The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-10
MOTIONS FOR NEW TRIALS
WILL BE ARGUED IN CASES OF
NELL AND MOULTRIE.

These Motions VIII BE Heard by
Judge FaIIigant in the superior
Court on Next saturday-The story
of the Homicides These Men Conn
mitted-The Whole Week to Be
Consumed in the Trial of Crimi-
nal Cases-ThOse Who VIII Have
to Answer the Indictments of the
Grand Jury Burglary, Robbery
and Assault With intent to MUIR
der Among the Ofenses Charged.
During this week the time of the Su-
peror Court will be taken up in the trial
of criminal cases, and in hearing motions
for new trials in cases that have been
already tried. and in which the defend
ants have been adjudged guilty
The event of principal interest will be
the hearing of the motion for a new trial
in the case of W. S. Nell who has been
tried, convicted and sentenced to be hang
ed for the murder of James Buzbee. This
hearing will take place Saturday. 1t will
be remembered that the boy who was shot
and killed by Nell, was but Is years old,
and a brother-in-law of his slayer. Fam
lily differences preclpitated the quarrel,
and the evidence given by the witnesses
at the inquest, and at the trial in che
Superior Court, showed the homicide 10
be a cold booded murder, without extern
uating circumstances of any kind or of
any character to excuse or mitigate it.
On che same day Judge Falligant will
hear the motion for a new trial in the
case of Jake Moultrie. who has been tried
and sentenced to imprisonment in the
penitentiary for life, for the murder of
Moses Williams. Moultrie is negro
preacher. who had been living in Yam
acraw with a woman with whom Will
Jams had formerly lived, and by whom he
had had a child. On one Sunday morn
ing Williams came to the house for the
purpose of taking the boy walking. and
was refused PERMISSION to do so by the
boys mother.
A quarrel ensued, that was kept up for
two or three hours. and finally Williams
walked into the house. 1t TRANSFERRED at
the trial that Williams had been in the
haolt of supporting his child, and fire.
quently took him walking. However, as
he entered the house. he was opposed
by Moultrie, and within a second or two
after the entrance The fatal shots were
Tired. Those who entered the house soon
after the shooting saw Williams body
lying across the doorway, the man haV-
ing been shot apparently soon after he
entered the room
>Moultrie began d once an effort to make
his escape and was captured by Patrolman
Jernigan, after an excited and exciting
chase, In (which some 200 men and boys
participated. The capture was effected in
a canebrake three miles west of the city
beginning tomorrow morning Judge
Faligant VIII try number of criminal
cases. Charles Washington and William
jackson, charged with assault with in
tent to murder; William Porter. twice in
dicted for larceny from the house. and
Lewis Frazier and William Gordon
charged with robbery by force will be
those who viii be tried tomorrow. The
trial of all of hese cases depends upon
the time each of them consumes, and it
may Very possibly be that some of them
will have TO await later day during the
term.
Tuesday the cases scheduled for trial
are those of Richard Austin and W II.
White, both of whom have been indicted
for burglary. Against White two indict-
ments have been found. He is the colored
individual who entered the room of a
member of his race on or just before Dec
grafton Day. when the negro excursion
10 Beaufort took place. and got away
with number of suits of clothes and
other articles of apparel, White was
arrested just as he left the steamer. on
his return from the excursion. On his
person the detective by whom the arrest
was made found several pawn tickets for
The clothes he had stolen, while he was
wearing some of the articles 10 which he
secured title in bis .llegitimate fashion.
Wednesday WI witness the tria 5 of
| William Ford, charged with burglary,
| Sam Harris. indicted for assault with in
| tent to muraer, Sam Simmons. an aI,eg d
burglar, William Brown, charged with
larceny from the touse. and Sandy Young
charged wi h burglary.
Thursday TEN Myers will be tried for
assault with irt mt 10 murder. Chris Mil'ar
| for the same offense. alleged to have b en-
! committed. however, en- another pros
pective victim, John Thomas fer forgery,
and August Jerysko ski for d misdeme n
or. The last name def n9ant is char ged
with some criminal practices in which a
number of cows belonging to another Iar-
| ty figure prominently. There are two in
dictm'nts. aga INST him fer this offens'.
l. No cases have been assigned for either
| Friday CT Saturday, but unless civil bust
ness or the hearing of motions in crimi-
nal casts stem key 10 consume the
greater portion of those days criminal
cases probably, will be assigned for them
| The transaction of criminal business in
he Superior Court VIII continue during
| the remainder of the month and the first
week in July. Then the vii cases on the
| docket will be taken up.