The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-12-29

| Centlary IOr tnc Ttuldiiiutr VI His
natural life. The verdict in the
Fore case was a surprise to Fore
and such of his friends as had
hoped that political prejudice
against the Matthews family would
get into the jury box and clear
him, or at least cause mistrial.
Rightly interpreted, the verdict
means that the time is past in
Lincoln county when man may
murder another and be turned
loose because his victim was a
Republican or not otherwise i'm ac-
cord politically with the dominant
party of the State. Had it not
been for the sympathy aroused for
Fore by defective eyesight and his
personal appearance, he wOuld
doubtless have received the death
penalty. The jury was ont less
than two hours, "a far briefer time
than in any capital case at this
term f the court. q. Il. and Leon
Matthews, brothers of Fore's vic
tim, and Mrs. o. e. Gibson, of
Magnolia, sister, who had been
| in constant attendance during the
trial, were not in the room when
the jury returned their verdict,
and the motion for a new trial was
promptly Overruled by the court.
The grand jury was finally dis
charged Thursday. They were in
session fifteen days, examined 800
witnesses, returned 46 true bills,
6 being for murder and l for crmi
nal assault.
The net results of the felony
cases tried during the special term
arc as follows: Charles BarrOws,
manslaughter, penitentiary six
years: Rob Goza, criminal assault,
penitentiary for life :; Aaron LOf
ton, Prentiss Easterling and John
P. Fore, murder, penitentiary for
life; Silas Davis and James King,
murder, sentenced to hang Feb. 4.
Appeals to the Supreme Court
will be taken in the King and Fore
cases. In the others the judgment
of tho lower court will stand with
out review.
All praise is being accorded to
Judge Powell and the jurors who
stood by the court and so faithfully
did their duty. THE LEADER re-
publishes below the names of the
petit jurors who served on all the
principal cases tried during the
term, with the verdict of each:
SILAS DAVIS JURY.
death Penalty.)
B. B. Boyte, G. NJ. Brister,
J. M. Case, II. Walker,
ID. Moore, N. b. johnson,
E. H. Sartin, E. F. McCalip,
Henry Shivers. Jesse w. Greer,
j.. B. Hart, ID. B. Magee.
BOB GOA JURY,
(Penitentiary for Life.)
Sam Cole, E. Moak,
j. w. Smith, E. r. Lowell,
F. M. Hodges, d. W. Culver,
w. f. Magee, j. w. Ward,
s. E. Roberts, Oscar Wooten,
Frank Larkin, John j. Martin.
JAMES KING JURY.
death Penalty)
J. NJ. Gotten, L. w. Powers,
| T. E. Falvey, b. II. Crawford,
A. B. Hart, G. w. Ivey,
J. Fl. Oneal, &c. May,
j. L. Wallace, r. E. Albritton,
VIM. Dunn, J. w. H. Brister.
PRENTIsS EAsTERLING JURY.
(Penitentiary for Life.)
A. G. Mahaffey, A. L. Brister,
w. r. Lambert, Julius Brister,
s. j. Holloway, John Myers,
J. Nj. White, w. j. Williams,
EW. H. Reeves, w. II. Boggs,
In r, Crider. Oscar Wooten.
AARON LOTION JURY.
(Penitentiary for Life.)
Columbus Alexander, (c.) H. F. Moak,
j. G. Nations, w. G. Coleman, TO-
2. r. Jordan, A. G. Bell, tc.)
H.J. Brewer, Carter Nelson, TO-
T. G. B. May, I. +. Saxon,
J.J. Lee, J. w. Mccullough.
| JOHN P. FORE jerry.
/ (Penitentiary for life.)
A. w. Smith, Harvey Clark,
L. o. Crosby. Robt. Wooten,
~. Ms Magea, E.Es Stanley,
H. A. Bigner, W. G. Garner,
Henry Shiyers, w. j. Brumfield,
s. P. eagle, ]. e. Hodges.
The following are the fOotings
of the several items of cost of the
tern, as made out by Circuit Clerk
Oliver to be reported to the Board
of Supervisors next Monday: