The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-02-27
Court.

Inc court OF genera sesslous oPeueo
here last Monday. with Judge I. D. With
erspoon presiding. Solicitor John 5. VIII
sons host Of friends were delighted to see
him at his post sgain and as one OF them
remarked Johns voice IN the court room
again makes fellow feel Ike court is
going on" The new stereographer Sho is Mr..
]. W. Nixon is at his post and be is making
a fine impression upon sll with whom he
has an opportunity of coming IN contact
After the usual preliminaries in getting
the court organized. His Honor Judge
Witherspoon delivered charge to the
grand jury, defining their duties and cal
led their attention to the various things
that will come within their province to
investigate.
The following bills Of indictment were
acted upon:
Peter Rrunson. larceny Of live stocs,
true bill.
Peter Pompey, assault with attempt to
ravish, true bill.
Fred Green, housebreaklng, true bill.
Ed. Meyers, burglary and larceny. no
bill.
August Barrinsau, burglary and larceny
true bill.
Edward alias Ned Blackwell. Hattie
White alias Hattie Hilton, adultry, tire
bill.
The first case tried was against August
Barrinean which resulted in his conviction
and sentence to the penitentiary for six
months at hard labor. Then come the
case of Peter Pompey who was charged
with decoS ing little si1-year-old girl of
into the woods and there attempted to COM
nit crime that his lite would paid the
penalty had he succeeded. He was very
properly found guilty and the judge in
sentencing him the next day gave him y
lecture which should linger in his memory
for all time The sentence was three years
in the penitentiary at hard labor. The
court then adjourned.
Yesterday the case against Peter Bran-
son alias Alex Gordan, charged with steal
| ing horse from James Wilder, respect.
able old colored man from the Summerton
section was tried. Brunson had no attor-
ney and conducted his own defense, aues.
tioning witnesses mainly on the point that
they did not see him steal the horse, but
he failed to satisfy the jury of his lnno-
cence and they returned verdict Of guilty
This man on Monday created quite SEN
sation for short time in the court room
| BY fainting; many people believed he was
PLAYING "possom." When he was called
up for sentence the Judge gave him a good
roasting for stealing the horse from the old
man and also for peGurins himself on the
witness stand. The sentence was two years
in the penitentiary at hard labor.
During the examination Of this case the
grand Jury came in with true bill against
Jerry Thompson alias Henry Lowry.
charged with obtaining property under
false preptenses and true bill against
John Richardson. charged with murder.
| John Ard and a D. Gonnor failed to an
swer when their names were called as WIT
nesses and rules to show cause why they
should not be adjudged in contempt were
| issued.
Fred Green was found guilty upon the
charge Of house breaking and sentenced to
eight months in the penitentiary at hard
labor.
The grand jury again returned with 8
true bill against P.lvin Ard alias Tom
Johnson and Susan Hicks alias Susan
Johuson, charged with adultry.
The last case tried yesterday WAS against
Macy Kennedy. charged with breaking
into . house belonging to Mrs. II. j.
Reames and stealing therefrom lot of cot
ton seed. The testimony in this case was
entirely circumstat;al. the prosecution de-
pending mainly on the fact that Kennedy
had sold seed about the time they were sto,-
en- and peculiar tracks of = horse said to
belong to the defendant. The defendant
disclaimed any knowledge of the theft and
admitted selling seed about that time, but
claimed that the seed belonged to his moth
er who corroberateo the prisoners state
nents. 1t was late when the testimoney
was concluded and on adjournment was
ordered. This morning the case went to
the jury who rendred verdict OF not
guilty.
true bill was broushtin against John
W. Frierson. charged with unlawful traffic
in seed cotton, and no bill in another case
of the same nature against the same party.
Jerry Thompson alias Henry Lowry
plead guilty TO obtaining property under
false pretenses aud was sentenced to one
year in the penitentisry.