The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-15
The CRIMINAL COURT WITH The ORPHANS
Called For Two Weeks is
Over in Three Days.
Out of 1874 Cases on the Docket Seventy Tried
and Fifty Were Con-
tinued.

After a session OF not 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 1874. Out of the
134 cases 20 were tried and disposed OF,
so were continued, mo true BILL was
found in Z 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 Il years, &c
months; to the work-house 5 years, 4
months, while one man goes to the
States prison for 20 years.
The grand jury, under the foremanship
Of Mr.. V. c.. 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.
u ~ Jdly q I ut III III lIt
case of Lorenzo Morris, the young white
man accused of numbering Mrs. Gather
inc Bailey near Pernell, and he was ar
laigned 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 a sen
tence of ten 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. NJ. Newton, the white man run on
of Greenville for his conduct toward his
niece by marriage, was tried on the
charge of carrying a concealed weapon
and acquitted. 1t will be remembered
that when he came to Raleigh he wen
to the station house and dropped q dag
ger which he was carrying wrapped, i
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 O'Rourke was given a year for lar
ceny. The sentence of Ransom Hick:
was changed to one year instead OF two
He bit Cain Winters ear.
Ada Williams, the negro girl who sOm'
time ago assaulted aged Tom Hall will
a hammer and dealt him several blow
on the head, was sent to the work
house for a year.
Willie Sanders was sentenced to lively
months for larceny. Walter McCuller
plead guilty to house-breaking and wa
sent up for two years on the roads. Al
bert Morgan, stealing w~atermelons, noll
pressed. Alfred Jones, assault wit
deadly weapon, judgment suspended.
Hezekiah Jones, Frank Upchurch, an
| Charlie Ward, all colorcd, stealing mel
ons from State Hospital, 4 months each
These boys were tried and sent to cour
by Justice Of the Peace Barbee yester
day morning and tried and sentenced il
court in the afternoon. The little boy
were not over 10 or II years old and erie
when they were sentenced.
Sylvia Hinton, charged with an assault
with a deadly weapon was found no
guilty. VIM Barnes, charged with lar
ceny. nolle pressed.
During the afternoon twelve cases 70
gambling were continued. because of tn
absence Of material witnesses.