The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-08-01

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ments was complied with in this case.
Article l, section 16, providing
against unreasonable search. was also
quoted and appealed to.
The respondent Mr.. Farnum, in his
return gave a minute description OF
his dispensary Office, which was also
MS office as president OF the Con-
suners' Beer Bottlirg establishment;
tod about the visit there OF senator
]. T. Hay and senator Niels Christen-
sen Of the investigating committee, on
the 3rd OF May, and of their wanting
to examine his 'private and personal
papers, and his protesting. These
''private and personal papers, which,
he alleges, were in no way concerned
with the dispensary. he has since re-
moved our Of the state and they are
no longer in his possession OF under
his CONTROL
Attorney Mordecai read an affidavit
by VIM R. Baldwin, secretary and
treasurer OF the Consumers Beer
Bottling establishment and brother
in-law of dispenser Farnum, in which
he said that when the two men came
to Investigate the dispensary he and
Mr.. Farnums clerk. Mr.. SAWS. were
in the front room Of Mr.. Farnum's
office; that he, Mr.. Baldwin, went
back into the private Office Of Mr..
Farnum, closing tf1e door behind him,
which locked with a spring lock. leav-
ing the two members Of the commit
tee shut out: that one of them shook
and ratified the door. but he paid no
attention to him; that he rang up Mr..
Farnum on the phone. When Mr..
Farnum came he told them it was
'pleasanter in the front room and ask
ed them to have seats; afterwards
he inxited them into his private efSee;:
and left them there. Depeuerft goes.
on to say that after while he peep
ed into Mr.. Farnum's office and saw
Hay at Mr.. Farnum's desk, and Mr..
Christensen standing behind him. and
they were going through Mr.. Far
NUNS papers. Deponent told them
that these were Mr.. Farnum's private
papers and that they had no right
to be examining them, adding that
Mr.. Farnum had left them there sup
posing them to be gentlemen About
2:3o deponent peeped into Mr.. Fsr-
NUNS private office again, and this
time saw Mr.. Christensen there alone
going through the private drawers
of Mr.. Farnum;" that he told Mr..
Christensen these were private and
personal papers and he had no right
to be examining them.
An affidavit of J. S. Farnum wa.
read, in which he gave his age at 81.
He described the situation of the Of
fices-iront office occupied by Clerk
Savis-two rear Offices, one occupied
by himself. and other by MIR. Bald
win. Having received telephone
message from Mr.. Baldwin, he went
to dispensary and found Messrs. Hay
and Christensen there. who said they
had come to investigate; turned over
invoice books to them and left, say
ing Mr.. Baldwin Or Mr. SAWS would
assist them in anything they wanted;
! went back to his home at Charleston
hotel. After while Mr.. Baldwin
came to hotel and told him they were
in his private papers. Went back to
see about it. Committee said they
had right to see any papers in Of
flee OF dispenser: the said they had no
right 10 see his private correspon-
dence. He removed from the books
and papers his private correspondence
and personal papers. and they are now
out OF the state beyond his posses
/ sion OF control. On 22nd OF June was
served with papers by Messrs. Chris
tensen and Lyon and third party.
who he afterwards learned was Mr..
Humphries, marshal. Told them he