Asheville daily citizen., 1894-01-26
WORK OF THE GRAND JURY
IMPORTANT PRESENTMENT
BY THAT BODY.
True Bills Against RaysOr &
Smith for Retailing " iih0ut Ii.
cense, ana Against Lawrence
Pul'tam for Embezzlement-
Pat SingletOu's Speech.

Pat SingletOn's Speech.
The grand jury of the Criminal cour
has sent in true bills against Raysor &
Smith, the druggists, for retailing whis
key without license. There were min,
cases, hut true bills were found in onl,
six of these. c. D. Blanton, w. H. VIE,
and p. Macnaughton are named as wit
nesscs.
The grand jury also today furnished
some news in the case of Lawrence Pu
liam, returning true bill against him
for embezzlement. The indictmen,
charges him with the embezzement o1
Sc, 200 from the National Bank of Ashe.
vile, of which bank he was cashier. Th,
witnesses named are W. W. Barnard, Z
II. Merrimon, D. c. Waddel, ir., and D
c. Waddell, sr.
An Unusual speech.
Pat. Singleton furnished the sensation
i'll the Criminal court Yesterday in a
speech that probably has never had a
parallel here. Singleton, together with
Harrison Reeves and Retta Saunders.
was charged with the robbery Of F. P.
lngle's store west OF Asheville. The
iurv's verdict acquitted Retta Saunders
but convicted Reeves and Singleton.
Judge Jones sentenced the men to four
years each in the county chain gang.
When the sentence was imposed Single
ton made his unusual speech. Address
ing Junge Jones he requested that the
sentence be made to the penitentiary
instead OF to the chain gang. His reason
for this was that convicts were not
treated S, well in the chain gang as they
were in the "pcn." In accordance with
the request Judge Jones amended he SEN
tence so that the men will 90 to Raleigh
for five years each. According to tn,
law convicts sent up for less terms than
tve years are to be sent to the gang on
the county ROADS.
Bonty Johnson, the boy who was
tried Wednesday for larceny and acqult-
ted, and held for a new bill OF Indictment
was put on trial a second time. J)hn.
sons counsel. ChaS A. Webb made th
point that the bov could not be trieo
again on the charge, skil'ully argued his
until he won aud Johnson
was discharged.
The case OF 7. F. Hunter and S. A
Meadows, for an aftray, was given t,
the jury late in the afternoon. About Il
O'Clock today the jury returned a verdic,
OF guilty.
"JOe' McClaichey Sent Up.
This morning sentence was passed on
A. X. McClatchev, otherwise konwn as
".Joe,' who had been convicted of assault
with deadly weapon, Chas. W. Beale OF
Arden, in which section McClatchey
lived, said that there could be no peace
among the people there so long as Nc |
Clatchev was allowed free. Judge Jones
sentenced McClatchev to the chain gang
for 212 years.
Douglass jenkins was convicted OF
robbing Mcdowell a. .Johnston's 5 store
on South Nam street, and sent up for !,
a two years term.
State VS.. !. H. Hampton and Riley |
Ramsey. atfray; the former submitted |
and Judgment was suspended on pay.
ment of costs. In the case of the latter
the Jury sent mot a true BILL
John Allison and Weldon Hamilton
were tried Tor an affray and found guilty.
Allison, who has been in jail three
months, was sentenced to one month,
and Hamll on to four months.
Warren Watson was found guilty of
an assault with a deadly weapon.
In The CITIZENS report OF the Grim
NAL court proceedings yesterday mis-.
take occurred which made the decision
appear the reverse of what it really was
1t was stated that in the case of Jacob
stevens, charged with retailing liquor
without license, it was claimed by the
1etence that the city had no jurisdiction
Il cases OF this kind. and that the courl
1ecided the city had jurisdiction. The
lecision was that the city had not
Jurisdiction. The city appealed. The
ietence was represented bv ]. ". Sum.
ners and 4. A. Cummings, and Louis Nj.
3ourne appeared for the city.
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