The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-05-23
CIRCUIT COURT TO
ADJOURN TO-DAY
CASES HAVE ALL BEEN TRIED
AND MOTION DOCKET ONLY
REMAINS. WHICH WILL
BE HEARD TO-DAY.
Both the Civil and Criminal Dockets
Were Light, and Under Judge
Cochran Both of Them
Were Soon Cleared.


The business of the spring term of
the Circuit Court has been practically
concluded, and the term will adjourn
this morning. Both the civil and
criminal dockets were light, and as
Judge Cochran dispatched business
with his usual rapidity the work of
the court was soon concluded. All
of the cases ready for trial have been
heard, and the only thing remaining
to be disposed of is the motion dock
ct. This will be taken up al nine
o'clock this morning, and Judge
Cochran hopes to be able to get
through in time to leave for his
An interesting case that came up
in the Circuit Court on Monday was
that of the State VS.. Charles Carter,
who was tried on the charge of as
out of a difficulty which occurred on
the Eighth of May, a day which is
universally celebrated by the negroes
in this vicinity. Carter was out rid
ing in wagon when he came very
near running over John Topp, Tom
Gregory and Tom Thompson, three
negroes who were standing on the
side of the road near Blue Cut
which is just outside of the northern
corporate limits of the city. One of
the negroes yelled to him to be more
careful, and. having seeminbly taken
offence at the remark, Carter went
home, secured his shot gun, and re-
turning to the spot where Topp was
standing proceeded to fill him with
buckshot. He was arrested and upon
a preliminary examination before
Mayor Donnell was held to await the
action of the grand jury.
At the trial before Judge Cochran
Carter was represented by Hon. 2.
2. Landrum, and Notwithstanding the
fact that the testimony against the
negro was of a most damaging ma
ture the attorney handled the case
so adroitly and plead so eloquently
that he succeeded in securing a dis
agreement on the part of the jury, |
and the case resulted in a mistrial. |
he prosecution and made an unus- |
ally brilliant speech, in which he |
most earnestly beseeched a verdict of |
guilty. The jury, however, failed to
! tho will nrnho hi u |
,ome up at the next term of the Cir
,uit Court
The juries which were on Monday |
morning selected for the current |
week are as follows:
Petty jury No. II. F. Perkerson,
Z c. Tennison, Jr., w A. Honnell,
g. L. Griffin, E. M. Caine, D. C. Rec
or, Julius Loeb, L. c. Beatty, L. w.
yaughn, w. o. Pollock, J. H. Lance,
ames DOdson.
Petty jury No. 2-Allen Jordan, J.
4. Gibson, H. M. Watson, Peter Tay-
or, P. J. Bearden, John Richards, J.
}. Lawrence, s. Thomas, P. Lofts,
: J. Mason, Jesse Brazealle, George
helton.
The following cases were disposed
f on Monday and Tuesday:
State VS.. Henry Upchurch, assault
nd battery; plea of guilty entered
nd defendant sentenced to pay a
ne of $500.
State VS.. Henry Upchurch, high
Tay robbery; mol pressed.
State VS.. Needham Hood, sodanyi
lea of guilty entered and defendant
entenced to serve one year in the
enitentiary.
State VS.. Pink Vaughn, gambling;
lea of guilty entered, and defendant
ned $500, which, upon payment of
osts, was held up pending future
ood behavior.
State VS.. Harrison Carter, gamb-
ng. plea of guilty entered and de-
andant fined $500, which, upon pay
lent of costs, was held up pending
uture goor behavior.
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