The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-10-18
: Local News.
WEDNESDAY. OCT Is, 1sa9.



Jury. They could no. agirr nn II Nci-
',lici ana Il ln>llial WAS mdclrd
The ease against J. Il. Phillips ipr
di~posng,"l property tu!rra lien was
continued.
Ca~cH=ii.- Tom I'lr,i. Lon !l.,tcr
and l'on i!rialnS. i"i Niol.lli"n OF he
di>pcnsni. lal and III linz liquor, con
tinuci.
Gas. a4ain, .Iulin, paih~. cnlclin-:
dwelling hnti>r nih ni>r!Iicvo,i~ IN
tent. t.iiiiy. Nrntcncrd & month, on
roads or pr.ltcn..ly.
STATE ". Hence tlinh>cal,.>. assault
with intent to rI,i>li. t'uilty Sen
fenced 10 T., months on the chain gang
or in the pcnitrniiary.
State vs. John Rogers and Matte
Rogers, lionscblcaking and larceny
Plead guilty. Sentenced To 80 days ON
the road or 80 fine as to John Rogers
and 30 days in Jail nr SO fine rs t."
Matte Rogers.
State vS. -. II. llcmbrcc. entering
house with intent to steal. Dcirn,l.,ni
plead guilty. Three months on roads
or pcnitcmliary.
State VS.. Tom Nally. srIIn. liquor.
Defendant plead guilty. @lu~ fine or
:; ;mOntIIs on County roads or inil.
State KS. John +. Green. murder.
Not guilty. Jury WA, "nl only six
minutes.
State Us. Allen Bowen. hauling con
traband liquor in night tn.. Pleads
guilty. s1n0 tine or :; months in Jail or
County changing.
State VS.. John latham and Tcnch
I!unsiigcr. assalil, and battery with
intent to Kill. Guilty Of assault and
battery of Il high and aggravated ma
turc as to latham, assault and battery
rs to lIun>ngcr. $50 each or 30 days
on roads or in County Jail. latham is
now in the Philippine Islands.
STATE Us. Joe l-atIlncr. violation OF
contract. Appeal from Magistrate
Dismissed.
State KS. Dalton Brown. using nbliS
i've language I" an officer. Indictment
uuasIcd.
State IS. Robt Edwards. selling H.
unor. Not guilty.
State IS. John Neal. Continued
State ~. Wni. Wright, rape. Not
state ~ Joan E,'vcs and james
F"rti':;'. hnu>,hr.;ll. ling. Guilty. Eight
month. IN p..n;,tnii:iry.
State W.. Eobt. Simpson, selling H.
Guor. Not guilty.
State vs.. John Neal, selling liquor.
Not guilty.
State VS.. Sam johnson, rape. Not
guilty.
The following is the Grand Jury's
Prescntmcnt:
TO His Honor, Ernest Gary, Presiding
Judge
The grand Jury submits its final pre-
sentiment for the year 1890. rs follows:
We have passed on I'LL bills handed
us by the solicitor.
At the June term OF the Court the
Grand Jury called attention to the fact
that several physicians were practicing
medicine i'll the county without having
registered us prescribed by law SOmt,
of these physicians are still unregiS-
tered, and we present that DR.. w. G..
Bowen. Of lsoltOn, 5. C., DR.. Is. +. Car
penter OF Bclt0n, S. G., and DR.. w. r..
Dendy, of pelzer. S. G.. have failed to
comply with the law in this regard.
We present Jim Kelly for vagrancy.
1t has been called to tho attention of
the Grand Jury that at each term OF
the Court many witnesses have been
compelled to enter into recogniznnccs
to. testify, who either know nothing
whatever OF the crimes charged or else
whose testimony is wholly immatcrinl.
Such witnesses have been frequently
Jury. We do not think the evil can he
remetlicd by depriving these witnesses
OF their pay, because iii many cascs
they are bound over and compelled to
attend Court under protest. There
ought, however, to be some method of
reaching the magistrates and prevent
ing their binding over such witnesses
the matter to the attention Of the
members of the legislature with tho
hope they may procure the enactment
OF some law to remedy the evil, either
by requiring an affidavit of the prose
cntOrs III each case as tn the mnteriality
of the witnesses testimony or other
wise, as they may find most cXpctlicnt.
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binding over numbers Of witnesses to
appear ut preliminary hearings and at
the Court OF Sessions i'll eases charging
violations OF he tliSpcnSary law upull
no other ground than that these Wit
llcSScS may know something of the
alleged oitcnsrs. Some information
should !M he basis Of SllmmOnng these
witnesses and apunshmcnt provided
against Il prosecutor who SWcarS to he
materially OF Il witness who is not ma
terial
The Grand Jury finds that il system
is growing in this county with relation
to the more ignorant and helpless class
OF labQrcrs. and especially the negro
population. that demands the attention
nf our best citizens, an evil that should
be rcmcdicd without delay. 1t relates
to those whose property compcls them
to give liens and mortgages. Or who
are compelled to cntcr into labor con-
tracts to procure the advancement of
fees to pay attorneys to defend them
against crimes with which they are
charged. There are in the County to-
day, number of these unfortunatcs
who, under terror of conviction for
crimes ranging from the most trivial
OF which the law takes notice, to the
gravcr offences have bound themselves
to landlords for period of service
ranging all the way from one year to
five or more, having in some instances
three or four years service for the ad :
vanccment ofa fec of fifty dollars or
less. Worse than all, many worthless
negro men, who have neglected their
wives and helpless children, and have
got into the clutches OF the law have
bound these wives and children to IL
state OF service to procure the payment
Of some small tine. We are told that
in some instances children scarcely ont
of their infancy have been thus bound
out, sometimes during the whole Of
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