Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-09-14
PROCEEDINGS
CIRCUIT COURT
Greene County, Sept. Term,
A. D., 1900.
Will ErkWOOd Gets Ten Years, While
Billy Beech Gets a Continuance Till
Next urt---FOrfeituro Taken on
Josh Beech'S Bond; Heavy Docket
Disposed OF With Great Dispatch.

Judge 7. A. Wood, presiding, dis
trict attorney and officers Of the court
in attendance.
The following business was done,
| towit:
State VS.. Sam KittrelI, profanity
Judgment final VS.. dett. and r. A.
Kittrell for 500 and all costs to Perry
and Greene counties.
State Vs. Nay Mclnnis, grand larce-
ny-Attach Hill McInnis and subpoe
ma for the other state witnesses re.
turnabls next court.
State VS.. Chas. Fox, assault with in.
tent-Nolle pressed, no witnesses al
lowed anything.
State vs.. Bill and Josh Beech, G.
l.. Judgment nisi VS.. deft. and his
suretiesss Dan Mcleod, Fred Amsler
j. A. Denmark, Sam Pool and M
D. Westerfeld for $500; continued.
State VS.. John Afford, trespass-
Sentence suspended last court; finec
IS.
State VS.. M. Lane, assault and bat
terry with intent-Prosecuto having
acknowledged satisfaction, ETC., hal
requested dismissal at deft. cost.
State vs.. A. g. Cochran, trespass
appeal-Dismissed at defts. costs.
State VS.. Josh Beech and Mary Ev
ans, adultery and fornication- Con
tinued.
State vs.. Josh Beech, disturbing
family Continued
State vs. Josh Beech. resisting Off
GER Continued.
State vs.. Maria Thomas, retailing
whisky-Plead guilty and fined $25
State vs.. Luke Thomas, retailins
whlsky-Ordered to the file.
State vs.. D. B. and Fleet Ward, I'M
lawful hunting-Ordered TO file.
State VS.. Jno. Mcmillan, ST.. ant
Sabrey Byrd, adultery and fornica
tion-Nolle pressed.
State VS.. Chas. White, G. W. c.
AL Ca. for de t., j. and V. guilty
fined S25.
State VS.. W. E. Bradley, retailing =
Attached j. M. Fountain; ordered tt
file.
State vs.. Henry Faulk, G. w. c.
Judgment nisi VS.. delft. and s. r. Nc
Kay and r. o. McInnis sureties fol-
5000; forfeiture set aside; plead gull
ty, sentence suspended upon paymen
of costs.
State VS.. w. E. Bradley, ST., retail
ing-J. and V. guilty; fined s25.
State VS.. Jerry Cotton, G. w. c.
Plead guilty, sentence suspended upur
payment of cost.
State VS.. Cornis Odem, profanity
]. and V. guilty, set aside, but for
fixture sureties taken fined $25.
State VS.. Geo. johnson, G. W. c.
AL. sub and cause continued.
State VS.. John Daugherty, retailing
liquor-Plead guilty; sentence SIS
pended upon payment Of costs.
State VS.. Jno. johnson, G. w. c.
Judgment visi vs. deft. and ]. E
CHESTNUT, T. X. McRae sureties fol
800; tried in absence J. and v. gull
ty, fined 800 and returned to county
Jail two months.
State VS.. John Daugherty, retailing
to minor-Continued.
State vs.. j. E. Chestnut, G. W.
C.-Attach state witness.
Stats VS.. Wesley Byrd, A. and B.
Dismissed upon payment of cost.
State VS.. j. E. Cestnutt, 9. w. c.
j.. and V. guilty, sentence suspended
upon payment of cost.
State VS.. Will Lawson, c. w. c.
Attachment issued for witness in
No. 10.
State VS.. W. Fl. Erkwood, murder
Plead guilty to manslaughter, sen
fenced to ten years in the peniten-
tiary.
This case completed the criminal
docket. The civil docket was disposed
of by giving judgments principally
to w. W. Avery VS.. different parties
for accounts sued upon and to differ
ent firms VS.. ]. I. Dixon and Co.,
with stay of execution for thirty
days. In the case of c. S. Hillman
vs.. J. |. Dixon and Co., J. and V.
was given for defts.
State of Miss. for use OF j. C.Gib-
son ct. AL, We. J. e. Miller. sheriff
Ell. al, damage suit. demurrer submit
ted and taken under advisement last
court, demurrer TO declaration over
ruled, this expunges these cases from
he docket hereafter.
Christina and Creft Co. VS.. Faux
and Joyner, Judgment by consent for
plf. for $2959. so, execution to be
made only on said firms's property.
Pauline Scarborough VS.. J. W.
Hazard ct. al. al. attachment for E.
NJ. Scarborough to Greene count; re-
turnable next court.
The docket this term was BY far the
largest ever disposed Of IN this county.