The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-11-27
THE CIRCUIT COURT.
WORK IS STILL PROGRESSING ON THE
CIVIL DOCKET.
The Grand Jury is Finding a Good Deal
Of New Criminal Business.
-Four indictments Returned Tor Murder
---Three for Rape.

| Circuit Court convened Mon
day morning and resumed work
on. the civil docket. The follow
ling petit juries were empaneIed
| for the second week:
Petit Jury No. III. III. Sum-
Imers, s. j. WooIey, s. G. Hart,
~. M. Farmer, j. P. Williams, w.
NJ. Lambright, FL. E. Hall, j. FL.
Carlisle, j. Fl. AIbritton A. G.
Davis, j. w. Hodges, q. w.
Norton.
| Petit Jury No. 2.-Sid Bullock,
j. w. Reed, Sam Aird, w. M.
1Stapp, z. j. Allgood, S. T. Moak,
| I. j. Gill, w. j. Durr, w. s..
Lutz, H. D. Beeson, G. q. King,
| Eli Mcdonald.
The grand jury is doing some
thorough work and is very mater
tally increasing the size of the
State docket, which will be taken
up next Monday. Among the
felony cases, the following per-
sons have been indicted by this
grand jury and were arraigned by
the Court last Saturday after
noon:
! Will Sullivan, Ephriam Hays,
Tom Williams, Loss Benjamin,
murder;Luciu Sykes, manslaugh-
ter Bill Holmes, John Greer and
! Wiley Gerald, criminal assault.
| Among those arraigned for muir
der are two white men, Will SuIli-
van and Tom Williams.
! OF the three arraigned for GRIM
inal assault two are white men
and they were indicted by the
grand Jury for assaulting a negro
woman and negro girl. Another
white man charged with the same
crime had not yet been arrested.
Though the alleged victims of
these men we're negroes, the SEN
timent of the white people of this
county is, that if these men are
guilty, they should be given the
limit of the law, which is hanging.
Since last report the Court has
been at work on the civil docket.
| In the case of A. S. Hart VS..
The Illinois Central Railroad
Company, the paintiff claimed
damages for stock killed during
1905. The jury gave plaintiff
Judgment for $112.50.
The case of Jesse Deamond VS..
i Geo. Smith was tried by a jury,
and verdict was given for de-
fendant. The controversy was
over the possession of a COW, 1t
appearing that both parties had
owned a COW of practically the
same description.
A compromise was effected and
Judgment for defendant entered
in case of Mrs. Nellie s. Green VS..
Illinois Central Railroad Com
pany..
In the case of Harrison Cooper
VS.. Pearl River Lumber Company
the action being for damages fol
the loss of a hand by a cutoff saw
in defendants mill, a judgment
for the defendant was entered by
agreement of counsel.
A judgment was entered dis
missing the cause of Josh Hart
VS.. B. E. Brister & Go.
In the suit of S. Lewinthal &
Son VS.. Hartman Mercantile Com.
pany, the controversy was con-
cerning who was legally entitled
to certain cotton raised on place
: of plaintiff by Mr.. Britt. Tht
jury gave plaintiff a verdict O
5000.
Il The case of jackson Cotton Oh
| Co. VS.. I. g. Maxwell ct al be
i ing an action for debt, was com
/ promised, settled and dismissed.
! During the first week the
Grand jury returned 26 bills OF
( indictments.
Among the number of lndlct
: ments already found and docketet
4 for trial during the third week 0
! the term, are two against tw,
s county officials. One is agains
Hon. w. M. Russell, County Sur
/ veyor, charging him with assault
and battery on John Peevey
f Judge +. FL. Hoffman, Justic
IS of the Peace Of District No.
: was indicted for wiIlful faiIur
IS land refusal to do official duty i
K issuing q search warrant, whe
+ applied to, to search some negr
e houses near Brookhaven, fo
Ie whiskey kept for unlawful sal,
j. This latter indictment is som,
le what of a surprise to all person
d who are informed of the efficier
g service Judge Hoffman has bee
IS to Lincoln county and especial
Brookhaven, in suppressing bin
DC tigers by heavy fines and count
o farm imprisonment. 1t is fax
5t we'll known that Judge Hoffma
!. has made il mighty hard for q
81 tigers and other law-breakers I
II q like kind when brought befol
:. him and proper case made o.
d by the proof. If Judge Hoffms
in has been derelict in bis duty (
this score, as alleged in the Indie
ment, it is certainly not in accol
with his former conduct regar
Y ing blind tigers.
IS j. Fl. Prim recovered a judI
T. inent for $396.33 against 4.