The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-08-07
PRESBNTMENT OF GRAND JURY.
Magistrate Chappell Condemned for Lam
guage In Conkle Case-Several
Important Recommendations.

PRESENTMENT OF THE GRAND JURY:
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, /
COUNTY OF NEWBENRY.
Court of General Sessions-Aupust
Term, 1903.
10 His Honor Chas. G. Dantzler, Pre-
siding Judge.
The Grand Jury most respectfully
present, that we have carefully consid-
cred and acted upon all Bills of Indict-
ment handed to us by the solicitor, and
have turned same into court.
That we, through our committee,
have examined all of the county offices
the dispensares here and at Pros
perity, and the county home, and are
pleased to report the same ali IN good
condition.
The books of the different offices are
correctly, and in most cases, very neatly
kept.
There are now az inmates of the
county home, all of whom are well
cared for.
We find that the roads of the county
civ SShSl"hy Ill Pool CollulClOl. we
therefore urge the County Supervisor
to push work on same as fast as posi-
BILE.
We again beg to call the attention of
the court to the railroad cmbankment
at Pomaria, S. c., which forms an OBJ
struction to the water of the branch at
that place. And we recommend, that
the Southern railroad authorities be re-
quired at once to make an opening in
the said embankment sufficient to allow
the stream to pass through unobstructed.
The Grand Jury deems it necessary
to condemn the language used by Mag
istrate j. H. Chappell, in the case of
Bobb against Conkle, as it appears in
The Herald and News Of June 16, 1903,
to wit:
FOR ATTEMPT TO ASSAULT.
William Conkle was given a prelimi-
nary hearing before Magistrate Chap
pell Saturday morning and bound over
to the circuit court on the charge of
an attempt to ravish Miss Bobb the
sixteen-year-old daughter of William
Bobb. Both parties are white, and of
the lower part of the county, in No. 10
township. The warrant on which Con-
kle was arrested was sworn out by one
of the young woman's brothers. The
arrest was made by Sheriff Buford,
and Conkle was turned over to Magis-
trate Chappell.
Magistrate Chappell said that if he
were petit jury he would dismiss the
charge, but acting in the capacity of a
grand jury and having to hold the pris-
oner on probable evidence of guilt, he
regretted very much to say that he
would have to bind Conkle over to the
circuit court. He said that he had tried
to get Miss Bobb's brother not to have
warrant issued though he usually
wrote warrants without a word, and
although he was an officer of the peace,
he had tried to get the young woman's
brothers to take the law into their own
hands if they thought there was any
reason for so doing, and not bring the
matter into the courts. If he had it
to do over again he would absolutely
refuse to issue warrant.
Conl1le was released on bond of $500
for his appearance at the next term of
court. The prisoner was represented
by Cole. l.. Blease, Esq; the prosecu-
trix by r. H. Dominck, Esq.
We desire to thank His Honor, and
the other court officials for courtesies
extended.
We recommend that our clerk be
paid the usual fee.
JOS. II. Hunter, Foreman.
jury Solicitor Sease took the following
GENERAL ORDER.
On motion of II. S. Sease, Solicitor,
ordered:
l. That all recognizances which have
not been specially discharged, be con-
tinued over to the next term.
2. That bench warrants issue against
all persons against whom bills of in
dictment have been found at this,s or
any former term, and who have not yet
been bound over to answer the same;
and against ali persons who have been
convicted at this or any former term,
and have not appeared to receive judg-
ment. And if any of the said persons
have removed from, or are Without the
limits of this county, that the bench
warrant against them, or any Of them,
be forwarded by the clerk to the sheriff
of any and every county in this State,
in which such persons, or any Of them,
respectively reside, or may be found.
3. That scire facas or rule to show
cause issued against all persons who
have been bound over to prosecute, or
to answer, or to give evidence, and who
have not appeared, pursuant to the
condition of their respective recogni-
zances; and also against all persons who
have been summoned to attend court
as grand or petit jurors and who have