The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-06-13
THE CIRCUIT COURT.
WILL LEE AND LEVI SMITH con-
VlcTED.
The Court IS StilI at Work on the
State Docket Cases Disposed of.

This will be the last week Of
this term of Court, as Judge
Wilkinson will hold no court next
week on account Of the meeting of
1.-THE State Bar Association at
lGulfport. The court is still en-
1gaged on the State docket, which
Twill be finished before any civil
leases are tried. The following
leases have been disposed of since
Jour last report:
/ @. j. Pell VS., Pearl River Lum-
1ber Co. Settled and dismissed at
plaintiff s cost.
/ State VS.. Bob Dumont and John
lSandifer In this case the indict-
lment charged burglary of the
house of Henry Tonce on Nov. 2S,
1904, and a mol pros was entered.
The prosecution against Josiah
Wills charging him with assault
and battery on John Falvey on
Sept. 80, 1905, was mol pressed.
In the case against Will Lee,
in which he was charged with as
sault atnd battery with intent to
kill w. j. Ellzey on May %, on
1.-THE streets Of Brookhaven, the
jury rendered The following YER
dict: We, the jury, find the de-
fendant guilty as charged, with
the understanding that we, the
jury, ask that the defendant be
given the extreme mercy of the
court = The court has not yet
passed sentence on the prisoner.
The jury, who had tried the
case against Hiram Case and Mrs.
Mary Drumming, charged with
adultery, found both defendants
guilty as charged, and tIle court
sentenced each to pay $4,000 and
serve six months in jail and pay
| all cost.
In the case against Frank New
leil, charging him with assault and
battery with intent TO kill and 4
murder Edmond Walker, during
| the year 1905, the jury found the
defendant not guilty.
The order dismissing the case Of
BoWles and Hemingway VS.. Pearl
River Lumber Go. was set aside
and case restored to the docket.
In Elk Pa1te r. D. Garrett and
James Goode, the court allowed
! the award jointly for the arrest of
Rafe Marshall, 4 fleeing homicide,
Garrett to gel S7S and Goode to !
receive $25.
The case of John Alexander ct
| al VS.. Butterfeld Lumber Co., for
damages alleged to have resulted
lby the negligence of the defend
ant, which brought about the
death Of jim Alexander, an en-
pIoyee of the defendant, was
compromised for $3.50.
The case of Eggers Milling Go.
vs.. Parsons, May, Oberschmidt
Go. was compromised and dismiss
led at defendants cost.
A mol pros was entered in the
case against Up. Wilson, where
I'm the defendant was charged
with white Gaping.
Levi Brown, a negro, charged
with manslaughter, was found
lguiIty as charged and the jury
recommended the mercy of the
court. The defendant in this
lease killed Lum Wallace, negro
school teacher, at Browns own
home during the early part of
this year.
/ The Indictment against Jake
lBreut and Maggie Magee, charg
ling adultery, was mol pressed.
In the case Of Geo. Ratcliff, by
next friend, VS.. Pearl River Lum-
Der Co., ct al, the demur1ers Of
the defendants we're sustained and
plaintiff allowed to amend his de-
lcIaration.
The case of Pearl River Lumber
lCo. VS.. g. Z. HalIass & Go. was
dismissed at cost Of plaintiff.
/ The, case of Albert Evans VS.. @.
a. Gibson was dismissed at cost
lof plaintiff.
AS this report goes in the court