The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-12-19
THE CIRCUIT COURT.
VIC LARD ON TRIAL FOR THE MUIR
DER OF HARDY LOTION.
Owl Club and CocaiRe indictments Set
For Trial This Week.
Cases Disposed Of Since The Leaders
Last Report.

Last Report.
| The Circuit Court started in
Monday morning on its second
week for the trial of criminal
cases pending before it.
/ Court Stenographer holland
Cruise, though still weak from his
recent illness, was able to be at
Ibis post.
j The following .Jurymen were
empaneled for the week:
4 Jury No. 1T. w. Furlow, j.
| B. Wooley, J. 4. Ratcliff, II. NJ.
! Calender, Gus Coon, /. A.
Hemphill, D. B. Brown, j. L.
Sutton, G. L. Allgood. I. q. B.
!. May, j. F. Greer, John w. Gov
lington.
j No 2.-J. X. King. /. V. Bris-
ter, i. D. Alfred, j. M. Dunn,
E.. B. Summers, j. p. Beacham,
lW. j. Terrell d. N. BrisGer.
Since last report the following
proceedings have been had:
The demurrer to the affidavit
against Lonnie Robertson was sus-
ltained and caused dismissed.
4 Because Of inaccuracy in the in
Idictment as to time, mol
Iprosequl" was catered IN the case
of the State VS.. Morris Leggett.
A mol prosequi" was entered
on the Indictment against Bryant
lColeman.
4 The demurrers to the affidavits
against Merrick and Fannie Ham
! monds were sustained and cases
dismissed.
Walter Blue was arraigned on
an Indictment charging him with
burglarizing the store of j. NJ.
Wood and plead guilty. Frank
Smith. co-worker of Blue in the
crime, plead not guilty, was tried
by a jury and convicted. The
court sentenced each to serve sew
en- years in the State penitentiary.
The jury that tried John Her
ring OH a charge Of manslaughter
brought in verdict of acquittal.
+ tlin Guplt, negro, charged
with rape, was tried and acqttifis- acqttfiss
tied. The defendant not being
liable tbs employ counsel, and the
[charge being a felony, the court
appointed M. Mccullough and j.
i A. Naul to defend him. The at
torneys naturally feel proud of
winning the case, since victory
is their only remuneration.
The jury convicted Ella Cham
pion, colored, on an Indictment
charging her with retailing. No
sentence has yet been imposed.
4 As this report goes in the case
of the State VS.. Vic Lard, charged
with the murder of Hardy Lotion
last July, is being tried, and the
case will go to the jury probably
late today. The taking of the
testimony has been concluded and
arguments begun.
4 The grand jury is still in ses-
sion and has reported to date 80
true bills. OF this number one is
against f. S. Swain, a druggist,
charging him with unlawfully
tIsellino cocaine. One charges A.
Damico with selling and retailing
! vinous and spirituous liquors.
lSwal;a's and Damico's cases are
set for Thursday.
i Another indictment charges Sid
Hoskins with retailing. The case
was set for today and will proba-
bly, be called Immediately at the
conclusion Of the case of Vic
Lard. The names of the State
witnesses on the back of the in
ldictment are Luther Harvey, Jim
Blocker, Sherman Walker, Oscar
Guess and Claude Pepper. The
attorneys representing Hoskins
are Cassidy & Cassidy, of Sum
init, j. N. Yawn, Of Bogue Chit
Ito, and E. E. Brennan, Of Brook
/ haven, an9 two of them have said
that motion to quash the indict-
ment will be filed as soon as the
case is called. 1t is understood
THAT the Judges charge to the
grand jury and the minutes of the
lGunfiaV aftarnnan'S citizens meet
ling will be fled as exhibits to the
lmotion to quash. It is expected
that every step in the prosecution
will be stubbornly contested by
1.-THE defendant. The committee
lappointed at Sundays meeting to
press the prosecution Of tiger
leases, have employed Messrs.
Thos. Brady and p. Q. Jones to-
lassist the District Attorney in the
prosecution Of these cases.