The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-03-14
COURT STILL IN SESSION.
NEGRO SENTENCED TO HANG FOR
KILLING ANOTHER NEGRO.
]. r. Turner Gets Fifteen Years for
Attempted Rape-Ciyl Cases
Now Being Tried.

When we went to press last
Wednesday the case of j. w. Griffin,
charged with murder, was being
tried. Griffin is a young white man,
and was tried for killing negro at 4
Denmark some months ago. The
jury found him not guilty.
J. R. Turner, the white man who
ATTEMPTED to assault the little
daughter of Hon. S. G. Mayfeld IN
Denmark some time ago, was found
guilty of assault and battery with
intent to rape, and was sentenced to
serve fifteen years in the penltene
tiary. Turner has been confined IN
the penitentiary at Columbia since
the affair, he having been carried
there because of threats of lynching,
but was brought back last week to-
Herbert Boyles and A. W. Nelson,
two young white men, We're found
guilty of housebreaking and larceny
and sentenced to the penitentiary
for five years each. They were
charged with robbing the drugstore
of DR.. j. S. Matthews at Denmark
A motion for a new trial wasA made
and refused, and an appeal was
taken to the Supreme Court IN the
case of Boyles. He was admitted to-
bail in the sum of 81 500. ).
Jasper Odom, a negro, was tried
for murder, the crime charged being
that of killing another negro. He
was found not guilty.
Aaron Nelson, Queen Nelson, and Il
Dock Nelson, all negroes, were tried
for murder. Aaron and Queen Mel
son were found not guilty, but Dock 81
Nelson was convicted of murder e
without recommendation. The Judge
therefore sentenced him to be hang
ed on Friday, the 26th day Of ApN
A motion for new trial was male
and refused. ;ssss:
Criminal cases occupied the atSss
tention of the court all Of last week,
and Monday morning Of this week
civil cases were taken up. The fol-
lowing have been tried up to the TIME
of going to press:
Eugenia M. Rice VS.. J. G. Bishop e
This case grew out of the cases tired
here some time ago, in which Mrs.
Rice recovered a lot Of land which y
had been sold to various parties IS
Mr.. Bishop owned one Of the tracts
and this suit was to determine me
matter of some houses and other Mn-
provements made on the land. The
jury awarded the land to Mrs. Kce5
and gave Mr.. Bishop $154.SS Tor the 1,
improvements made thereon. zs
A number of orders were taken
in various cases, a few appeals from &
magistrates courts were heard ana
decided, a number of judgments
were entered up against various
parties, several Of these being re-
ferred to a jury. 80
J. F. Folk VS.. Benjamin Graham
was tried Tuesday morning and S.
verdict rendered for Folk for 81, ,1lUs
This was a suit in reference to some
land. 4
Tuesday AFTERNOON the case Of
Walter Richardson against Bambefg
county was taken up. This was ~
suit for damages. in the sum OF So
600. Mr.. Richardson's mule ran
away with him and threw him out of !.
his vehicle and broke his leg, the
limb having to be amputated. he
claimed that the mule was frlghten-
ed by falling in a defective bridge
and that the county was responsive,
as the bridge was in bad repair.
The testimony had all been taken
and arguments Of lawyers MADE,
but the jury had not returned a Ver-
dict when we went to press.
Rexixal Meeting Closes. aiss IS