The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-20
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Wien tie eo.,.5 was og2!!~Zed 'd
r7c.lv for br>.ress Judge Ni,tes-
.co1, alter telling the gr49d jrsEE
tlat !aey have e,ready been formally
charged as to their genera! dn}:eS
he proceeded to deliver one CT !he
ablest addresses on the duly .; i
grand juror we have heard IA many
Years. He told them that their oa;hs
required them to bring to the court 5
attention any violation Of law ana he
went on to give his reason while he
deprecated the existing spirit OF law
lessness. The judges remarks We're
timely and impressive and the well
filled court room gave him thelr IN
divided attention.
At the conclusion OF thejndses re-
marks he called attention to receA;
act of the general assembly requiring
SIX of tie present grand Jury to hold
over ard serve with twelve others
that will be drawn next year. Clerk
Timmons placed the names OF the en-
tire parnel in hat and the follow
ING gentlemen were drawn: J. 4.
JoInson s. H. Alsbrook, T. ?. Cut
tino, ". C. Cannon, J. S. Nelson ana
". E. Jenkinson.
The Solicitor then gave out the
following bills:
State VS. Charles Harper, assault
with intent to ravish and assault and
battery OF a high and aggravated
nature, true bill.
State VS. Gus Deas, housebreaklng
and larceny, true bill.
State vs. Manly Jenkinson for dis
turbing religious meeting, true bi!l.
State VS. James Ridgill and Sa'ile
Wells, adultrv, no bill.
State VS. Adam Green, burning
house by tenant, true bill.
The first case ready for trial WIS
against Gus Deas. This defendant was
charged with breaking iaso the store
of the late W. P. Peagler, at jordan
and stealing therefrom 4 quantity 9t
dry goods, shoes and clothing,
amounting to about seventy dollars.
The testimony had not proceeded iar
when Mr.. e G. Barrinean, one OF the
iurymen, took iii aad the proceed.
incs came to sudden halt, 4 recess
was taken until yesterday N 1r:ins
when the trial was resumed. The case
was long and tedious one and re-
suited in a verdict Of not guilty.
The next case was against Nanieyy
Jenkinson. This was where man
was loaded up with the "hot- staff
sold in, and around tie suburbs Of
Summerton. He Went up toa caurca
and feeling himself rich, disturbed
the congregation with profanity, "ai
his candid manner in court ana "is
apparent repentence impressed t,'e
Jury, who found him g"i!;r with
recommendation to mercy. judge
Witherspoon, in sentencing hln', gave
him the liehtest sentence lie could
impose, telling the defendant why he
did so. The sentence of the court
was to pay tiue Of $4,000, % work
on the public works or in tue penl-
tentiary at hard labor fort: days.
William Lawson pleaded guilty to
the charge of grand Larceny; this IS
the case of shop-lif!ing, at PiaewooA,
elsewhere mentioned. Upon t!!i:,
plea being entered the judge s.sl's {"
the defendant that ne won','| |a;ef =
sentence until TO mo!row lis :: n
ins) providing he would t2i! II. B:r-
1.-the prosecutor, where hecos'id in !;
the stolen goods; that ii he dls; 50 lS
would take that into consi,!eEa ION
when he went to impose the sentence.
The case which abs oroe' the II
terest Of the court was tilaa en:era:i
into; the State VS. Charles Harper. /.
will be remembered taat s3me;lne
last August au attempt was ma le to
rsvish the pe,son OF Mrs. Ellen R:cA
bours, from the Foreston sectioH, The
prisoner was spirited away hy The
Sheriff to keep him from being lynch
ed; the night before he was taken
away great excitement WAS stirred ~
among the colored folks by rumor
that crowd would be III town that
night to lynch the prisoner. It turned
out to be false alarm. nevertheless
the sheriff hearing the rumor took
every precaution to protect the prls-
oner intrusted to him.
The case wended along It's weary
way until the hour OF adjournment
arrived and recess was taken until
this morning when it was again re-
sumed. Captain W. C. Davis had
been assigned by the court to de
fend tie prisoner and he handled the
case we'll. The jury found him guilty,
and the prisoners sentence was SIX
years in the penitentiaay. The court
winds up to-day with the case OF
Adam Green.
All of the jurors were discharged
until next Wednesday.
The presentment OF the grand jury
is too late for this issue; it will ap-
pear next week.