The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-05-09
CIRCUIT COURT.
Judge POWELL Delivers "a Vigorous Charge
To the Grand Jury-The civil Docket
now Being Disposed of.

/ to the Grand Jury civil Docket
now Being Disposed of.
The May term of the Lincoln Cir
cult Court convened Monday morning,
Judge Powell presiding. District At
torney Greaves was not present, being
detained in Arkansas on account of
the illness of an only sister, and G.. G..
Lyell, Esq, of the Brookhaven bar,
was appointed as district attorney pro
tenn
Judge Powell's charge to the grand
jury was one of the Judges best, which
is high praise indeed. lie spoke Wig
orously against mob violence, COM
mended the stand taken by Gov. Lon
gino against the mob spirit, and called
upon all good citizens and officers of
the law to use their influence to put
down mobs. He admonished the sheriff
that it was his sworn duty to protect
the lives of his prisoners, it mattered
not what the charge against them. II
any sheriff hereafter suffered pris-
oner in his custody to be lynched, the
judge gave notice that it was his pur-
pose to specially charge the grand jury
in every such case and insist that they
fix the responsibility where it b elongs.
In the matter of privilege tax licen-
ses, the sheriff was directed to here
after require each merchant applying
! for such license to make written
statement, under oath, of the value of
his stock for the year for which the Ii
cense is issued, these affidavits to be
submitted by the sheriff to the first
succeeding grand jury, in order that
they might inquire into their accuracy
and indict for perjury in case the atfi-
davits be not sustained by the facts.
Justices of the peace were criticised
for imposing nominal fines and keep.
ing both eyes on the costs. They were
also instructed in felony cases and APP
peals for misdemeanors, to furnish the
sheriff in advance of the meeting of
Circuit Court with the names of all
important witnesses, in order that
these might be summoned by the
sherff's regular deputies beforehand,
thus saving time to the grand jury and
the expense of extra bailiffS to the tax
payers.
The judge has relaxed none of his
we'll known vigOr against the blind
tiger fraternity, and called the grand
jury's attention especially to the acts of
the last session of the Legislature
bearing on this subject.
The following were empaneled as
grand jurors: c. G. Bowman, d. l..
Smith, a. NJ. Vaughan, John j. Myers,
G. W. Morgan, T. NJ. Harveston, w. w.
Fore, J. J. Warren, w. f. Cade, j l..
Ratclitf. j. W. Brent, J. B. King, J. NJ.
Neal, H. Cantoni, c. H. Hamilton, J.
w. Smith, A. &. B. Mccullough, T. G.. B.
May, f. J. Rawls.
j. B. King was appointed foreman
and Thos. H. Lewis bailitf.
The following were empanneled as
petit jurors for the week: No. ii.
S. Burns, l.. O. Crosby, John Coleman,
Pickens Smith, w. l.. McGraw, j. M.
Albritton, |. n. East, Eph Nations,
James +. Watson, j. NJ. Butler, c. G..
Jones, f. \. Larkin. No. &c. w.
Mize. John Storm, E. p Douglass, Jr.,
JAS King, p. c. Hemphill Jake Kimbal,
j. NJ. May, Jr., II. S. Case, E. McCalip,
Sam kimble, S. \. Jordan, Chas. Rhea.
After the iuries were empaneled, the
civil docket was taken up. The fol
lowing cases had been disposed of up
to last night:
Mrs. NJ. \. Willoughby VS.. f. NJ.
Dunn and wife. Verdict for plaintiff
for land sued for and $50 damages
IL ,.t T
iel ct al Order to reinstate case on
docket.
j. L. Moyse Il Bro. vs. w. p Adams.
Verdict for plaintiff for $6S.12.
j. l.. MOyse Il Bro. VS.. f. H. Il James
Leggett Verdict for plaintiff for
&SO.SS.
Jesse Greer VS., Norwood & Butter
field Co. Verdict for plaintiff for S2J.
dict for defendant.
han. Verdict for plaintiffs for $3.50
c. A. Kerl VS.. Felix Noble and Clyde
Culley. Verdict for defendants.
Mrs. Coon VS. Norwood & Butterfield
Co. Verdict for plaintiff
L. H. Perkins against A. j. Lusk,
claimant. Decided in favor of Perkins:
amount S17.59.
THE STATE DOCKET.
The State docket is set for next
Monday The following is list of the
State cases docketed for trial up to
Monday morning:
No G47 John Ratcliff Seduction.
No 7S2 John Rutland. Assault and
battery with intent to murder.
No. 1So-Robert Carter. er.-Appeal, re-
failing.
No. 7S7 Thos. Boutwell,. Assault &
battery with intent to murder.
No. 1872 Hugh Walker. Retailing
No Sl2-Chas. Hunter.-Appeal.
No. S32 Pearley Smith. Adultery.
No. S37 J. M. S. Reeves ct al.-Mur-
der.
No 81 Chas Davis. Assault and
battery with intent to murder
No. S74 Sol. Culver ct al. Poison
ing animals.
No. $40 C. a. Kerl Failure to keep
butchers record.
No S7S--Isaac Byrd. Murder
No. $40 Geo. Brister.- Crime against
nature.
No. 800 John Bowman Retailing