The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-23
GRAND JURY INDIcTs SIXTEEN.
TRUE BILL AGAINST EX-POLICE-
MAN SMITH FOR PERJURY.


Indicted For Assault With Intent
to Murder-Abe SmaIrs Case Post
DOned Until Feb. 3 ON Account of
the Absence of Witnesses For the
Defense-AttOrneys For Sullivan
and O'NeiI File Their Motion For
New Trial.
The superior court grand jury did a
good days work yesterday, and at the
conclusion of its investiga tions returned
true bills against sixteen defendants
charged with various felonies.
The grand jury's work cleared up all
of the cases on the docket on which they
had not heretofore passed with the excep-
ton of five. which will be considered at
its next session. Some of the cases are
quite interesting. Solicitor General Os-
borne will push them all for trial as early
as possible, as it is his intention to keep
the criminal docket clear. 1t looks very
much as if the whole month Of February
would be taken up with the trial of Grim
inal cases.
w. II. Tuten was indicted for the lar
ceny of $87 from a bathing house belong
ing to Dan Newton. The offense was al
legged to have been committed Aug. 2, 1885,
ana the money, it is claimed. was taken
from John sunol, w. T. Snyder and
George Richardson.
One of the most interesting cases cOnsid-
cred was that of James Smith, ex-police-
man, who was indicted for perjury, the
charge being made that he swore falsely
IN the police court on the occasion of the
investigation of the killing of ]. w. Wy
ness by Patrick kearney. The grand jury
took this case up of its own motion, and
returned a special presentment The trial
of the case will no doubt be watched with
great deal of interest
A special presentment was found charg
ing the Southern Cotton Oil Company with
misdemeanor, the alleged violation of
law being that the company sold to w
h Moore seven sacks of cotton seed meal
fertilizers without first putting the tags
upon the sacks, as required by law, to
show that the material had been properly
analysed and inspected.
Eddie Payne, George Sapp, James Frain
and Henry Brady were indicted upon a
charge of assault with intent to murder
Policeman T. c. Murphy, by the use of
rocks and other missiles. The assault was
committed Sept. 10, 1885,
John Ferguson and w. H. Murray were
both indicted, on a charge of assault with
intent to murder, the alleged assaults hav-
ing been committed upon each other Jan.
8. 1t appears from the indictments that
they fought each other with knives
Nero Davis, Allen johnson, Henry Har-
ris, John Mackey and Grippa Johnson
were indicted for assault with intent to
murder Jas. Davis by the use of a knife,
Dec. %.
William Doyle was indicted on two
charges of assault with intent to murder
one alleged to have been committed upon
Henry Lang, Sept l, 1896 and the other
upon Stephen Brown, Jan. H. 1897.
Contrary to expectatio the trial of Abe
Small, on the charge of the murder of Po-
liceman Neve. did not take place yester-
day. The jury was present but the de-
Tense was short on witnesses, and for
this reason asked a. postponement
Messrs. Charles N. West and T. p. Raw
enel, who appeared for the defense stated,
| however that they were perfectly willing
to go on with the trial, provided Solicitor
| General Osborne would consent to the use
of the testimony of these absent witnesses
as reported by the stenographer on the
former trial. Mr.. Osborne, however, was
| unwilling to do this. He stated that he
| had never seen these witnesses, and he
| would like to be confronted with them be-
fore accepting their testimony.
Under these circumstances Judge Fali-
! CANT granted a postponement of the trial
| until Wednesday, Feb. 3. In the mean
! time the absent witnesses for the defense,
| Harmon Butler, Victoria Butler Frank
! Greer, Lizzie Greer, Abram Hines and one
other, who have moved to Bryan county,
| will be summoned for that day, and the
trial will then proceed. Subpoenas were
sent out to Ways station for them a day
or two ago, but evidently were not re-
ceived in time.
Messrs. T. S. Morgan, Jr., f. NJ. Oliver
and r, NJ. Hitch filed their motion for new
trial in the case of Maurice F. Sullivan
and Simon j. O'Neill, who were convicted
| of manslaughter for the killing of Preston
Brooks, and sentenced to spend fifteen
years each in the state penitentiary. They
allege in general that the verdict was con-
| traFy to the law. contrary to the evidence,
| and contrary to the weight of the evidence.
| They asked the privilege of sufficient time
| to file their amended motion. The motion
was ordered fled and the solicitor general
was directed to show cause on Feb. 10, why
a new trial should not be granted as APP
piled for.
In the court of ordinary the will of Mrs.
| Perla S. Solomons was probated in COM
| mon form, ana as Joseph M. SolomOnS re-
! fused to qualify as executor. Mrs Cecilia
S. Abrahams applied for letters of admin
| istration c. t. a.
Jas. Bryan a colored lunatic was dis
charged from custody on the recommen-
dalton of the county physician, DR.. 7. d.
! Chisholm.
Mrs. Adarine Ulman, administrators.
| filed a petition for leave to sell wild lands
belonging to the estate of Alexander c.
| Ulman.
Messrs. Nicholas Lang. b. H. Levy &
! Bro, Cell G. Quint, A. s. Nichols, the
| Falk Clothing Company, Jackson, Metz
| ger & Co., and others were granted an in
corporation in the superior court for the
| Mutual Premium Company, the object of
| which association will be to encourage re-
tail trade on a cash basis, by giving Gus
| toners coupon tickets which will be re-
| deemable for certain prizes offered. The
plan has already been worked successful
! ly here, but this company is entirely a
home concern, and will be used In the
| interests of the home trade.
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