The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-11
The CRIMINAL COURT
Called For Two Weeks is
Over in Three Days.
Out Of 1874 Cases on The Deck Seventy Trie
and Fifty Were Con-
tinued.

After session NcfAnot quite three days
the criminal court of Wake county closed
business for the term yesterday.
Jurors had been drawn for two weeks,
but notice has been issued to the jurors
for the second week that they will not
be needed
The court, presided over by Judge E.
w. Timberlake has rushed business
When it began on Monday there were
over 100 case on the docket and the grand
jury increased this to 1884, Out of the
134 cases 20 were tried and disposed of,
80 were continued, mo true bill'' was
found in and 'nolle prosequi' was
found in z.
As the result of the work of the court
the aggregate sentence of the prisoners
sent to the roads amounts to II years. 10
months; to the work house years, 4
months, while one man goes to the
States prison for 20 years.
The grand jury under the foremanship
of Mr.. V. G. Register, did expeditions
work Besides acting on the bills pre-
scented the Jail, court house and county
home were all inspected. and reports
show them to be in good condition.
The grand jury found true bill in the
case of Lorenzo Morris, the young white
man accused of numbering Mrs. Gather
inc Bailey near Pernell, and he was ar
iaigned in court. By agreement of coun-
sci and the solicitor, the case was con-
tinued to the September term, and Nor
ris was sent to Jail without bail.
In the five cases against Charles Nc
Laughlin, the negro who broke in Mr..
Nick DeBoy's and other places SEN
tence of ter years each in the peniten-
tiary was imposed in two cases, and judg-
ment was suspended in the other three,
since twenty years was thought to be
enough to cover the cases.
J. M. Newton, the white man run out
of Greenville for his conduct toward his
niece by marriage, was tried on the
charge of carrying n concealed weapon
and acquitted. 1t will be remembered
that when he came to Raleigh he went
to the station house and dropped q dag
ger which he was carrying wrapped, it
was claimed. in a paper in his hand.
Bell CASTOR and Carrie Page were
given four months each for larceny. Isaac
Adams, for cruelty to animals, had judg-
ment suspended on the payment of costs.
Mack ORourke was given year for lar
ceny. The sentence of Ransom Hicks
Was changed to enc year instead of two.
He bit Cain Winters ear.
Ada Williams. the negro girl who some
time ago assaulted aged Tom Hall with
a hammer and dealt him several blows
on the head, was sent to the work
house for year.
Willie Sapders was sentenced to twelve
months for larceny. WalterF@te
plead guilty TO house Df@@s-.RIng and was
sent up for two years on the roads. Al
bert Morgan, stealing watermelons, nolle
pressed. Alfred Jones. assault with
deadly weapon, judgment suspended.
Hezekiah Jones, Frank Upchurch, and
Charlie Ward, all colored, stealing mel
ons from State Hospital, months each.
These boys were tried and sent to court
by Justice of the Peace Barbee yester-
day morning and tried and sentenced in
court in the afternoon. The little boys
were not over 10 or II years old and cried
when they were sentenced
Sylvia Hinton, charged with an assault
with a deadly weapon was found not
guilty VIM. Barnes, charged with lar
ceny. nolle pressed.
During the afternoon twelve cases for
gambling were continued, because of the
absence of material witnesses.