
State VS.. Becky Ruffin, l. and r., not
guilty
State VS.. Tilda Dyson, retailing;
not guilty.
State VS.. Dock Hawkins, retailing;
not guilty.
State VS.. Henry Sears, appeal from
Mayors Court for retailing; guilty;
six months on county roads.
State VS.. Sam Prindle, appeal from
Mayors Court for retailing; guilty;
fined $50 and cost.
State VS.. billiard HairSton, obtain
ing money under false pretence; not
guilty, as charged in bill of indict-
ment.
State VS.. VIM. Skinner, larceny and
receiving, not guilty.
Geo. Dodson was fined $15 and cost
for contempt of court, by falling to
appear as witness.
THURSDAY.
Thomas Vincent, colored, was ar
ranged before the Superior Court
Thursday morning for the murder of
Fred Sherrell, colored, near Baily
Brothers factory, last fall.
The State only introduced four wit
nesses. These were John w. Grunn,
Amelia Hackett, DR.. John Bynum
and Chief-of-Police Bradford. The
first two were eye-witnesses to the
murder. DIR. Bynum's evidence was
as to the nature of the wound, while
Mr.. Bradford told about Vincent's
flight from Winston and capture in
New Jersey. ]. S. Fits, counsel for
the prisoner, introduced several wit
nesses, the most important of which
was Antony OrtemuS who swOre that
just before the pistol fired she heard
the deceased say he would cut Vim
cents d heart out. The other
witnesses were put on the stand to
prove that the murdered man (Sher-
rell) was a bad and dangerous char
acter.
The jury sitting on the case is COM
posed of the following named citizens:
Cuiston, V. o. Thompson, w. NJ.
Hinshaw, Will Robbins, J. II. Long,
Sr., n. w. Blackburn, w. S. Scott, NJ.
A. Sapp, ]. FL. Sprinkle, I. n.
Walker.
The opening speech was made this
afternoon for the defense by j. s.
Fits. He was followed by Solicitor
Barber for the State. The case, it is
thought, will be concluded this
evening.
The following cases were disposed
of yesterday afternoon:
Walter futile sent to the public
roads for II months for an assault. In
two cases judgement was suspended
on payment of cost.
State VS.. Martha Davis, larceny and
receiving; defendant failed to appear.
State VS.. Joe Cocherham, forgery;
not guilty.
State vs. John Norman, assault;
guilty; fined 800 and cost.
State vs.. Jim Patterson, alias James
Rich Claiborn, larceny and receiving;
guilty; Is months on public roads.
State VS.. Muca Dabney, embezzle-
ment; guilty; assigned to public roads
for II months.
State VS.. Jane Smith, larceny and
receiving; guilty; county jail for II
months with power to County Com
miSsionerS to hire out.
State VS.. John Robinson and Sid
Pierce, ARRAY; judgement suspended
upon payment of all the cost by de-
PENDANT Pierce.
State VS.. George Dodson, A. B.
Douthit and G. j. Conrad, ARRAY; all
guilty; no sentence.
State vs.. Redge Dodson, affray; mo-
tion for Judgment; motion continued
upon payment of cost.
State VS.. A. G.. Hill, for trespass;
not guilty.
State VS.. John Belo, larceny and re-
ceiying, not guilty.
State VS.. James Hargrove, larceny
and receiving; insane; ordered to be
sent to the asylum.
FRIDAY.
The trial of Thomas Vincent, color
ed, for the murder of Fred Sherrell,
colored, in Winston last fall, was con-
Guided in the Superior Court late Fri
day afternoon by the defendant
| pleading guilty of manslaughter. The
case, therefore, did not go to the jury
fora verdict. This morning Judge Boy
| kin passed sentence upon the prisoner,
giving him ten years and three months
| in the penitentiary.
Vincent, it will be remembered,
| shot Sherrell early one morning with
a pistol and then skipped to New Jer-
/ sey, where he was arrested. He and
his counsel appear1to be very well sat
iSfied with the verdict.
! The following is a list CT the cases
disposed of since our last report:
State VS.. Dicey Nichols, appeal from
Mayors Court for carrying concealed
weapon, not guilty.
State vs.. Sim Brannon, assault on
Joseph Nelson, farmer; not guilty.
Court adjourned at the close of the
morning session. The State docket
was disposed of and the civil docket
/ reviewed, all of the cases on the latter
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