The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-10
GIRL WlfHMADEHAPPY
sEcU1xD 1xLtAsE OF HUSBAND
FROM Laws CLUTCHES.
Porter Payten o coosa County Con-
victed Of 1Goo}shining, But Al
lowed to a. Home-Cases
In Federal Court


arm of her young husband. walked out
Of the Federal building YESTERDAY eveni ,,er
The little woman Wis happy because her
hu~band had INST lbeen released from
iaiI init she y1jd mol know how long her
fanrdners would laA, The gaping crowd
watched the couple hut they had cses
oy;v for each otherland for the moment
they were happy.
The trial Of Porter Payton OF C 9osa
County had progressed an the United
States Court throughout the afternoon
and wee bit OF Toman-a mere cn..u
had sat away badk in the court rooni
and sobbed throughput the formaI pro
ceedings. She knew flat Porter-ner for,
ter--was In the clutkhes OF the law ana
that the solemn-facet gentleman who sat
on the bench and l}oked cold mad u IN
his power to send Porter Payton BACK
to the dim. dark jail where he had al
ready spent eight months. - ,.
Porter Payton had been In tine MONT
gomery county Jail light months on TWO
charges resisting go1ernm .nt omcers anu
conducting an allicitldistliery. H T uoi.u
was fixed by the United states CoHmis-
sioner at $500 and IL was more tnah nc
could d. to make tho bond
He was taken into court yesseraay al
ternoon and his trial for Illicit distilling
was heeun' II resulted in his convic-
tion and when the young wifeEshe IS -
years old and has been a wiIe three
years-heard that he 11ust go oa:k 10 Jail
her grief vas pathetic
District Attorney W4rrc': 5. Reese tooA
the matter to Judge THOMAS G.. Jones.
He was told that layton could make
bond for $500 to answer the charge OF
resisting officers and Judge Jones sara
he would reduce the bend to that amount
But what about the conviction of Porter
Payson for illicit distilling?
! The convicted mooAstiner and his young
his private ONCE He gave the young
man a stern lecture which ended by the
Judge granting him PERMISSION TO go 10
his home with his Wifi and to return 10
MONTGOMERY in November.
! '.I'll not suspend the sentence. SAID
Judge Jones. .'If You do not conduct
yourself as good citizen we may SEND
for YOU t.4
And we won't have 10 go back to that
dreadful jail?' asked the child-wife trent
ulously. ...
Perhaps not" said Judge Jones, IF
he behaves himself. you look like
good girl and you must keep MIN
The $500 bond was made and approved
and Porter Payton and Mrs. Payton sal
lied proudly forth from the building the
little wife, perhaps not knowing how
much she had done toward securing the
liberty of her husband and the husband
perhaps not appreciating that ne was
due his liberty to the loyalty of his real
better half
Another incident of more than passing
note In the United States Court yester.
day was the sending to jail in deiauit Oh
bond by Judge Jones OF three J %nif se1 men
of Coosa County whom the Judge oeiieV-
er were guilty Of perjury.
James Hawkins. Thomas Hawkins ana
George Bailey were summoned as VIII
nesses against Osceola Hand. accused OF
Illicit distilling These men had testified
before the United States Commissioner
and had signed their names to their tes-
timony after the preliminary hearing
some time ago.
Each OF them went on the witness
stand Yesterday and swore that he knew
absolutely nothing about the case. Shown
their signatures to testimony taken by
the Commissioner they said they did not
know whether 1t was their signatures or
not They did not even remember swear
ing before the Commissioner. They had
no memory whatever about the case
against osceola Hand.
When Judge Jones announced that he
would hold each of them to the grand
jury under bonds of $500 each for per-
Jury they were greatly surprised and IN y,
default of bail they were sent to jail
pending the action Of the grand jury
Gases were disposed of In the District
Court yesterday as follows: :,
Eugene Andrews of Elmore County. IL
licit distilIing; plea Of guilty. and sen.
fenced to thirty days In jail; penalty OK
$500 and fine of 500.
William n. Tate Of Crenshaw County
Illicit distilling; plea of guilty and SEN
fenced to thirty days in jail; penalty or
$500 and fine of 800.
Andrew j. Higgins of Geneva County.
plea Of guilty to working in. an Illicit
distillery; sentenced to pay line OF *loo
and stand committed.
Boss Owens of Randolph County: plea
Of guilty to working in an Illicit distillery
and sentenced to pay fine OF 800 and
stand committed
George Watson of Randolph County
plea Of guilty to working In an Illicit dis.
tilIerv and sentenced to pay fine OF slOO
and stand committed.
Alien Hart Of Tallapoosa County. plea
of guilty to working in. an Illicit distillcry
and sentenced to pay fine of 800 and
stand committed.
Porter Payton of Coosa County. con-
vlcted of Illicit distilling.
Osceola Hand Of Coosa County. acquit-
ted OF Illicit distilling.
James Hawkins. Thomss Hawkins and
George Bailey committed to jail in de-
fault of $500 bond each for perjury