Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-09-24
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To his ExceIlercy, A. }. McLaurin, Cover
nor of the State Of Mississippi
We respectfully show that at the August
Term. 1893. oil the Circuit Court OF N0Nu-
bee county, Mississippi, Alex Farmer
Charity Spunn, flense Moore. Ned DAVIS
and Robt Thomas, having been duly indlet-
ed by the grand jury of NoXubee county
charged with the crime of bigamy aitei
having thb nature of said offence fully eX'
plaineG to them, entered a plea OF guilty.
and were duly sentenced by SAID court 10
Imprisonment in the penetentlary OF Miss
;s.inni for n term of each; that
s.id Alex Farmer was indicted on the 2ith
day of Feh'y, 1898 and enteren his plea OF
| entity thereto in open court on August H.,
IsoS and was Gully sentenced to SAID I'M
| nrisonment in said penetentiary on August
1898. for n term OF six months; that
| said Charity Spann was indicted on Feb'y
| u. 1898. and entered her plea of guilty
| hereto on August II, 1888, and was duly
| sentenced to suffer 3 months Imprisonment
| ,,y said court on August lS9s; that
Hense Moore was indicted on February
"a, 1898. and entered his plea of guilty there.
| 70 on August 1898. and was sentenced
to suffer said imprisonment OF SIX months
Inv sand court on August ,lS9S; that Ned
LAWS was indicted on Feb'y "a. ISIS. ana
entered his plea of guilty thereto ON Aug,
ust nth, 1898. and was sentenced by sa!d
| court on August iooo' nnu t,a' "a
Robt. Thomas was indicted on feoy 2fth
1898. entered his plea OF guilty. lnerelo on
Au"nst 1898. and wat sentenced by said
n mt IN suffer six months said punishment
on August lS9S. -, ....
fer careful investigation we nnd that
these parties are all ignorant. simpie'mlnd'
oil andilIiteratp negroes who were unaware
that they we're gn'lly of any criminal vio'
l.i,on NJ the law, of the state at the time
.uch Infamous acts were con m'tteu.' Una
,hev are rood and in otner respects law-a'
lin, citizens, of their class, ana poor a.
,"ans,rinms people. That the publicity o
these indictments and sentences has beet
sneh that the moral effect thereof Is as grea
md notent In the community for preventing
turther intractions of our cr1mlha' RVS u
hat regard as the mosi severe pun'en.nen
Of these parties would have, ana Tue punh'
good does not demand the further puhlsn
/ mont of these specific parties. We, .he.e
fore, urgently recommend anu uo' . .n
t1ey be each separately par"o,eo ~ u"
their said offences ana res'oreo ~ WV" ~
erty. zT Dorroh ,,h,r
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