The Brunswick times-call. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1900-1902, 1901-06-25
INTERESTING CASES
Disposed of
AT TYESTEDAY'S SESSION
Gases Against Messrs. Lane, Beach
and Madden Nolle Prosequi.

0lyHu Oupotiut NouTt, JuuAe a"i
E. Saabrook. of the Atlantic Circuit
presiding, convened yestPr 'sy for the
trial Of certain disqualified criminal
business OF Judge Joseph w. Bennst.
There hss been great public interest
IN this session of the court as 1t IL un>
ders.ood that it wcyconveusd mo-s
especially for the tr al Of the indiot-
ments found against j. L Beach and
81. II. Harvey for embexzlement. MIR.
Beach was formerly connected with the
Board of County Commissioners and
afterwards PRISON Commissioner of the
State; and Mr.. Harvey was formerly
Treasurer Of the City OF Brunswick.
This interest has existed also 10 a
minor degree, mixed with curiosity in
the course to be puru1d with reference
to the indictments found by the last
grand jury sgsiust DR.. ]. M. MaIien
OF Brunswick, aud Mr.. A. II. Dave, of
Valdosta, who we're President and
Vice President of the defunct Mer-
chants and Traders Bank of Brunswick :;
the in dictments being found In connec~
tion with certain ira nsaotions of this
insolvent banking institution. In both
Of these last csses, the 8 ,liciror Gener>
al stated that he was unwilling to con.
dnct the Prosecution, thinking that it
was uuwarranted, and the ooust grant
E 4 an order entering nolle prosequi
VuIIu nuInUar VI vFsrtnTs nUruTnsys
we're on haud for tbs occasion, inolud
ing: Col P. w. Mpldtim, of Swan
nah, who APPEARS with the SOLICITOR
General In the Beach Gaze for the 8 ate,
aud Col. w. M Toomsr, OF Wayoross,
OF council for Mr.. Bssoh, Judge S, r.
OF atlanta, Mr.. E P. g.
Denmark, of Valdosta, Mr.. Emile New
man, OF Savannah, and others,
The first Gaze called was that Of Mr..
Jacob L. Beach. charged with ihe en-
bezz !ement OF ceftain bonds and oou
pons from Glynn county. Owing to
defect in the indictment, Attorney
who was representing the
county, stated that he would ask the
court to nole pros qui this case.
The defect IN the indictment was
caused by the uss of wrong numbers,
that Is, the indictment charged Mr..
Beach with the embe zz .emenr Of bonds
and coupons OF certain numbers, which
numbers were wrong. Attorney Mel
drim was positive that from legal
standpoint the indictment would not
hold good therefore ;f3Ss ssked that the
case be nolle prosequi. Attorney w.
M. Toomer, who represented Mr.. Beach
made strong objections to the case taxi
ing thss oourse, bnt Judge Seabrook
promptly signed the order when it was
presented by Attorney Meldrim.
SO far as this case against Mr., Beach
is concerned, g re-indictment ls neces-
sary before the case can continue.
This however was done, and the grand
Jury which was in session at the time
the case was disposed off, promptly re-
indicted Mr.. Beach and very likely the
case will again come up today,
The court then called the case of the
State We A. II. Lane, charged Ia the
indictment with transferring the efs
fects OF the bank of which he was
Vice President after the Insolvency Of
the bank.
The Solicitor General stated to the
court that he was nwilling to prose
cute the case and asked that nolle
prose qui be entered. He said that
some five or elk years ago, shortly af-
ter the insolvency of the bank, MIR,
Lane aud his people had offered TO pay
and had paid to the receiver OF the
bank some $4,000. not only all that hG
was legally liable for, but sll that ht