The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-09
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Mistrial in Tuttle-Penn Case-Busi.
ness Transacted.

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ness Transacted.
The Court Calendar was arranged
by the Bar Association to take up tn
civil docket Tuesday, but the crimi
nal cases had not all been disposed
of. The Grand Jury continued t.
find true bills and it was not though
that the State docket will be finished
before Wednesday.
There are 81 cases on the civil
docket arranged for trial at this term
besides q on the motion docket. i
is hardly probably that half of then
will be reached.
| The jury failed to agree in the CASE
of Will Tuttle and Bob Penn, the two
| negroes charged with assaulting anC
robbing K. l.. Hopper, several nights
, ago, while on his way to the N & w
| depot. The case was given TO the jury
i about 5 O'Clock Saturday evening anC
at 10 o'clock Judge Starbuck went tC
| the courthouse and learning that there
was no likelihood of a verdict, dis
missed the jury and ordered the clerk
to make it nistria1. Eleven jury
men. it is understood, were in favor oil
conviction. Mr.. Henry L. Shore, it is
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case may be tried again at this term
futile and Penn were bound over
| to the next term Of court. Judge
Starbuck fixed their bonds, which are
TO be justified, at $500 each. Both
defendants are in jail. The friends
of futile are making an eff )rt to get
up his bend.
Monday Al cases were variously
disposed in Forsyth's Superior Court.
nf w Enhn1iftnn n a
jury. That was State vs.. James
Flynt, ] w. Flynt and Pinkey Full
ton. The charge was forcible tres
pass. 1t seems that Caesar Hairston,
COL, and his wife and daughter lived
on Mr.. Jas. Flynt's land last year and
certain tobacco raised on shares had
been stored away in old Caesars
dwelling against the will of Mr.. Flynt.
He carried Mr.. J w. Flynt and Mr..
Pinkney Fulton, the latter of Farm
er's WAREHOUSE, around there few
weeks ago to look at the tobacco. The
action of the wife and daughter of
III airstOn were such as to arouse the
suspicion of Mr.. Flynt. and his friends
and they insisted upon inspecting GER
tain other rooms in the house, hence
the charge Of torcible trespass. The
jury rendered verdict OF not guilty.
Ten cases on Mondays calendar
were CO0SOllOdUoQ Win Ob06F cases ana
seven were given suspension of judg-
ment on the payment of costs.
1n two gambling cases the de-
PENDANTS plead guilty and were given
80 days on the county roads. They
were John Allison and William
Rainey
In other cases the defendants failed
to answer and continuances entered.
The Grand Jury Monday disposed
OF about seventy cases. In the great
majority of those cases true bills were
returned. or these forty-nine were
against merchants charged with SELL
ing cigarettes to minors.
CIGARETTE CASES TRIED.
A number of cigarette cases were
disposed of on Tuesday. There we're
some fifteen submissions by mer-
chants. Judge Starhuck f1ned those
who had two cases SIS and cost; those
who had three cases S. and cost. De-
PENDANTS in four and more cases were
taxed with the cost in each case.
FOR ASSAULT.
Mr.J.W Bradford was tried Tuesday
on charge Of making an assault with
a deadly weapon on H. Blumenf1eld,
the man who conducted wheel OF
fortune for some time. The case went
to the jury at noon, and verdict of
not guilty was rendered about
O'Clock,