The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-02-19

Walter Wooten, assault and battery
of high and aggravated nature and
carrying concealed weapons.
+. p. Grant, obtaining property by
| false pretense.
j. NJ. Hughes, obtaining goods by
false pretcnsc,
The case against Tom Rutlcdgc and
Pink w w. Delaney, both colorcd,
charged with murder, was continued to
next term of Court on account of the
absence of Geo. Il. Prince, leading
counsel for the defense.
The case of John Simpson. charged
with arson, set for Thursday morning,
was continued by The Solicitor to next
term. There was Il defect in the in
dictIncnt. Had it not been discovered
before the jury WAS cmpanncllcd the
ends of justice might have been de-
fcated, 80 full Of tccInicalitics are
criminal plcadings.
In the case Of John Rhodes alias Jim
Rhodes, charged with grand larceny, a
verdict of not guilty was consented to;
not that he did not steal the property
III question, but The prosecuting wit
ness was not bound over and did not
appear. and tlie value Of !lie property
could not be proven.
Henry Murray, charged with breach
of trust in two eases, plead guilty to
petit larceny in both cases, and vas
sentenced to thirty days ut hard labor
on the public works in each case
Casper l'armorc plead guilty to OBJ
tanning goods by false plctcnsc, and
WAS given IL sentence Of six months ut
hard labor.
Squire Neal, colorcd, was tried for
larccny- stealing cotton from j. A.
Jones. The evidence showed the cot
ton belonged to Mr.. j II. Pruitt, which
WAS Il fatal defect in the indictment
and the Solicitor was forced to consent
to Il verdict of not guilty.
AT this stage motions in arrest of
Judgment, and for new trial in the
case of w. Il. Parker. convicted the.
day before of forgery, were argued but
not sustained, and sentence Of two
years at hard labor iii the pcnitcntiary
was imposed upon him. the jury having
recommended him to mercy. Notice
OF appeal was given and 800 named rs
the amount of bond upon which Parker
could be released. He was rcmandcd
to Jail.
Notions in arrest ~ Judgment and
for Il new trial in TIE case of Walter
Lark, convicted "Wednesday OF man
slaughter, were then argued ut cOnsid-
cradle length, but not sustained. Lark
was sentenced ut hard labor for three
years. Notice of appeal was given and
tOjnil.
w. j. Hays, charged with violation
of contract, was next tried This was
an appeal case from Magistrates
Court. The finding of the Magistrate
was Overriilcd
Upon assembling after dinner tho
Court dismissed the jurics and appeals
from the Magistrates Courts taken up.
In tho case OF Brown Martin, charged
with malicious injury to real estate,
the Magistrate vas Ovcrrulcd and the
| case dismissed
Refusing to work tho public roads
was he charge in cases against Eph-
RAIN blackwell ct al and Henry Hill.
Il. q. McAdams represented both cases
and both were considered together.
They were appeal cases from Magis-
trate j. H. Rainey's Court. The con-
stitutiOnality Of the road law was in
volved in these cases, and His Honor,
Judge Gage, was forced to pass upon
them. He overruled the decision of
Magistrate Rainey, thus pronouncing
the road law unconstitutional, and or
dercd the prosecutions withdrawn.
Our drainage laws were also pronoun-
ced unconstitutional by Judge Gage III
| considering cases brought against w.
q. Hammond. The prosecutions were
| ordered withdrawn. The case against
Mr.. Hammond for maintaining dam
| after legal notice to remove it was dis
missed because the Act upon which the
cliurgo was founded had been repealed.
The other, charging obstruction Of
streams, was pronounced uncOnstitu-
tiOnal.
Cases against parties out on bond
were continued until next term Of
court.
At G o'clock court adjourned sine die
and Judge Gage left for Greenwood,
where he is holding Court this week.
Colonial Concert.