The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-01-25

statement about the fees collected in them
You say collected 81 OO in fees This is wholly false
against My expenses
Washington the blank indictments money expended
and the fees Of stenoghes paid but wholly borne by
myself
The law provided under the fee system that attorney general for each
felony $40 So acquita
This referred to final judgments Ward before
there reesas and only
This would have entitled me to receive SO b at the time this
had salaries entitled did
they receive fees of office.
the ninety by order the court did not
ceive dollar could have received any fees such by
sEooND-CAsEs AGAINST c. I. SMITH
You reported to have said regard to these follows
' ss s Sec 9 aeE s @
pages Inclusive years
me twenty Years would have meant
IN s ena Attorney Ss
fo $780, " H
pn 3 %
Upd the Of the court are not
s s sn s csss @ Pseoe G1s% S I
Gen Patterson entered
falsely stated the facts the law cte and which
has no application
The facts of Smith executive deputy
McLendOn, who the time sheriff Shelby
appeared before
Smith, him with the embezzement
from executions placed bis hands and distinct
Smith convicted before and
the pententy and acquitted by all the Others verdict
guilty being returned each the records Saturday January 49,
1897, of the criminal court will show.
IN
the final Judgments and all entered before The salary bill passed.
order CT noe proqu
the against Smith. state.
Governor
with Captain McTendon and other officers Of the court joined the
4 application
pardon do not know would doub if depended
corroboad statement and whether it is not smmaa had
criminal intent he had
shortage had had with
McLendon
In addition man. having soldier
bad health He has since died. and am glad did recommend his
pardon.
/ THIRD-CAsEs AGAINST FRANK SCOTT, ALIAS BROWN.
reported said regard
state Tennessee Frank Scott alias Brown Defendant indicted
under false For each 1 ss
cted three years
Tf months county The sent he
S9S ss'i
was indicted could WOEhouse which So
sp By sS Baxter Code
i that Scott and probably
criminals often found in large cities
distinct recollection of the facts of these and
tried by assistant and if by recall The
J. circumstances.
grand jury
against Scott alias Brown four which
the and five for obtaining property by false peense
The defendant tried by jury May 1885, and convicted the
larceny from the and sentenced three each
convicted attempt obtain
months the wokhou in each of the Ave
only point your pretense
with wokhouse sentence and therefore,
illegal This would be if the
oncb even then ond be held epops for an dron ~
the court verdict by the
an attempt pretenses
Under the law if the defendant bad
he could not have been sent the jail wohouse
convicted of attempt commit the felony within
the jury either impose pententa sentence
to The county Jail, not to to exceed year.
authority the do this by section M
Code Of every
Court having criminal jurisdiction
Therefore citations while have application
: FOURTH-CAsES AGAINST ALEX ELLIOTT
d Elliott Against this
fifteen indictments for mbezzmen and
Patterson the defendant
making fifteen and drew $3.50 for these convictions
when he could sentenced him
Element fol cost of $40 to the state
Patterson
Shelby County The docke the
that full of such which he
of the state and county
but the
teen Grand the September
counts with embezzemn and larceny He
ury acquitted of mbemen but found
lon the counts and the
Tertiary n
and authorized by the
collected
You will find Shannons
Supreme Court approving the practice joining
of thecod
You could had
and the law
found the defendant guilty of larceny. = 40
you we'll Is ell Others duty Attorney