The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-09
C'0urt.

1t the time Of going to press last week
the case Of Henry l.. Johnson, charged
with obtaining goods through false repre-
Sentations. WAS being tried. The case. N
brief was that Johnson obtained credit 10
an amount OF S20S from +. l.. Wilkins, With
c. l. Emanuel as eniorSer and with 4 bill
OF sale OF s. horse ana five oxen. The pros
ecutorS charged that johnson did not pay
the debt, and when they demanded the
property given as security. 1t was not forth
coming. They also claim that Johnson
gave them :. bill Of sale OF a horse which be
was not the owner of. and the oxen Were
not oxen at all. but calves. TO show the
Jury two OF the oxen were hitchea ont in
the court house ward and il was for the.
10 determine whether Q. not Mr.. John n
had miSrepreSente; his property TO ott,.in
credit. The case was ably fought by AT
tornevs Ehame y Davis for the defense and
Solicitor WiSo,. for the State The verdict
was mot guilt, and Mr.. Johnson re-
ceived the congratulations OF his tri ENDS.
GRAND JURY rEsSESTMEST.
To the Hon. Ernest Gary, Presidin Judge
for term CT Court which convened Feb
ruary 2Stl. 1898:
The Grand Jury empanelied for the year
1898 beg leave to make the following pre-
sentiment:
First. we desire to thank your Honor for
the clear ;tad impressive charge " hlch you
gave US, and which will better enn bic Us 10
discharge our duties during the year.
We have disposed of AL bills OF !ndict-
ment handed Us by tie Solicitor. and have
made returns u0On same
We have. by special committees, exam
!ne;i the county jail and county poor house.
In regard 10 tie jail. We would report that
it is in about its customary condition, aud
is as we'll kept as could be expected, on &C
count Of the structure of the bnlld!ng The
stove used by the jGilor is about worn ont,
and we recommend the purchase OF 4 new
stove.
Respectiu. the county poor house, We
have 10 make the customary report, that the
same is in bad condition This IS not due
so much to the negligence OF the sr0erin
tendent. but to the old and dllap!d;ste9
condition OF the buildings. Both he su-
pernterleut'S building and the buildings
occupied By the inmates are Old and rot
ten and sadly in neat; OF repairs. fit We're
practicable We thiuk it would be better to
sell the tUl!Fe pIopeiIN auu purchase 4"
smaller tract Of land somewhere else, but
for the present some repairs must be made.
We woa!d respectfully recommend that the
County Supervisor take his chainSanS aad
make such repairs on the buildings as are
necessary, and in order = sec"re this be-
vond doubt, we recommend that the So
licitor issue the necessary orders 10 the
County Supervisor, giving him lnStruc-
tons 10 this effect.
We have not yet examined the various
Offices OF the county, but will do SO by spe-
cial committee from our body later on n
:he Year.
At the last term OF tie court we stated
that there We're parties II the county buy
:og seed cotton without paying the license,
ana warned them against the same. Since
then several parties have come up and paid
the license, but We are reliably Informed
that there are vet others who bought IN VI
o.asion of the law during the past fall. We
do not care 70 II axe special preSentments
OF these cases, but we give these parties
warning that if these licenses are not paid
:, ,le next term OF the court We propose TO
make few special examples in seeing that
the Law is enforced
Respectfully submitted,
". Z. JENEISsoS,