The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
DECEMBER TERMS DOCKET.
MANY CASES, TO BE TRIED IN THE
SUPERIOR COURT.

AIimOny Cases in the List-Abe
Small to Have His Third Trial for
Murder-The Twitty-Reeves At
fair to Come UF-A Long List of De-
PENDANTS to Answer Criminal
| Charges Against Them-Judge FaI-
Iigant 10 Go TO Liberty Next Week.
| There are some big dockets to be tack
| led at the December term of the superior
court, which begins a. 10 o'clock to-mor-
row morning. The criminal docket is a
long one. and under the circumstances it
Is doubtful if the work upon it will be
completed before some time after the be-
| ginning of the new year.
While the dockets are rather full there
are comparatively few cases Of great pub
lie interest in fact. fewer perhaps, than
there have been at any term of court
for some time. The first day of the ses-
sion Monday, will be consumed in swear
ing in the grand jury, charging it ana
in the assignment of cases for trial dur
ing the term.
Tuesday, as is always customary, will
be devoted to the trial of divorce cases.
and there is quite a respectable divorce
docket to be handled at this term. There
are thirteen new divorce cases returna-
BILE for trial at the December term. and
twenty-six old divorce cases, making a
total of thirty-nne to come up at this
term. There are four new alimony cases.
and ten old ones, including the famous
case of DAILY VS.. DAILY on the December
docket for trial.
on the civil jury docket there is a total
of 1856 old cases and 81 new cases returna-
BILE for trial at the December term. Among
these are included the famous Liberty
street paving cases. two of which have
been tried and are now pending on mo-
ton for new trial, the city having won
the last time they were up. The docket
also contains the Jefferson street paving
cases which have never yet been reached,
of which there are sixty-four.
On the foreclosure docket there are eight
old cases and six new ones. The certiorari
! docket contains thirty-four cases, the
largest number that has been known in a
long time. There are ifty-nine new cases
on the appearance docket for the Deem
Der term These will not be called for trial
until the March term.
The criminal docket is quite an extern
sive one a large number of cases in which
the defendants are out on bond having
gone over from the last term. There are
only five murder cas=s on the docket for
this term and all but one of these are old
ones. Perhaps the most interesting of
these is that against Abe Small for the
murder of Policeman Neve. AS is we'll
known, he has already been twice con-
victed, and each time the supreme court
has given him new trial, There is a be-
lief in some quarters that the supreme
court is of the opinion that he should not
be hanged. Small will have his third trial
al this term.
George Dyer is to be tried for the MUIR
der of William Titcomb last Christmas
day. He was tried once before, but the
jury failed TO agree. Patrick Connors
will also be tried on the charge of muir
dering Thomas Monroe Christmas day
three years ago. This last trial resulted
in a mistrial. Willie Smith, who shot
negro boy to death at a merry go-round
about four years ago. and who was re-
Gently captured in Augusta will also be
tried for murder. The only other murder
case is that of Isaac Small, who shot his
mother-in-law recently, and was caught
afterward in Jacksonville and brought
back to Savannah. He has not yet been
indicted
There are many new criminal cases
which will be presented to the grand jury
AOA hluANtAtIll, III WlliCH many Oh the oG-
PENDANTS are in JAIL while others are out
on bond. The following are charged with
assault with intent to murder: Jake Small
upon Sam Brantley, Andrew, alias Sam
Ferguson, upon q. W. Mitchell, James
Hall upon Willie Jones and William West
and Arthur Clark, John Campbell and
Israel Harris upon James Gardner, an Of
ficer of the town of Warsaw
The following will be tried for burglary:
Joe Beasley, Fannie Mercer, George Tur-
ner William McComb, J. H. Thomas,
Jim Robertson, Dan Smith, Ishmael Bry-
an and Tom Grant. These are charged
with larceny after a trust delegated: Rob
ert Henry, Charles Glenn and Ephraim
Hamilton, the latter being charged with
making away with 81 80 in money belong
ing to the lions Travellers Society
Charles Glenn is also charged with forg-
ing the name of Andrew Hanley to a re-
cept for SIS. William Smith is charged
with robbery by force, and William John
son with shooting at another not in his
own defense.
All of the foregoing cases will be pre-
scented to the grand jury at the Deem
Der term for consideration and indictment
If the evidence warrants it. The criminal
docket however, has a goodly number of
! cases on it which came over from other
| terms.
The following are the old cases on the
docket in all of which indictments are
! pending: Caleb Reed, assault with intent
| to murder; Charles Wright alias Siah
Wright, simple larceny; Jas. Simmons.
| robbery; William Stokes, burglary; John
| Monroe, assault with intent to murder;
! Sharper Brockington and Jas. Washing
ton simple larceny; William Gordon, car
! ryiug a concealed weapon; w. ]. Simmons
! larceny after trust; 7. j. Mahoney, assault
| with intent to murder; II. NJ. Reeve, forg-
! cry, three cases; II. d. Twltty, forgery,
| three cases; Mary Hamilton, assault with
! intent to murder; A l.. Hartridge. forgery
| two cases; Louis and Robert Williams as
! sault with intent to murder; Norton r.
! Fletcher, forgery; John Ferguson, assault
| with intent to murder; Jas. Smith. per-
! jury; Jas. Frain and Henry Brady, assault
| with intent to murder; ID. j. Buttimer,
! forgery; Geo. H. Dyer assault with in
tent to murder and murder; Alexander
Applng, burglary; the Southern Cotton
| Oil Company, misdemeanor two cases;
! William Jones, larceny from the house;
| William Coakley, forgery and obtaining
money under false pretenses; Nick Couch
| bellas. assault with intent to murder Will
! liam II. Patterson, malpractice in office
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