The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-06-10
CIRCUIT COURT.
JOHN WRIGHT FINED $1,000 AND $50
DAYS ON COUNTY FARM FOR
RETAILING.
Planters Bank Case from BOeue Chitto
Continued Till Next Term.

Among those persons who we're
charged with crime in the Circuit
4 Court. none have been made to
| feel the cold steel Of the law more
than John Wright. On Monday,
june ], he was tried and convicted
| by jury for unlawful retailing
land fined $4,000 and given 90
days in jail. On Friday Wright
j pleaded guilty on like charge
Appealed from the Mayors court,
land was fined $4,000 and given
l30 days on jail. On another grand
ljury Indictment charging the
lcrimaof unlawful retailing Wright
pleaded guilty and was fined $500
land costs. On a fourth charge
for unlawful retailing Wright
lagain pleaded guilty and was fined
$500. On fifth charge of retaiI-
ling appealed from the Mayors
1court, Wright pleaded guilty and
was fined 500 and sentenced to
lserve 80 days in Jail. On a sixth
charge of unlawful retailing on a
plea Of guilty the court imposed
a fine of $500. The total of
fines against Wright is $4,000 and
bis total term of Imprisonment is
$50 days.
The demurrer in the case of the
State VS.. Tom Gooden was sus-
tanned and case dismissed.
State, use, etc., City of Brook
haven VS.. Fes Ward. Cause dis
missed and writ of procendo or
dered.
Ike Allen charged with unIaw-
full retailing, pleaded guilty, and
was fined $500 and given 80 days
in Jail.
In a second case against Fes
Ward appealed from the Mayors
Court, an order was entered sus-
pending, until the next term of
courts the fine of $50 and so DAYS
imprisonment imposed III the
Mayors court, upon defendant
| paying the accrued cost.
The case of the State VS.. M. e..
Maxwell, charged with emlbez-
I1ling the money of the Planters
Bank. Of Bogue Ghitto. came up.
for trial Friday morning. Judge
lJ. Fl. Price, Judge w. f. Case
Edy, j. w. Cassedy. L. H. Me(4e-
hee, and l.. L. Tyler, appeared
for the defense. The defense
first presented a demurrer to the
indictment and this was over
ruled by the court. The defense
then presented a motion to quash
the Indictment because the same
was not filed marked in the clerks
handwriting, but was mark defied
with rubber stamp. That mo-
ton the court oyerrnled. Then
/ the defense presented an appIica-
ti6n for continuance for the rea-
son that the defense had not had.
reasonable time and opportunity
to examine the books Of the bank
tso as to properly drepare his.
defense, and for athe further
reason that the defendants wife
lis an important witness for the
defense, she having been with
| him in the bank much Of the
time when he was acting cashier,
who could not attend court at
this term, because she is serious
Iiy i'll at her home in Walden.
The court sustained the motion
and the case was continued un-
I'll the next term.
On Monday morning the court
placed Tom Williams on trial for
the murder Of Rufus Lille. The
defense first made motion to-
quash che special venire because
It was alleged the Board Of Super
vlsors failed to comply with the
law ii making up the jury Iistfor
the year. The court oVerruIed
that motion. The names Of the
Jury empanelled to Try this case
we're: L. q. Atwood. @. e.
Adams, r. r. Thompson, David
Moak, John Walker, j. w. Cros-
By, D. w. Corlngton, W. IT..
Stanley, Hiram Cain, g. T. Az
|ery, w. a KimbIe and j. M.
Pritchard. Late yesterday even
ling after being OUT 80 minutes,
the jury returned aVerdict Of gull.
ty of manslaughter.
The reguar juries for the week
are as follows:
jury No. / John S. Bowman,
nv. j. Sudduth. m Nj. Nevis. r.
j. Storm. w w Hobbs. r. L.
Parnell, G. B. Britt, JEFF Sum
Imers. Lum Alexander, Wm.
Hum, L D. Alfred. ". e Ed
wards.
Jury NO. 3 j. N. EIIzeg. B
e. Davis, q G. Wo0dall J. Is.
Miller, &. e. Marr, j. w. Ha-
Hey W. al. BristeI, w. D. Chan
IdIer. Ebert Lard. B. I. Coghlan.
State Treasurer Edwards Isl go.
ling to test the Constituti0nality of
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