The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-20
AND o'NEmL ON TRIAL.
The Testimony of the state and Part
of the Defense Finished.


of the Defense Finished.
| The twelfth juror in the case of the
state against Maurice F. Sullivan and
Simon J. O'Neill, was secured yesterday
morning shortly after court convened at
10 o'clock, and the trial was proceeded
with The last juror chosen was the sec
ond one presented, Henry A. Rose, both
sides having agreed to take him as they
had each about exhausted their limit of
strikes
The testimony for the state was conclud-
ed about o'clock i'm the afternoon, and
several of the witnesses for the defense
were put on the stand. Their testimony
was heard. and at O'Clock the court adj
journed until this morning.
The state attempted to prove that
Brooks was shot in cold blood by sulli-
van, to whom ONenl had given his pls-
toll, and introduced testimony to show
that ONeill had had two or three Difficult
ties with the deceased before the killing,
and on the same night. Solicitor General
Osborne also endeaVored to prove that
when the deceased returned from the
barracks where he had gone to make COM
paint dkdAuSb ~ Ntllt inc ueLt0udnlS
met him and others at South Broad and
East Broad streets, and at once began the
shooting which ended in the homicide.
The defense Is endeavoring to prove by
it's witnesses that Sullivan and O'Neil
after the difficulties with the negroes
went away from them, and in order to
avoid them took a circuitous route in GO
ing to their homes; that the negroes on
their return from the barracks came upon
them at South Broad and East Broad
streets, and with an oath Brooks started
to attack ONeill with a heavy stick that
as he raised his stick TO strike either
ONei,l or Sullivan and the other negroes
coming up with sticks at the same time
the shooting was done. The defense will
endeavor to put up case of self-defense
all the way through.
When court convnenes this morning the
testimony for the defendent will be con-
tinued, and at its conclusion the attor-
neys will proceed at once with the argu-
ments. The case will no doubt be given
TO the jury this afternoon.
Charles Dickens who was convicted in
the superior court sometime ago OF the
charge Of keeping a gaming house, and
sentenced to pay fine of $1,000, or serve
twelve months In Jail, was released from
Jail at noon yesterday by order Of the
court, It being shown that he had served
fort was made sometime ago 10 show that
other parties kept the gaming house. and
that Dickens was only an employe.
A suit for alimony was filed by Mary
Ivy against William p. Ivy IN the superior
court. They were married in the early
part of 1896, and IN December of the same
year, she alleges he deserted her, and
she now has no means of support. She
asks the court to decree her temporary
and permanent alimony against the de-
PENDANT.
A suit for injunction and relief was filed
by Nicholas Lang against the Advertising
Journal Company, one of the companies
which is encouraging business on cash
basis through the distribution of tickets
on which premiums are paid. The plaint-
IN claims the contract was that the COM
pany was to give its tickets to only two
grocers within a certain defined area, and
that after the contract was signed other
grocers within the same area were let In
on the deal. Judge Falilgant granted
temporary injunction and set tho case
for a hearing on Jan. %.