The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-04

The present term of Federal court
has been one of the most unimpor-
tant for soma time past. All the work
was practically completed yesterday
although our will be opened this
morning and a few civil cases will be
disposed OF. There will be no jury
case but an order may be made in
some Of the cases.
There were two cases that would
have taken up considerable time had
they come UP as set but both were
continued until the 10th. The cases
were those of r. l.. Forest VS. the
southern Saw Mill and Lumber COM
pany and he case VS.. the CITY of
Fayetteville" wherein suit was
brought to secure payment of money
due the employees on said steamer.
city OF Fayetteville" The docket
In the circuit court was run over ves-
terday and nearly all the cases con-
u The grand jury came in and
made their report yesterday morning
apout II o'clock. 1t showed that thew!
CAD found seventeen true bills and
two not true bills.
Judge Purnell on Yesterday MORN
ing sentenced A. p. Hornrine. q w
Bass n j. Fl. Bradshaw, tha tbraaI
white men from Sampson county. con
Victed on the previous day of onerat-I
Ans an Illicit distillery. They wereI
med $500 each and also sentenced
10 TWO a in the United States pen-l
1tentiary in Atlanta. Bass was al
young nan but both of the other men,
are middle aged and have families.J
aFhen they know Of the heavy pen-l
Atty that will be inflicted upon themi
In case they are caught, it would seemI
That they would not engage in such!
an enterprise and especially whenj
they do SO on such a small scale. Thel
distillery these men were found euiltyl
Of operating was very small, but in{
the law their crime is as great as ift
1t had been one of d 100 gallons peri
day capacity. The men either hadi
good control OF themselves or theyi
a no idea of being convicted. forl
when they were being examined theyS
appeared to be absolutely Indifferent
and no sign OF trouble was depicted
on their faces. They will be carried,
to Atlanta this week. |
The case OF j.. d. Register, the store-i
keeper and guager who was charged
with making an opportunity to de-,
fraud the government, was contin-l
ued by h government on account OF,
the absence of several witnesses. This
+aase resulted in a mistrail at the last
term OF court.
John Eberland. of Cumberland
and was sentenced to SO days in fail
and to pay a fine of 500.
In the case Of William Priest. of
Robertson county, who was charged
with shooting into a rural delivery
mail box. Il juror was withdrawn and
e mistrial ordered on account of the
absence of witnesses.
The case against A. B. Mcdonald.
.Jr. of Richmond county, who was
charged with failure to obliterate
stamps, was continued. Case against
Rufus Smith. of Cumberland. charg-
ed with removing and conoealing,
was also continued on account Of the
absence Of witnesses.
Ferry Jones, of Robson county
charged with retailing, was given ter
days to renew his bond and the case
continued until next term of court.
Alice Tillman and Susan Russell
two white women from Fayetteville
were charged with selling whiskey
without license. Their personal re,
cogniZance was taken for their ap'
pearance at the next term of court
1T is something unusual to see whit'
women IN court for this ofense anC
these were the first seen in the Fed
eral court here for some time past.
The grand jury returned a true bill
In the ease against Jim Burns >ant
Ed. Smith, the two negroes VIII
passed several raised money order
In this city several months ago. I
<xilI be remembered that Mr.. "A
Strier and Mr.. r. r. Hamme bot
lost about thirty dollors by thes
~swindlers. The men went from VIII
mngton to Fayetteville and passes
several raised orders there and the
left the state. The p~ostoffice author
titles had been after them for abou
fourteen months but were not abb
to get any track of them until afte
their Wilmington transaction. 1t wa
through Mr.. Thomas E. Wallace
postmaster In this city. that they we
: FIRST located. He found that whe'
they were in Wilmington they ha
left q package with the old colore
woman with whom they stayed an