The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-11-20
THE NOVEMBER TERM OPENED MON.
DAY MORNING.
The Grand Jury Empaneled. CHARGED
and Set to Work.
The Civil Docket Will Occupy the Court
the First Two Weeks.

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The November term of the
Lincoln County Circuit Court con-
yened Monday morning, with
Judge M. FL. Wilkinson on the
/ b; nch and District Attorney j. B.
Webb on hand to represent the
State. Sheriff AppIewhite was in
bis place with an ample corps of
deputies to execute all processes
Of the Court and Circuit Clerk
Oliver was at his desk, actively
assisted by Deputy Clerk M. Nc
gullough.
The following named persons
were drawn and sworn in as grand
ihrors, viz: Ben G. Penn, W. W.
aykes, w. w. Holiday, K. M.
Harris, j. r. Powers, H. F. Mid
aeton, Will Oberschmidt, j. NJ.
White, Tom McGuffey, Walter
Hrister, w. I. Jordan, e. Daugh-
dill, Lee Corbin, w. F. Magee,
j E. Dickey, j. M. Gwin, G. G.
Coleman, L. M. Wooley, E. L.
Newman, Preston Watts.
FL. F. Middleton was sworn in
as foreman and S. B. Redus as
Ibailiff.
Judge Wilkinson's charge was
strong and impressive, but much
shorter than usual. He urged the
jury to first take up, investigate
aud act upon the cases of all par
ties in Jail charged with felonies
ii order that, if indicted, they
may have a speedy trial. The
jury was likewise charged to look
closely after blind-tigers and va
grants. While under the head of
blind tigers, the Judge said he
had been told since coming to
town, that person might 60 to
Pfitchard's livery stable and or
der a certain black horse hltched
up, and this horse was so we'll
tsained he would start off and car
ry one to six blind tigers in sue
cession before he stopped. The
Jadge said he wanted the grand
te make it warm for the
whole tiger fraternity, and init
mated that it would be in order
for some of the jury to hire Old
Black some night and see where
he would carry them. He defined
various kinds of vagrants, white
and black, and made it plain that
it is the duty of the jury to bring
in indictments against this dan
gerous and worthless member of
society, if the evidence could be
secured, that they may be con-
victed and set to work for the
county.
The jury was admonished to see
that the road contractors do their
duty and earn the money they are
paid by the county to properly
keep up the public roads. TIE
Court declared that it was useless
TO say anything in the way of in
struction to the county officials as
to the proper way of discharging
their respective duties, because
the terms of all of these officials
are nearly out, and if they haven't
found out in four years how to
discharge these duties, instruction
at this late day would be in vain.
The unlawful traffic in public
school examination questions by
parties in this county was touched
upon and the jury instructed if
they could find evidence against
persons not already convicted Of
this offense in the justice courts,
to bring them to account.
Finally, the jury was charged
to carefully examine the books of
the tax collector, as the law
prescribes, and ascertain If they
are correct and all collections
properly accounted for.
From the personnel of the jury
as whole, it is believed violators
Of the law will not find easy sail