The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-12-08
Court Proceedings.

The December term Of court for THU
county convened here last Modnay morn
ing, Judge J. c. Klugh presiding. Soltcts
tor Davis and Stenogrspher Byrnes Wsres
present and all other officers Of the court
in their places. q q
There has been only one case tried up
to the time Of our going to press Wednes
day morning. This was the caseof Eljak
Morris and Daniel Proyeaux, charged
with murder. The jury rendered . Yet
dict of not guilty. It will be remembere6
that these young white men went TO the
house of negro woman in Olar one night
last spring and got into row with hst
One of them shot into the house and Kill
ed a little negro girl. The plea was self s.
defence, claiming that the woman attack;
ed them with an axe and they were shoot
ing at her when the child was killed. The
trial of the case consumed part of Monday
and all of Tuesday. is IS: g
The following members Of the grand
Jury for this year were drawn to hold
over for next year: j. G. Rh0ad, 8. H.
Zorn, L. w. Fender, j. q. Kinard, Henry,
Planer and David Barr.
No bill was handed out by the solicitor.
in the case against Lille Mattry and Nit
Hartzog, and the judge issued an ordekM
releasing Lille Mattry from Jail. This issi
the case where these two negro women
| went to the house of a negro woman near
the new cemetery some months ago and
| beat and shot her. The bullet took effect
| in the woman's neck and it was Thought
at one time that she might die. Why the
solicitor abandoned this serious case We
do not know, but we have no doubt hes
had good reasons for SO doing.
The grand jury finished their laHo1s
| Tuesday afternoon and were discharged.
Following is the final presentmenta
GRAND JURY PREsENTMENT., 81: &
Toto. Klugh, presiding judge Decem-s
Der term, 1904: We beg leave to submit
to you herewith our final esentmentIoF
the year 1904. ,,es,.:.,.,xe5Sl.l49sss s.
We have passed upon alt Bills handed
US BY the Solicitor and returned the same
to the court. ,.ls.f ~ 55ssSs+. sss:ss esssss
We have visited the jsjl and s6nd every
thing neatly and nicely kept. We hage.
sent a committee, to visit the .conntys
chain gang which COMMITTEES reports the
mules and convicts well fed and cared for
We have visited and examined tho
various county Offices and find them ALL
correctly and neatly kept.
We have examined the books and re-
ports of the magistrates and find them all
neatly kept and all reports filed with thes
clerk of court except for the months Of
January, September and November. WeS
find that magistrate Ray, Of Denmark, 4,
has not filed any reports for these three
months. q sss:5sT sssss
We also find that magistrate Ray has
tried q case of larceny OF q bicycle and
sentenced convict TO thirty days on the
chain gang. 3: 4
It has been called To- our attention that
the physicians ale giyiAg certifeates to y
secure whiskeY on Sunday; and In. very
many cases they should not he given, ac-s
cordinp to our information. We recon- y
mend that the dispensers keep on file all
certificates upon which whiskey has been
sold on Sunday and turn them over TO I
the foreman Of the grand jury at each &
term of the court for investigation.
We beg to cali the attention of the
court to'the fact that magistrate Lightsey
has tried case of larceny and violation
of contract and sentenced prisoner TO +
chain gang for four months and the
records of the county supervisor show
that the prisoner served four mouths. IS
We thank the court and officers for 6
courtesies extended. y
Respectfully submitted, 5,
... G. o. S1MMoNs, Foreman. s.
The criminal court has been adjourned,
and civil cases are now being tried. The 3
case of Pearlstine against Insurance Com.
pany is in progress as we go 70 press So