Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-17
GENERAL SESSIONS.


GENERAL SESSIONS.
The court of general sessions for York
county convened last Monday and
broke all previous records by cleaning
up all the business on the calendar and
discharging the petit jurors before the
day was over. The like may have oc :
Cured before; but none Of the court
officials have any recollection Of such
thing. The grand jury was not ready.
to be discharged until Tuesday morn
ing. and no one remembers Of q previ-
GUS occasion when that body was not
discharged before the petit jurors. The,
record Of the sessions business dispos-
ed Of during Monday was as follows:
John Mcconnell was convicted of as.
sault and battery with intent to kill
and Of carrying concealed weapons.
Sentenced to the chaingang for eight
months.
Reuben Stewart was arraigned on the
charge Of murder; but he claimed the
three days allowed by law before going
to trial, and as the court was unwilling
to hold the jurors over, the case was
continued. iss5;.
| Monroe Miller, charged with house.
breaking and larceny, was allowed to
plead guilty Of housebreaking and lar
ceny, and was sentenced to the chain
gang for IL months. This is the Negro
who rode horse to death for Messrs.
Kimball & Heath, Of Rock Hill, few
weeks ago, and who afterward stole
horse from Mr.. w. R. Horton and rode
1t to Rock Hill.
Will Young plead guilty of house.
breaking and larceny in two cases and
was sentenced to two years on the
chaingang in each case.
Taylor Gilmore was convicted of
housebreaking and larceny and was
sentenced to eight months on the chain
gang.
Frank Robinson and Walter Robin
son were charged with violation Of the
dispensary law. The case against
Frank was mol pressed. Walter plead
guilty and was sentenced to pay fine
Of 500 or go to Jail for three months.
Dock Wilson, charged with violation
Of the dispensary law, plead a previous
conviction Of the same offense before
the town council Of Yorkville. The
plea was overruled, and Wilson then
entered plea of guilty as charged.
The sentence was fine Of 500 or three
months Imprisonment.
Thomas Walker plead guilty to house.
breaking and larceny, and was SEN
fenced to fifteen months on the chain
gang.
Bolivar Nicely, charged with assault
and battery with intent to kill, wss
convicted of assault and battery Of a
high and aggravated nature, and was
sentenced to three months on the chain
gang.
During the day the clerk issued bench
warrants for some women named
Rhodes and Huffstetler, who are charg-
ed with keeping disorderly house on
the western outskirts Of Yorkville.
Warrants were also issued for the keep:
ers of disorderly houses near Rock
Hill.
About o'clock in the afternoon the
petit jurors were discharged from fur
ther attendance on the court. Court
re-convened early yesterday morning,
and heard the report of the grand jury
as follows:
To the Hon. Geo. w. Gage, Presiding
Judge:
We, the grand jury Of York county,
beg leave to submit this our final re-
port:
1st. We have passed upon all the
bills Of indictment handed to us by the
solicitor and returned the same to court
with our findings thereon,
I'd. We respectfully submit tnforma-
ton, obtained through committees ap-
pointed at the last sitting Of the grand
jury and embody the same in TINS re-
port as follows;
(a.) The county home Is in excellent
condition. the farm work has been
properly performed, the crop Is remark
ably clean and it is our opinion that
credit for his work. We would again
recommend that special attention be
given to hogs In an economical way by
providing root crops for food purposes,
and by other suggested means of pro,
viding food and also that more atten-
tion be given to the cattle of the farm,
We found SO inmates: "a white and
colored. and all seem to be we'll cared
for. There are six cottages containing
two rooms each, which appeared to be
kept in neat condition. There are four
mules In fine condition, We found old
corn, fodder and hay from last years
crop. This seasons wheat crop pro-
duced 23S bushels, which was saved in
good condition.
Upon looking over the tract Of land