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Na. Who Terribly whipped - Neigh
Sor Farmer Wht1e Two Negroes
Held Hlm.-C Convicted Despite Hts
Mssey and Sesseaeed BY Tudx"
Gary % Five Years' Imprisonment.
Especial to The state.)
a,eenvood. March . The nov notorious
case OF Williamson came TO an end this morn
ing when Judge Gary impo"ed o sentence al
nve year. hard labor In the STATE penitrntiafy
upon Williamson and the negro Cnsr,e.
Reeder, wss foupd guilty of simple assault nc.
cordins In the bill rendered BY the grand
Inyy. Tbs case has attracted mu b attention
6ren the subject OF conversation during the
whole week. The crime Was ca'tt mitted sSipe
tvO months ago. williamson met Werix In
the road and with the aid Of The iwo Degr'es.
him aImost 10 death. IL vas said BY WI.
Hanson that he had great provocatioa for the
dssd and also he denied that he had any beip
ip whipping wer,s. IL was proved oy eye
yisnesses. however. that the Two negroes d'd
The case vas called Tuesday afternoon. The
examiuAti0n OF Witnesses Was concinoed on
Tnursdsy st noon. The Arguments In the csse
begun 1hursday afternoon we're opened BY
r. L. Richardson for the State. MT. Richard.
Ion 10 quite young lawyer. q graduate OF me
Law clsss OF the South Carolina college of 1871,
but be In making high reputation ~ q crini
mai lawyer. HIS many friends congratulated
him on The due appearance he made In thir
case. Ellis 6raydop. OF Green wood. aud Senk'
tnr w. N. Grsydop, Of Aboevilie. appeared lor
the delense. They made strong light for
their eIients. Solicitor Sesse and W. n. Hunt
OF the NewbeTry bar. completed the counsel
for the pToeecuiion. The sryumen'e were con
charge ny Judge Gary The Jury retired. After
supper they brought In their verdict, guilty..
Aiier some minor case0 on which motions
for new triais bad been made, we're disposed
ss .n 1S: sso up g. moved Ss ~
4 new trial and made his argument. He re.
isrred to The LAG and the faeis In The case and
then stated that ths solicitor had been unfair
IN this case. that he had abused The oeien.
dants and stat. d 10 conclusion that II he bad
known that the feeling agniust his elects
wss ~ strong ~ no bad since iound out u was
be would have asked for change oi venue:
His confidence In the sober second thought of
the people had been misplaced. etc. aud u a
psw trial was granted he would nsk Tor q
change OF Venue.
In Overriding the motion for new trial
Judge Gary said that he was preprred TO
admit that there had been much abuse, M u
were, OF the charasters OF both defendant and
OF the man who bad been whipped. but that
iI was on both sides. They were both held up
10 An uneuviabIe light, ETC., and closed by
say ing that be saw no reason Why The yer.
dict of the Jury should be set ASIDE. William
son and The negro. Charley SNOW, were then
told 70 stand up. In his remarks N an al.
monition Judge Gary stated that he did not
MAKE The remur rs 10 barrow the feelings Of
The prisoner, bat becahse II was bis duty be.
tore passing sentence To admonish the pris.
Toner Of his crime. The words OF the Judge
we're well chusen. They are talked about on
every side and the one opinion prevails that
they ought 10 have been heard by every cit.
ixsf In The community. He impressed those
VINO heard bim an they have never Ieen I'm
prcsstd before with the importance Of law
and order in civilized communities. The
people of Greenw wood county hold Judge Gary
In The highest regard and estsem him az An
honor 70 the bench In South Carolina.