The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-10-12

COURT NOTES.
Most Important Cases Disposed of
Last Week.

Following are the most important
cases on the State docket disposed of
at the fall term of Vance Superior
Court last week:
State vs.. X. B. Hayes. assault with
deadly weapon: judgment suspended
on payment of costs.
State vs.. John Baskerville. colored,
assault with deadly weapon: months
on Alamance county roads.
State vs.. Monroe Kittrell and Tom
Russell. colored, gambling: 6 months
on Alamance county roads.
State VS.. +. \. Jackson and I. y.
Faulkner, larceny, and receiving:
mistrial. The jury failing to agree
one Juror was withdrawn and bond
of defendants was increased from
$3.50 to $500, failing to give which
prisoners were returned to jail.
State vs. Dock Harris, colored, lar
cenv: 6 months in county Jail.
State VS.. Isaac Carpenter, colored.
larceny: months on Alamance county
roads.
State vs.. Charles Hester, colored,
larceny: months on Alamance
county roads.
State VS.. Friday Burton. colored.
assault with deadly weapon; mistrial.
State VS.. Caleb Marable, colored,
abandonment of wife; prayer for judg-
ment suspended to February term of
court.
State VS.. Ed Aston, colored, assault;
80 days in county jail.
Allow HINT cO1orp1 lar
ceny and receiving;9 months on Ala
nance county roads.
State vs.. Buck Jeffries, colored, as
sault; months on Alamance county
roads.
State VS. Kit Davis. John Adams,
MAYNARD Adams and Luke Davis, af-
fray: $50 fine as to Davis, Judgment
suspended as to the others, the costs
being equally divided between them.
This was the serious cutting scrape
at the cotton mill some time ago in
which John Adams came so near
losing his life.)
State VS.. Mack Abbott, fornication
and adultery; prayer for judgment
continued to February term Of court.
State VS.. John Littlejohn, colored,
bigamy; years in the penitentiary.
State vs.. Oscar Stone, carrying
concealed weapon; 10 days in Jail.
State VS.. n. Rosendorfer, assault
Judgment suspended on payment of
costs and $50 to complainant. (This
is the 'shotel case which created SO
much interest and excitement last
week. Defendant denied the COM
plant as drawn in the bill Of indict-
ment, but pleaded guilty to simple
assault, which was accepted by the
State.)
State vs.. Charles Henderson, col
ored, assault with deadly weapon;
hung jury and juror withdrawn max
ing it mistrial. Bond increased
from 800 to $500.
In the Marrow case the grand Jury
failed to find a true bill. This was
not deemed a satisfactory termination
of the matter and Judge Hoke re-
quired defendant to give bond for
his appearance at the February term
of court. the bond being increased
from 500 to 81, 900.
There were no important civil cases
tllcu. only one. an luSuIdECc CdSc, at
| tracing more than usual interest.
Court adjourned Monday afternoon.
This was probably one of the most
expensive courts held in Vance county
in some time. There were three or
four juries hung up at one time, and
? were peremptorily discharged with a
! reprimand from the Judge and an
| order to the Clerk not to issue ury
tick cts to any Of them. Then the
sheriff was commanded to go out
| into the business places Of the town
and summon IS intelligent men and
| reputable citizens who would make
good Jurors and have them in the
court house at half past nine O'Clock
the next morning. Judge Hoke seemed
to think the bench warmers and
| professionals who had served theil
| county SO. long in this capacity and
| sacrificed so much deserved immunity
from the jury room and he proposed
they sh ould have it.