Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-05-29

room and in short While present.
ed an Indictment against Brown
Williams. colored, for attempted
rape. The trial Of which was set for
Thursday.
VIM. G. Rodgers qualified as
guardian Of Mary q. Campbell and
Charlie r. Campbell
James S. Malcomb was appoint
ed guardian of Bette Belle Siron.
Rev. C. NJ. Anderson WAS grant
ed testimonial to celebrate the
rites Of matrimony in Virginia.
Caroline V. Snyder qualified as
executrix of her husband, David
Snyder, decd,
j. S. McNulty, who was reap
pointed notary publ, appeared
in court and daily qualified as sane.
Il. NJ. Arbonast qualified as guar
dian of Ed. Il. Gilmore.
Lafayette Simmons was granted
license to sell religious books.
Z. ". Arhogast qualified as
guardian Of the infant children OF
Thomas Rider, deceased.
The case Of Tie Commonwealth
against Charles Lewis, who was
indicted for striking Anderson
hestnut with stone and fractur-
ing his skull, came up on Tuesday
evening. Every inch Of ground
was hotly contested by the able
counsel employed on both sides,
and the case was not given to the
Jury until late Wednesday evening.
and the following verdict was
found: I'VE the jury find the de,
PENDANT guilty Of an assault, and
do assess his fine at twenty dollars,
and fix his Imprisonment at 30 days
in the county jail" Attorneys L..
II. and j. W. Stephenson were en-
ployed in the defense Of the prs
oner, and Hon. G. P. Jones and S:
B. Sieg aided in the prosecution OF
the case.
In the appeal case Of. James Bot
kin, appellant, against R. K. Hiner,
appellee, the jury rendered a YER
dict in favor Of the plaintiff, r. K.
Hiner, for 5000 and costs. At
torneys Sieg and Hiner appeared
for Hiner, and Jones for Botkin.
The case Of the Commonwealth
against Brown Williams, who was
indicted at this term, came up for
hearing yesterday morning. MIR.
James G. Lightner was appointed
! by The court as attorney for the
prisoner. The first witness exam
ined was Miss BERTHE Jenkins, the
Young lady on whom the outrage
was attempted. She is nineteen
years Of age. When she appeared
in the court room she was neatly
dressed, and in her face were shown
to a considerable degree, the evil
dences Of intelligence and refine
nent. Her testimony has been
commented upon, by lawyers and
Others who heard her, as much and
probably more than any testimony
ever delivered in this court, from
the fact that it was 50 straightfcr-
ward that those who heard hel
could not help believing her. The
intelligent manner in which she
related her encounter with this
brute Of negro carried conviction
with it. Through her lengthy
cross-examination she did not vary
in the slightest from her exaplila
ton in chief, and when she retired
from the stand it seemed to be tht
universal opinion that she was {
pure and innocent girl and bad I
right to demand at the hands o.
the law that a just punishment b'
melted ous to the perpstrator of ;
deed so da8tardly. Mr. John vii
son, the only man in the house a
that time, fully corroborated th'
statement made by Miss Jenkins.
, When the prisoner took th'
stand he damaged his case very
much by declaring that the youne
lady had given him permission t
go to her room, and by contradict
ing almost in full the statement
made by the young lady, Mr.. JOIN
Wilson and Mr.. Harry Wilson. Hc
also refused to answer several Ques
tions asked by Mr.. Colaw. The ju
ry was out about a half hour an(
} returned with verdict Of guilty
punishable by imprisonment for
ten years in the penitont'ary. Tb'
prisoner did not appear to be tn
least affected by the verdict. HI
left the court room laughing, fol
lowed the TAILOR to his cell, knel
down by his cot and offered up
short PRAYER, after which he sang
God be with US till we meet again.
BY reason of an act Of the legis
lature passed last winter, giving
police justices and justices Of The
. peace jurisdiction over misdemean
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