The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-02
JUNE TERM TRIALS
MANY CASES ON CIVIL AND CRIMI-
NAL DOCKETS.
THE TERM BEGINS TO-DAY
MUCH INTEREST IN JUDGE BAR
ROWS CHARGE TO GRAND JURY.

Most of the Civil Gases Are OId-The
DOrtic Murder Case Will Probable ,
Go Over, but the Slayer of Young
Fountain Dover VIII Be Put on
TriaI-The Weaver-BeviIIe Arson
Case Also to Come Up-COnsent YER
diets Will BE Taken To-day.
The June term of the Superior Court
will convene this morning and Judge
Barrow will charge the grand jury.
There will be no regular assignment of
cases for the term and such matters
will be disposed of as can be readily
taken UP.
Under Judge Barrow's administra-
ton no regular day has been set aside
for hearing of divorce cases, and they
are taken up from time to time during
the term. In cases where there is no
contest several cases are disposed Of
during a session. A jury will be pres
ent this morning after the grand jury
has been charged and several consent
vcrdicts will probably be taken. At
that time Judge Barrow will probably
announce the assignment of cases for
the week.
Besides number of civil cases, the
majority of which are old ones, there
is large number of important GRIM
inal cases open on the docket. Be-
cause of the indisposition of Judge
H. d. D. Twiggs it is most likely that
the case against w. G. Dortic, charged
with the murder of Jack Deegan, will
go over. The first trial of the case
resulted in a mistrial, and Dortic was
admitted to bail. Because he was able
to furnish bond he has suffered no
real Inconvenience because of the de-
lay, and no effort will be made by the
defense to have the case taken up
again so long as Judge Twiggs con-
tinues in i'll health. Dortic is also
represented by Robert l.. Colding,
Esq.
An interesting arson case will be
called for trial during the term, and a
man and woman will be put on trial
John j. Weaver, an aged shoemaker,
and Mrs. Roxie Beville are under in
dictment and will plead before separ-
ate juries. Weaver was caught almost
in the act of burning a house owned
by Mrs. BeVille and charged that the
owner had employed him to burn it.
This the woman denied and because of
a lack of corroborative testimony she
was released by the Recorder, and
Weaver was remanded for trial in the
Superior Court. Weaver told the same
story to the grand jury. and she was
indicted. Later she was released on bail,
while Weaver is still prisoner in the
county Jail.
Sherman Richards, a negro murderer,
will be placed on trial for his life for
the second time. The prisoner is the
slayer of Hager Robinson and in an
effort to make his escape fired several
shots at pursuing patrolmen and was
himself shot at dozen or more times.
The homicide occurred in Liberty lane,
near East Broad street.
William Henry Gordon and Charlie
Mitchell will be tried on charges of
criminal assault, and Stepney Duncan
will be tried for attempting to commit
a criminal assault. Duncan is charged
with having made an attempt to as
sault a little girl on Wilmington Is
land. The negro was arrested two
days after the commission of the act,
but protests his innocence.
There are several cases against al
legged gamblers, and others, and it is
not known just what disposition will be
made of them. Some of the defendants
dte CndIBCQ WITH Keeping IlppllIlS
houses open on Sunday and most of
the cases We're docketed during the ac-
tivity of the Good Government League.
For legal reasons it is probable that
some of the cases will be nolle pressed.
One of the most interesting criminal
cases of the term will be the trial of
Richard Young for the murder of
young Dover Fountain on the Ogee-
chez road. The fatal assault on the
boy end the brutal attack upon his
mother. who rushed to his rescue. are
still fresh in the minds of the residents
of the county. Jim Stewart, another
negro. was arrested for the same crime
and was convicted before the arrest of
Young. Both men were positively iden-
titled by Mrs. Fountain, who recovered
from the injuries received during the
battle with the two negroes. Stewart
was recommended to mercy and escap-
ed with a life term in the penitenti-
airy. He denied his guilt of the crime
and Young also claims to be innocent.
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