The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-06-10
An UNPRECEDENTED COURT
TWO WHITE MEN AND FOUR
NEGROES SENT TO THE
pENiTENTlARY.

the FAIR Name of HIS fic;im-Aiter
Conviction He Remembers His God
and Makes Confession Ills Life
Must Bc Living He'll.
When we went to press last
Wednesday the court had just given
the case Of Albert Washington and
Candress Martin, both colored,
charged with aaultry, to the jury and
after sometime they returned a
verdict OF guilty, and the
prisoners were each sentenced to SIX
months in the State penitentlary
The case OF tie State against Bessie
Bailey, charged with rape, was then
called and the trial entered upon.
The case was fought with consider
able ability by the defendants coun-
sci R. 4. Stewart, Esq, ard the
solicitor made a very strong case 1or
the State, but jury of twelve good
white men felt doubt as to The guilt
of the prisoner and they gave him the
benefit or it, and returned verdict
of not guilty.
r1NDAL-cHTwHING CASE.
Thursday afternoon the long look
ed-for case against Judson N,
Cbewnins, charged with rape, was
called and the prisoner was placec
in the dock where at the command
1
of the clerk he was told to stand up
to accept or object to the jurors as
they went to the Book to be sworn;
Cbewning was neatly dressed and
lone confinement had not deepened
furrows upon his brow, his voice was
clear and distinct and he greeted his
friends with bow and smiles when-
ever they caught his eye. His attor-
news were Col. B. Presley Barron
ana F. Barron Grier, Esq, and from
tbe moment of the opening OF the
case they showed fight and they put
the State upon notice, that every
step would be contested with in the
rules of evidence and the law. Tile
| first legal skirmish was with refer
ence to the jury; at thas time twelve
Jurors were in the room :pon apoth-
er case and the defense set up the
claim that they were entitled to a
full panel to draw from and they
moved that further proceedings IN
the case be suspended until the
names of all the jurors were IN tue
hat
Tie court refused the motion,
holding that the right Of the defend
ant was TO object to jurors and not to
select jurors;that the court would pro,
ceed, seeing that the defendant had
mis- full number OF challenges allowed
him by law. The drawing OF the
Jury went along with an occasional
objection until the eleventh man had
been sworn and then the objections
came from the defense until the
panel was exhausted and the court
was at a standstill; after waiting sew
eral hours upon the jury in the room,
and after repeated statements from
the foreman of that jury, that an
agreement could not be reached, the
court took recess until Friday
morning, but before doing so, con-
stables were sworn il to take charge
of the then boh-tail iury.
At the opening of court Friday
morning, and iu q short while, the
twelfth juror was sworn in: I'm"
jury was composed OF the following
gentlemen:
LIN Richbourg, foreman, J 3 Beard,
H NJ Minis, BW Gutter, D 3 DAVIS,
F n Thomas, J J Holladay, L. NJ
King, w H Nuldrow, ] " Rhame, v
T P Sprott, E S Plowden.
Mrs. Florence ?. Tindal was put
apou the stand; her testi-
mopy was given io a. modest
aud straight forward way, and her
demeanor throughout the trial won
the sympathy OF the packed court
room. This lady stood The
searching cross-examiuatiou Of the
defendants counsel with wonderful
composure when it is considered the
character of the questions, and her
being stranger to a court; room but
she told her story with each word
that fell from her lips glistening With
truth.
II was our intention owing to the
great interest that was taken IN this
case to publish synopsis of the tes-
timony, but the main part of 1t was
of such character that we cannot
send it into the homes OF our readers
it was horrible. In brieft the charge
was, that en- the evening of the 24th
day of January last, Judson NJ.
Chewing, in the absence of her hus-
band went to the house OF Mrs.
Florence P. Tindal and there with
drawn knife and violent force raw
ished Mrs. Tindal, and after commit
ting his crime he told her If Sue told
her husband or any other person he
would kill her; shortly after lie LETT,
Chewning's wife, who is Mrs. Tindals
sister, with her children went to the
Tindal house to spend tue evening
and while there, Chewing went
there also about tie time Mr.Tiudal az
rived home; after spending the even
lug Cbewning and his family LETT aud
shortly after, Mrs Tindal told her
husband what had happened during
his absence.
Tindal loaded his gun to so and
kill the man right away, but upon re-
Election conciudcd to go to him IN
open daylight. The next morning
about sunrise Tinaal went over to
CLewnine's and shot him twice, but