The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-12-09
THE CIRCUIT COURT.
SAM STEPNEY GETS A LIFE SENTENCE
---JUNIUS NEATHERSBY SENTENC.
Ed TO HANG JAN. 18TH.
The Court Now Working Steadily on the
Court DOcket--.Cases DispOs-
ed OF.

The case of the State VS.. Sam
8 Stepney, colored, charged with the
murder of his wife, Minnie Step
{ ney, resulted in verdict last Fri
day evening of guilty, the jury fix
= ing the penalty at Imprisonment in
. the penitentiary for life.
On Friday afternoon Junius
5 Weathersby, colored, who was con-
vlcted of murder last June, and es-
5 capped from the county Jail before
the date set for his execution, was
{ again brought before the court on
writ of habeas corpus, and was
Z again condemned to be hanged, the
date set for the execution being
the 18th day of January, 1909.
5 The following civil cases have
been disposed of since last report:
: c. c. Goza VS.. 7. w. Hilton.
Judgment in favor Of plaintiff for
/ $83 so.
Lincoln county VS.. Moreton &
Helm Lumber Company. Order
entered directing commission to is
sue to county surveyor to survey
) certain sixteenth section lands.
I. j. Wallace VS.. Sam P. Wal
lace. Case compromised and dis
missed at mutual cost of parties.
Eugene Bridges VS.. Butterfeld
Lumber Co. Compromised and
judgment entered in favor of de-
fendant.
Bradshaw & Bradshaw VS.. F. E.
5 Craft. Compromised and dismissed
: at mutual cost of parties.
j. H. Johnson VS.. Illinois Central
R. R. Co. Compromised and dis
/ missed.
John V. Case VS.. Hartman Mer-
camille Co. Compromised and dis
missed at plaintiff S cost.
Ladenberg ThaIlman & Co. VS..
J. B. Nalty and Crystal Ice Com
pany. Judgment in plaintiffs
favor for the recovery of certain
machinery, or if delivery of the
machinery is not made, then to pay
plaintiff the sum of $4,000.
c. A. Kerl VS.. I. S. Smith. Jury
and verdict for defendant.
Cedar Rapids National Bank VS..
Smith Bros. & Ratcliff. Order per-
mitting an amended declaration to
be filed.
Bowles & Hemingway VS.. Pearl
River Lumber Co. Jury and YER
dict for defendant.
j. P. Brown VS.. Campbell Drake
Co. Dismissed at defendants cost.
Cedar Rapids National Bank VS..
Auburn Mercantile Co. ct al. Or
der setting aside former Judgment
and reinstating cause on the issue
docket
W. w. Kicks VS.. Mississippi Cen
tral Railroad Co. Cause dismissed
at plaintiffs cost.
Louisiana Red Cypress Co. VS..
East Union Lumber & Mfg, Co.
Compromised and dismissed.
Will Moore VS.. Mississippi Cen
. tral R. R. Co. Demurrer. sustained
and plaintiff allowed to amend his
! declaration.
R. N. Miller, trustee, VS.. G. A.
Kerl. Dismissed at plaintiffs
cost.
Jack Thompson VS.. H. E. Conner.
Compromised and dismissed.
Starnes Copeland Co. VS.. Hart
man Mercantile Co. Compromised
and dismissed.
j. M. Robertson Norton Co. VS..
Hartman Mercantile Co. Compro-
missed and dismissed.
J. & M. Schwabacher VS.. Hart
; man Mercantile Co. Compromised
ana dismissed.
: Norton Pratt Co. VS.. Hartman
Mercantile Co. Compromised and
dismissed.
Judge jeff Truly, of Natchez, is
attending court this week.
Mr.. O. G. Johnston, of Friars
t Point a prominent member of the
, Mississippi Legislature. is also
!, here.
Names of petit Jurors empaneled
Monday morning for the fourth
week are as follows:
} Jury No. IF. E. Stanley, w.
, L. Cato, ]. G. Blue, Claud Besson-
! ett, M. L Ross. E. L. Moore, U.
H. Williams, ]. L. Montgomery, /.
H. Miller, G. M. Thompson, E. L.
Herring, Claud Gatlin.
Jury No. 2. Wright Richie, E.
A. Boyd, W S. Smith, David Boil
ian, R. H. Moak, Luther Watts, j.
E. Brown, w. H. Stanley, Sidney
R. Smith. Med. Ferguson, Chas.
Butler, B. 7. Price.
Court is now likely to run an
! other week after this, thus filling
! out the full term provided BY law.