The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-31
MAYORS COURT.

NJ. D D. Pollard, . travelling man and
stranger, was arrested for riding . bicycle
wednesday night withoat lantern. BE wss
light. and bad been ioformed that be would
not DO liable to arrest when thus followi
closely behiod . lantern. The Mayor excus.
ed the defendant.
One OF The msst interesting cases before the
Aayor recently Was Geo. Paine, . Charleston
darkey, Who was charged With vagrancy. He
plead not guihy, but the evidence proved
him TO DO a.fakir, idler and swindler of no
ordinary type. he bad been boarding for
Two weeks With colored woman. She do.
msnded money due her, and Paine proceeded
TO raise the wind in . novel way.
He bad two small cloth bags which be
alleged to contained $3.50. These be took 10
satchel to Ransom Peay, . laborer at
bussn: Lomeer aill, and after interesting
Peay 10 . business enterprise, borrowed
eleven dellars from bin. He lett bic money
sags With Pssy to take care Of, offering to
rsciprocate the favor at any time. Peay be.
came suspicious, and an 10 vestiga,iou reveal.
ed the fact that the bags contaiaed lot Of
iton washsrs about the sisa Of silver dollars.
The victim speedily told bis troubles to the
police. Officer Barwick arrested Paine, and
hs will serve 50 days 90 the city chaiu gang
for vsgrancy Seven dollars of Peay e money
were recovered and returned to him.
The Saturday ssssioo OF The Mayors court
Vas more protracted than usual, there being
three cases and there were numerous witness.
%, lawyer and . jury to consume time and
aseist the Mayor 10 dealing out justice
The fret case Was that Of the city of Sumter
vs.J. = Reid, disturbing the peace and re-.
sistiog 40 otacer In the discharge OF his duty.
The defendant wss represented hy ]. q. Gilt.
ton, BIO who demanded jury. A panel of
10 men vas prepared and summoned from
which the following were selected: e 8.
MILLER, foreman, H. g. hill, g. ". Hutchin.
son, b. n Lobby and T. B. jenkins, Jr By
consent Of both sides the case vas submitted
to The Eve selected instead Of the requested
six.
The following witnesses we're sworn and
testi6sd: Il. J. Seymour, Geo. D.. Shore,
Wm. Green, T 8. vloWers. W. A. Clyde. n.
n. Smith,. K. Bradford, O. w. Stansill, H.
Cuttino, }. D. Epperson and tho defendant.
Argument was made BY ". Clifton and
bic asnor Mayor Stucksy delivered charge
40 to the law. The jury retired and 10 few
miou.ss returned q verdict of nos guilty.
The second case WAS the CITY of Sumter W.
Rev. J. O. Watkios. Sighting on Manning
Avenue. at the residence of Antrim Lesesue.
number Of wltnesses we're sworn asd
exauinsd The Mayor found the defesdant
guil,S and required bin TO pay . 6ne OF $40.
The third aud last case on the docket was
the City Of Sumter W. James Holman, dis.
turbing the psscs and d,sorderly cooduct.
Rebeeca and Julia Holmau testified. The
verdict was not guilty.
The court then sdjourned, the docket being
cleared, having bseo 10 session from IL
o'clock to $50 p. %.
| The Mayors court opened Monday With
full house, but the session vas not protracted
and the docket was cleared 10 short order
The following wsre the cases:
Joseph Lo -, disorderly conduct and cure.
log. Plead guilty Of cursing. Sentence 80
or 9 days Fine paid.
Tom Wilson. Geo. Richardson, Thos
Henry and James Weston, gambling. Viii.
son aud Weston plead guilty, The others plead
not guilty. After the witnesses had been ex.
amined the Mayor adjodesd Wilson and
weston guilty, aod sentenced them to pay S.
each or serve lO days. The other Two were
discharged.
| d. Fiowsrs, Sighting, and Harry Pinck.
nsy, ashting aud public drunkenness. Flow.
ore plead not guilty and Piuckoey plead
guilty OF drupkenuess. Pinckney was found
guilty and sentenced to pay $3 or work the
streets 8 days. Flowers was discharged.
J. b. Belcher, striking Saul Priuelss
child. Bslchsr plead guilty, bot made state
meot 10 sxteouatiou. The sentence was 81
or q days
Tussdsy's session OF the Mayors cour,
was more profitable than the average.
The 6rst case wss against Bill Pickeos who
struck town yesterday afternoon filed to the
brim With liquor, and started out to have
some 'fun" on tho streets. He met Rev
9aiuey Davis and several other negroes near
John Belchers restaurant, and because thsy
did not speak to him % politely % be though,
oehtting his importance. be drew SO
revolver, threatening shoot the whole crowd,
aud cursed blue streak. and the crowd scat.
tered Tor their lives, seeking shelter behind a
wagon. Bill having viodics,ed bic dignity
by putting tho Revereod to dight, proceeded
oo bic way, but was captured q few hours
later acd committed 10 the guard house to
sleep OF bis spree. When srraiRped before
the Mayor Bill admitted being drunk and on,
for fun, but could not remember trying "a
shoot The Reverend Davis. The testiuouy
vas dead against him, and the Mayor de.
clarsd the 80 forfeited and sentenced Bill te
pay a doe Of $23 or work on the streets 30
days.
Ellison Henderson was up for public
drunkenness and cursink OF ihe streets. Th,
zoe was IS, which Was paid.
Quite number went from this city and