The age-herald., 1897-11-18
BIG BATCH OF INDICT TMENTS Returned by the United States
 Grand Jury Yesterday. ONE FOR COUNTERFEITING Against Ike Young, NegrO-A Female MOOn- shiner-Defendants Indicted This Term
 Not to be Tried This Session.

The United States grand jury yester-
 day morning returned fifteen indict-
 ments for violation of the nations laws.
 None of the casss are of great impor-
 tance.
 United States Attorney William
 Pleasants and Davidson, are working
 every night until II and 12 o'clock. The
 number of cases requiring investigation is very large, and these three attorneys find it necessary to work early and late. It is their desire to have the jury con- plete its work as soon as possible.
 Of the indictments returned yesterday
 morning the most important was that
 against Ike Young, for counterfeiting.
 IloA is a negro and was arrested by
 Capt Donaldson and Officer Langston,
 of the police force This was sometime
 ago, and the case in the police court
 was transferred to the federal court.
 The grounds for returning the true
 bills are said to be as follows, accord
 ing to the evidence adduced before the grand jury:
 Young went to a negro boarding house conducted by Mary Umphrey. He pro-
 cured lodging and attempted to settle
 his account by paying counterfeit 50
 cent piece.
 He afterwards attempted to pass a
 similar coin on Margaret Bolso, a Greek
 woman. Both attempts proved futile, and he was arrested. When searched at police headquarters ten or fifteen other counterfeit half dol- lars were found on his person. OTHER TRUE BILLS RETURNED. The other indictments returned yester- day during the session of court were as follows They were all of minor im- portance:
 Illegal re'ail Equor deali' g-Mitchell Scruggs alias s. M. Scruggs, Henry c.
 Ryan, Bryant McDonald alias B. l.. Me Donald. George Greene James W. Garnelr
 alias Wash Garner, Mallala Jones and Joseph B. Webb. Mahala Jones is said to be g. negro woman. The allegations are that she conducted still near Coalburg in Jeffer- son county.
 Illicit dtstilling-J. S. Hodges alias Sebe Hodges, James E. Cofield, Robert Napper. Simeon Brown, J. T. Pennlng- | ton and William Keith. l Many of the defendants indicted by 1 the grand juEN are at liberty on bond, l but quhte a number are in the jails of | the c-untie5 competing this circuit. All 1 prisoners in jadl have been ordered 1 tlnanSferT1sd to the Jefferson county jaiL THE DAYS TRANSACTIONS. When court convened yesterday morn ing Judge Boarman promulgated the fol- lowing order:
 "All cases wherein Indictments have been returned or may be found by the l grand jury at this term against pah1ties | who elre under bond, for violation of the revenue laws may be continued until l the next term"
 l This order was issued to allow those l defendants coming under its provisions 1 the privilege of returning to their re- l spectiwe homes.
 l. Ben Samuells, Ben Cook and R. w. l Little, contempt of court; dismissed link Blake, perjury; suit abated on I account of the death of the defendant | John A. Sharp, embezzlement of post | olive funds; nolle pressed. K. c. Ashley, retail liquor dealer; dis charged
 J. D. Hardy, embezzlement cf postoffice funds; not guilty. Jeptha Barger, illioit distlling, jury l and verdict of not guilty.