The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-02-12
Court of General Sessions.

The February term of the Court OF
General Sessions for Clarendon county
convened in the court house at this
place at 10 o'clock Monday morning.
Notwithstanding the fact that 1t was
an unusually inclement morning. with
cold northeast wind and rain that froZe
as it fell, there was a full attendance
of Jurors, some of them having come
over thirty miles. Judge Dantzler and
Solicitor Wells came in on the train
from Sumter few minutes late, but
entered at once upon the discharge OF
business. The solicitor handed out
number of bills OF indictment, ranging
from charges Of murder to violations
of the dispensary law, and Judge Dant-
zler delivered an able. lucid charge
to the grand jury as to their general
powers and duties. During the first
dav the following cases were disposed
Of:
The State VS. Simon McGuinny, in-
dicted for housebreaking and larceny.
The defendant plead guilty and was
sentenced to serve one year at hard
labor on the public works of the county
or in the State penitentiary.
In the case OF Reese Williams,
charged with assault and battery with
intent to kill, the grand jury returned
no bill.
Thos. Mcintosh, charged with mur-
der, for the killing Of Shade Nichols
sixteen years ago, no bill.
| Peter James, breach of trust with
fraudulent intent, offered to plead
guilty, but after making a statement
| in response to inquiries from the judge
| it was decided to let jury try the case.
Verdict, guilty: sentence, five years on
the chaingang or in the penltentlary::
Edward McDc ID, charged with
murder, was ARA sned. and having no
lawyer to represent him. }. McSwaln
Woods was appointed by the court to
defend him. In order to give Mr..
Woods sometime to confer with the
rrisouer court adjourned until Tues
Cay norning.
Tuesday morning, after short trial.
the jury found Edward Mcdonald
guilty of manslaughter and he was
sentenced to seven years on the chain
gang or in the penitentlary:
The State VS. John Squalls, larceny,
guilty and sentenced to serve five years
on the chaingang or in the penlten-
! tlary.
| Joe Woods pleaded guilty on a charge
of larceny and was sentenced to iour
years on the chaingang or in the pen
itentiary.
The State Us Robert Welch, violation
of the dispensary law, J. \. Weinberg
for the defense. The defendant was
found guilty on the first count, and
sentenced to three months in the pen.
iteutiary or pay fine OF one hundred
dollars.
The case of the State VS. David De-
Laine and May Dickie. charged with
the murder of Walter Davis at the
| colored dance in Manning TWO weeks
ago, was then called. The defense was
represented by Capt. W. G. Davis for
David DeLaine and Maj. Abe Levi for
Nav Dickie. After all the States tes-
timony had been offered, there being
pothing brought out tending to lncrlm'
mate the defendants, Solicitor Wells
announced that he would not ask for a
verdict OF conviction, and therefore
Judge Dautzler instructed the foreman
of the Jury to write a verdict OF not
guilty. So it. remains unsettled Us to
how Walter Davis received his death
would.
The grand jury made their general
oresentment at noon Tuesday and were
| discharged for the term. The follow,
ing is the presenment OF the grand
jury:
siding Judge:
t We. The grand jury, drawn for the
year 1908. beg TO make this our first
presentment: We have passed upon all
bills OF indictment handed to us by The
solicitor.
We have appointed as q committee
to visit the jail, T. H. Timmons, S. G.
Lee, and H. I. Brewer, and beg tc
make the following report. viz: That
the jail building is in good condition.
:, with the following exceptions: That
on the upper floors adjacent to the
cells is an accumulation of combustlble
matter, consisting OF old books. papers
ETC., that should either be destroyed OF
more carefully kept according TO the
nature of same. They further report
the necessity of filing in the crevices
around the cells TO prevent the accum.
ulaticn Of trash. and that the cells be
repainred. They beg TO call attention
TO the fact that the sewerage system
which is in an unSlnltarV condition,