The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1905-05-13
FRANKLIN WHITE CAP CASES.
Demurrers OyerruIed and Cases Con-
tlnued Until Next Court.

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Inc rrankIln county Wnlee cap
per cases were oalleo TOT nearing
10 sne reuerai Cour1 yesseruay
lnornlng, any 10y 1ne enllIe
sesslon spent 70 proIllninary spar
TIN over Z uenurIeE. 81,
Ans court room was niieu 70
oVeFnoWlng Wnen tne IriDunal
coMYeneu, esa 2 lnaloIIay u ene spec
eaeOIs e Delng ln1ersseeo Rai Iies .es
l.oll .t. rlaak'ln e cUunly ruIiy 4OO
cl.lzens ltol IL snaI , county were
prSsen1 any Iney lolloWeo !ne ie-
81 seClh.calaIles s,Se 4s uall sha0h MnloI :ne
laMyeIs lOugnl VIII aOsorpihg
anu IeGnreyeu ';II; ln.eies'.
e pril,iaus aIsay y COUNSEL was
wIlnln tne par 70 gake part IN gne
legal ss1..a. llama apout . 90 -. pe enaclea; e.;
oluSsereu ag aDoue D Ine lOng taOigs
wete Mt 0nleeu o1ales Senator 8. :.
1cnauIln, y n, q a. brandon; Juuge =.
=. Irlce, u Nag1oiIa' loTmer as
soclate s luselce u tne % Supreme
NouL., S,udL, il9n. e =. -. =. na...n, u
lsasGll0l, ~ lIinlel uiS.lic0 a.lUiney
~ ene siA.n SAL uls.rios, aa, Mnlcn IN
cluues en1se 49, ~ lnS as:,s. MnlOe cappeI
TUuu.is Mrai, uATSsis. Nii1lalnson lI aIu
p y. e.is, - oaoAsun; llon. =.
1SlC1, !, " DluvAuaYon, :. 1aOn'
II =. q. e na.ll4, 10 OF oummlt' 1gate
ssnator st, IRON Tiko county, ION.
1nas. Id =; nooKer, NS, OF. jackson;
non non 2. =. ,. McLauIln, I'D q bran,
uon, nl anu MessFs. thompson q
Io1ter, o. JACKSON; tnese attor-
eeys peing counsei 1or the oe-
Ie4se.
D roi sne prosecution were non;
2. =. Lee, ulsIrlct astoThey, ana
n1s assls.ans, non. "; b' banks;
non. n ~; Mlller, oI !1azienurse'
one q the IoremosS crimlnal iaw-
yers y ~ tue country, ana non. I.
DIauy' IL, oI ofooKnaVen, aGtor-
ney Ior tne Lincoln county Law
ana Oroer League, VINO piayed q
conspicuous part IN Dreaklng up
tne WniCe =, capper regime 10 tnls
county. Inc omcers OF the frank
in county Law ana Qrder League
ana numerous members OF That
poqy were also present.
1neIe was no IOrmal arralgn-
ment OF the lndicted parties.
Deputy MarshaA W. y. Llgon
cameo cane the names OF Dr. a; NJ.
newman, James Glll, Ghas: Flow
ers, y. M. whitehead, ] M. Hal
Iord, Chas. Mitcheli, Pr, Chas.
. aiIcnen, y JI., Soiumo9s Laster,
BOP 1ollock ana y. 2. temples,
ang eacn party ai1sW 3 eied I!s
HON. elem Y hatciin, OF sum-
nil, associase counsel Ior tne de-
Lense, announcer tnaG q demurrer
70 tne indictments nad Deen pre-
pared ano Would oe submitted 70
tne court Ior consiueIatlon. sis,e
non. =. NJ. Williamson, OF tne
Jackson par, retained as counsel
Ior oeIenoanes, reaa the demurrer.
- was very lengthy oocument;
setting ioreh the numerous Iegal
anu IeGnhlcaI oDlec1lons 10 the
true Diiis. Inc demurrer dWei5
Win especial stress on the asser-
Won tnal lne lnuictments are
vague ana lnGennlte ana Iall 10
cnarge : specine overt acs.
arguments IN support OF the
demurrer NE l1,. were maze qe ny Messrs.
y :. llIlamson ana Welis, senator
Mc.-aurin Nc ana non. T. 2. nat
. G1ln, any sa - oppositl9n Dy hon.
3. y. Milier, VINO cl1ed numerous
legal autnoIlsies 10 support OF
1nelF conventions.
AI1sr arguments nad Deen con
Sluaeu SI. on sne demurrer, Judge
Nlles calseo IOr 1ne lndlcemenS
anu gave ia very careiui Ieaolng,
occasionally feferrlng 60 tne num-
eIous citalions ana ausnorities
placed before h.m; When the
reaalng was nnisned ne announc,
=ed tnat court would De adjourned
until z O'Clock P. no.
=. AZ the AFTERNOON session Judge
Mics announced MS decision over
ruilng the demurrer and sustain
ngWf NaAn se~E