The news & observer., 1898-03-12
PAPER MILL JUDGMENT 7
FIFTH DISTRICT APPEALS IN
SUPREME COURT.
ANOTHER NEST OF GAMBLERS FOUND
Annie Harrison Gets Even by Telling on Her
Associates Louis Taylor Bound Over
to Court for Stealing Lot Of
Household Goods.


took two-weeks term of court and
made it a one-week term. Then he set
the calendar himself. Monday he began
court and yesterday morning he ad-
iourned it for the term. In other words
he hatsdisposed of the business of Il two
weeks civil term in three days and Il
half.
Before adjourning court Judge Tim
berlake signed the following Judgments
in the Raleigh Paper Mills case:
..All claimants represented by r. O.
Burton, Il. G. Smith, J. w. Hinsdale,
Ernest Haywood, S. L. Mordecai, r. Il.
Gray, III. E. Norris, w. n. Jones, f. III.
Busbee, A. G. Avery, Robt. G. Strong,
w. L. Watson, MacRae q Day, W. G.
Douglas, Speir Whitaker, j. B. Bache-
lor, ex-Judge III. G. Connor, Judge Win
bourne, Jones & Boykin and c. NJ.
Busbee except to the ovcrruling OF
their exceptions and each of them; and
to the Judgment and appeal to the
Supreme court.
Notice waived, bond fixed at 500,
which each applicant shall give in his
appeal.
Thirty days to serve statement Of
case and appeal and thirty days to
serve counter case or exceptions.
The following appeals from the Fifth
district were argued in the Supreme
court yesterday:
Ross VS.. Davis. argued by Winston.
Fuller and Biggs land Hicks by brief)
for plaintiff; A. w. and j. W. Graham
for defendant.
Mitchell VS.. Mitchell, argued by r. L.
King for plaintiff; j. a. Barringer for
defendant.
Causey VS.. Snow. argued by j. A. Bar
ringer; Shaw and Scales (and l.. NJ.
Scott by brief, for plaintiff; R. r. King
for defendant.
Wagner vs. Herbin, argued by l.. NJ.
Scott by brief for plaintiff; John A.
Barringer for defendant.
Foushee VS. Owen, argued by Simmons,
Pou and Ward by brief for plaintiff; Il.
H. Hayes for defendant.
Another nest of gamblers was discov-
cred by the mayor yesterday. They are
crap shooters and Jack Thornton.
George Adams and Dan Hinton are
their names. They are young negroes
and it was by the merest accident that
they were betrayed to the mayor.
1t was what might be termed Saw
yer's Bottom Day in the Mayors court
yesterday afternoon, and many of the
tough colored residents of that tough 10
cality were present, either as defendants
or witnesses.
The first offender arraigned was Annie
Harrison. She is almost, was once very
pretty. but now has features marked and
marred by dissipation. She and her
steady Jack Thornton. a very black
dude negro. had quarrelIed. The drunk
en- row had disturbed the neighborhood
The testimony brought out was deci-
dedly damaging to Annie. SO she got
mad and asked to be put on the stand
She swore that the quarrel originated
over a game or craps that Thornton.
Adams and Hinton were playing. Thorn
ton bet Annie's money and lost and it
was for this, she said, that she cursed
him.
She got twenty days in the Work
house.
On Annie's statement the police be-
gan an investigation of the crap shoot
ing, Thornton is now in Jail and the no
lice are looking for Adams and Hinton.
Lydia Chamblee, another very had
character. went over to Annie Harri-
sons Wednesday night before she and
Jack quarreled and helped them get
drunk. Then she went back home and
'cussed out" Lilly Arlington, her room
mate. Lilly preferred charges and the
mayor gave Lydia twenty days.
In return for this Lydia swore out a
warrant against Lilly for cursing Becky
Davis, and Lilly got twenty days also.
After the trial was over and the off.
Ger was taking Lydia out of the court
room she walked over TO Lilly and ours
ing her said aloud, 'When / get you out
yonder I'll beat you almost to DEATH
For this the mayor added thirty days
to Lydia's sentence.
Two young white boys-Georee Solo
mon and Henry HaITis-wtere the only
offenders before the mayor at the morn
ing session Of his court.
Drunk and disomerly was the charge
against Harris and thirty days was the
punishment meted out TO him.
Solomon was found guilty of the same
offence with the variation Of drawing q
gun on one of his companions He was
sent on to court Solomon now has one
brother i'll the penitentiary and another
died i'll there some years ago.
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Louis Taylor. a negro arraigned for
the larceny of about $40 worth of house
hold furniture, waived examination and
was bound over to court.
Taylop works at the Western Union
telegraph office. In a room in the same
building is stored the furniture of Mr.. B.
G. Rogers who several months ago went
TO Durham TO live.
BY some means Taylor secured a key
TO this room and took therefrom a car
pet worth $40 a new feather-bad, a fine
table, a screen and perhaps other arti-
cles. Only the bed and carpet have as
yet been recovered. The carpet was sold
to a junk man for 81 and then re-sold
OfOr $40. The bed was found in Taylor's
possession. On his person was found a
= key which fits the door to the storage