The Southern herald., 1899-03-24
Circuit COurt Proceedings.


venedMondsy ofihis week in regu-
lar session. Slate candidates &C
cupisd the time with speeches
from eleven 20 one o clock. Judge
Truly arrived about 3 p. m. and
ealled the Court to order This
iS Judge Truly'S first visit To our
town 10 his Official capacity, and Ol
course 8 majority Of the people
were anxious to get look at him
The following grand. jury was i'm
lpaneled:
BRUMFIELD, II n BATES Jr- D
n DYR TT FORD, h JOHNS J y
lGUNBN, il COKE w A WILLIAMS,
JESSE BUTLER A D BUTLER, WA
TURNER, S N WILSON, SENARSALIS,
IJECANPELL, ALBEIT MCDANIEL. w
~. LEE, JBPOWELL, I'VE MORGAN.
RUFF and ELBERRYHILL
IF Ford MAS appointed foreman
and 6 F Jones, bailit5. The fhl.
lowing is short outline Of the
charge:
The fret thing charged Was dill.
grnee. in which they individually
and collectively were to exercise
The same diligence in fsrreting out
crime as they would in conducting
ihsirOwn business; the second thing
was justice, in which justice should
be done to The man charged with
crime as well as 10 the State and
the good people Of the county, but
ell cases Of violation Of the law
should be Investigated without fear,
love or regard to friends or foes;
they we're charged not 10 indicI any
one for any personal reasons but to
try 10 vindicate the law 10 all it's
actions. They were charged to in.
vestigate the books OF the different
officers by a special committee 10
be appointed by the foreman; TO
investigate the carrying Of conceal
ed weapons by officers not in the
performance Of duty; 10 refer all
misdemeanors to the magistrates,
but to keep arecord Of the cases
and if they failed to do their duty,
then the court would investigate al
next term; to investigate all cases
Of unlawful cohabitation and in.
dict in every case where conviction
was possible; TO indict in all vio-
la,ions Of the law in selling spiritu-
ous trvinous liquora and gambling,
and special attention was called to
the fact that the assembling of
white men with negroes, for the
purpose of gambling, must be
broken up.
The charge to the Jury was one
of the finest ever listened TO and
the epitome herein submitted does
not at all show the fine dictisn or
the manner Of delivery.
The following are the petit ju.
rors for the week:
PETIT JURY No.
III RICE. DBwHITE, W A MAHALL
DTGERALD, H d BRANCH, sB WEBB
Ma SMYLIE, VAN A II RANDALL. y Il
wESTBROOK, X + HUFF, 7 A WHITE
and A B WEBB.
Pitt JURY No.2
REPRESTRIDGE, J Z SMILEY, w A
GALLANT, EV CARRUTR, L z COR
DON, J d JOHN, r l. PERKINS, W L
BROWN, and F I'll TYNES.
LIST OF CASES TRIED.
! Lawyer Burton dist. reg. wor.
guilty.
i Frank Chapman attempt at rape
. mol pros.
Geo. Kelley, a. and b. to kill no
guilty.
Nelse Allen, Gaming, guilty
Lloyd Bass, Allen CASTOR, Henri
Brown, Frank Jones and Marl
Duncan, retailing, guilty.
Newt Foreman, NJ. e McGraw
Bill Wilmington, etal, adultery
guilty.
Joe Butler, a. and b., hot guilty
eyHortOn, Burglary, mol pros
James Cotton, C. C W. not guilty
Mat Ramsey, Bennie Martin
Andrew Griffin, Alderbert Griffin
{ Chas. McLain Pole Gibson ant
Emanuel Jackson, gaming, guilty
Warren Carter, retailing, guilty
Irwin Wilson, a. b. to kill, guilty
I'll Herndon, "a. andb. not guilty
All the usual court officers wer
; at their posts, and the following
lawyers were also in attendance:
Hons. F A L0tterhos, W A Par
sons, e V Ratcliff, Summit; Theo
, Mcknight. Vicksburg; E A Nc
iinuall 'MaonOlia. Mol ain H. Nan