The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-01-17
GEN NGRAIl SESSIONS.
CASES DIsPosEDoFaTrRELaT
TEEN MoFooUsr.

TERa oFooUsr.
as Usual Moss Of the sccused Parties
: Were Convict d or Plead
Guilty.
The lfollowlng are the cases
tsied at the term OF court held here
last week. Judge Plrdy presided and
Solicitor HIdsbrand was on hand to
see that no guilty man escaped Tne
court convened on Monday, the s n
instant, and adjourned on Saturday,
the 18Th instant. A number OF cases
were carried over TO the neIt term,
which Will be held 10 May.
The flrst ca:e tried was thas against
John Baldrick, charged With assault
and battery with intent to kill. B I'D
rick Is the negro that amused himself
sonne time Lass summer trying 10 kill
other negroes in the Elloree s. c5ion
for allowing his wife, fre m whom re
was seperatsd, to visit tneir homes.
He shot men and women until he was
shot down and captured. Among bis
victims was an infant, who mad one 0
it's arms shot of while in it's mothers
arms by the desperad,. He was in
dicted in three cases and plead guilty
in. each case. He was sentenced to
ten years at hard labor in the psniten:
tiary.
The second case was against Joe
Whsley, who was charged with grand
larceny. Sometime last year Wnaley
broke into the store OF Dr.. L. M. Able
ut st. Matthews. I5 did rot take the
Jury long to find Wbaley guilty, and
ne was sentenced to three years on the
chain gang or al hard labor In the pen.
itentiary by tho merciful judge.
THE third case w4s against Plnce
Blake, charged with grand larceny
from the pelsun. Last year sometime
Sam Whittemors brought some cotton
to Otangeburg and sold it, and after
laying IN coplous supply OF whiskey,
ook the Grain for Charleston to see
the sights. o. the train be fell In
with Bake, VINO had also boarded the
train at Orangeburg. By the time
the train reached Btanchyllle Blake
had gone through Whittsmore aud
had relieved him OF some sixty. I've
dollars. At Branchville Whittemore
got somewhat over his drunken stupor
and finding his money gone accused
Blake Of being the thief. he Vehe
mently protested his innocence, but
appearance were against him, and he
was arrested, and on bsing searched
the money was found in his sack,
where it Is certain Whtttemore did
not put 1t, and the jury convicted
Blake in short order. He was sent to
penitsntiary or the chain gang for five
years.
The fourth case was against Lem
uel Lincoln, charged with stealing q
bicycle from J. W. Moseley at Branch
Vile. He denied the theft, but the
jury was not impressed with his de-
nial, and convicted him. He was sem
terced to one year in the penitentiary
or TN tbe chain gang and paEa foe
of one dollar.
This fifth case called was against
William Livingston. an eighteen year
old eolored boy, who plead guilty to
the charge of assault with an attempt
to ravish. L,vingsJon's in iended vic.
tim was a white lady who luck
lily escaped from the clutches Of the
licentious scoupdrel. Such Wretches
as Livingston richly deserve hanging,
but as he failed to accomplish his he'll
ish purpose that penalty could not be
inflicted on him. He was sentenced
to the peniteDtiary for fifteen years
at hard labor.
The sixth case was that of Foster
Fielder, charged With house breaking
and LARCENY, and the seventh case was
against Jim Rutland, white lad,
charged with the same ofense. Both
were convicted or plead guilty, and
Felder, who is colored, was given only
six months on the chain gang, while
Rutland, the white lad, was given
three years on the chain gang or at
hard labor in the penitentiary. 10 the
face of q case like this, We don't see
how any one can say that the negro
can't get the same showing in our
courts that the white man gets.
The eighth case was against Thorn
as Hopkins, who came to Orangeburg
County as an attache Of a fl 1ing jen-
ny. 1t seams that Hopkins cash ran
short, and he attempted to supple
ment his earnings Dy breaking into
and robbing a store at St. Matthews.
The jury convited Hopkins Of house
breaking and robbery and the Judge
sentenced him to seven years hard
labor in the penitentiary. When Hop
kins gets out he had better stick to
flying jsnnieS.
The ninth case was a charge Of
house breaking and grand larceny
against Willis Lewis, John Williams
and Elijah General, who broke in and
robbed store at st. Matthew's. John
Williams claimed that this was. bis
first transgresslon and that he was led
into it bV bad company. Some gentle.
men over in Manning testified by let
ter to Williams previous good charac.
ter, and he was Jet OF with sentence
of two years In the penitentiary or
nm tho chain panp. while Lewis and