Evening journal., 1901-02-07
MANY CRIMINALS
PLEAD GUILTY
General Sessions Court Has
Busy Morning Super
iOr Court Work

Superior Court to-day issued the
daily calendar of eases for trial at the
present term of court IL shows thir-
ty-tNO Ola-1 for trial before the gen
egal iGgy and sixteen for trial by spe-
Cisl iunea On Monday OF next week
nine cases are liked for trial. ON Tues
day SIX, Wednesday. seven. Thursday
g. and on Friday four The first of Che
special jury eases win not be tried un-
40 Monday February u.s. NO cases are
fixed icr trial un WashlngiOn's Birth
day.
In General Sessions Court Thomas
Mullen q young white man. was sem
fenced Go be imprisoned for ten days
and TO pay fine of $50 and costs for
driving off a team.
For stealing goods from Rober.
Reed. Henry Macy. colorcd. was sem
fenced TO De whipped with ten lashes
and to serve six months imprison-
ment. On % second charge OF COM
mon assault Maccy was fined 50 and
costs.
Other prisoners and the sentences
imposed upon them were. Edward
Handy assault. thirty days impr.eon-
mont; Arthur Armstrong, larceny of b.
cycle, three months Imprisonment:
Charles Lewis. larceny cf ovcrccat
Charles Lewis. larceny six months
imprisonment and ten ashes.
HuMOR BREAKS MONOTONY.
The case OF thc State VS.. Robert
Nickcns, co.orcd indicted for carrying
concealed q deadly wenkOu. disclosed "a
practical demonstration of the truth of
the words in the familiar song. "If You
Haven't ANY Money You Needn't Como
Around Roberts had entered q plea of
NOT cni ty to the Charge end after the
States Witnesses Joseph Mcilueh and
Gilbert Bryan, had fixed the offensc ON
ihe prisoner he called Mary Phillips and
Mary Baker ina i.is defense. They dc.
clared that Nickcns did mot have the re-
volyer when De- was in the house several
nours before the trouble Herbert l..
| Rice. who conducted the prosecution
asked Mary Baker why she was So posi-.
live that Robert did not have the weapon
in ms possession.
We'll. sar We wanted him TO glib u
ten cents an when he say he did not hab
it we downod him and searched him. IIr
didn't hnb amy volyor or money so wa
thruwcd him ont dc house" Roberts
statement lhat hc didn't have tie weapon
/ in his possession until be- took 10 from
/ Raymond Benson VINO had gotten into ar
alteration with Alr Mcllugh. convince,
the court and the jury of his innocence
and the verdict of not guilty was re.
turned accordingly.
The grand jury also indicted Thoma
! Patterson, Charles Williams Frnnl
Munson, Wesley Robinson, George An
/ ders0n. Daniel Davis ard Mary VIII
/ liams, AN c0lorod, with larceny. Mar,
and Anderson entered pleas of guilty
and Robinson and Williams pleas O
/ not guilty. The ether prisoners wer
/ remanded until this afternoon.
| Three indictments, charging Rccs
/ Roberts with burglary. were returned b.,
| the grand jury in General Sessions Cour
/ yesterday afternoon. They charge bin
with burglary of the residences of Calel
| ChWchman. +. a. @. Myers and j. III
| Lodge. in ClaymOnl and vicinity. Rob
cris pleaded guilty "of some of il. ok
/ planning subsequently that he had bee
assisted hy another man. The court in
| formed the prisoner that strenuous cf
forts would he made 10 capture th
"othur man. Clarence McSorley, d
whose house the goods were found. WA
indictca on three charges OF rcceivn
stolen goods. lie Is out ON bail and WA
not arrnigned.
/ BINLEY RECEIVES SENTENCE.
A jury was drawn 90 try the case O
Henry BiAlcy, who was indicted fo
/ pointing a revolver 200 James w. Fort,
brakeman ou the Baltimore s. Ohio rail
r0nd. Fort and the conductor of th
train both testified that Bixley pointe
the revolver and fired it several time
, BiXlcy went ON The stand and denied tina
he had pointed the weapon. The jury ad
judged BiNcy not guilty of dischargin
I the weapon, and guilty on q second ii
dictmcnt of carrying concealed dead
weapon. The prisoner was sentenced
q pay a fine pf Slc0 and serve three month
/, imprisonment
For stealing milk from door steps Wi
.0m Duiton was sentenced 90 he whipp,
y with ton lashes and be- imprisoned h'
/ months.
m The case against Cora Ross, colorc
n who was indicted for larceny, was retire
( and the girl turned over 20 the custol
y of her father
Hall Nash was found guilty of stealth
coat and was sentenced 20 be whipp
with fifteen lashes and eight months il
-, nrisonmcnt. john LAWN. who plead
y guilty 70 the larceny of a pair of shoe
- proved his previous good character a.
Z escaped with two months imprisonmei
y Frank O'Conner indicted for point
IN gun. was not nrraigned. as he is out
bail The bin charging Howard McGi
mis- with receiving stolen goods was
nored.
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