The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-11-27
SESSIONS COURT ADJOCRNS
Adjournment Reached on Wednesday
Afternoon, Leaving the Docket
In Good Shape.

NennlnSef nFeSlQlnS, dQJOllllleu olIIS
die on Wednesday afternoon, having
disposed of a large amount Of business
and leaving the criminal docket in
excellent shape. During the term
which began on Monday of last week,
there were twenty-eight verdicts and
pleas, the great majority of the YER
diets convicting the defendants of
some offence charged in the indict"
ments.
From the opening of the court the
work progressed without delay and
as rapidly as was consistent with a
proper administrator Of justice. The
docket which confronted the court
was the heaviest criminal docket
which Newberry mas had in a number
of years, and the cases were disposed
of in a remarkably short time.
Solicitor Cooper, whose fairness,
energy and ability as prosecuting Of
ficer have made him known during
the four years which he has held the
position as one Of the best solicitors
in South Carolina, expressed himself
on Wednesday afternoon as entirely
satisfied and highly pleased with the
result of the work of the court. He
said that he regarded such court as
one of the surest indications of that
increasing respect for the law which
is evidenced at this time throughout
South Carolina and that he believed
the result OF the work would have its
effec' in aiding to bring about that
high regard for the law among all
classes, which is necessary to stamp
out crime. He was very compliment
tary in speaking Of the juries and of
the officers of the court. He was es-
pecially gratified, he said, in the Wig
ilance which had been displayed by
Sheriff Buford in the apprehension of
those charged with crime, and men
toned particularly the case of L. J.
Williams, alias Walker DaWkins, who
was convicted of sending forged
check to the National Bank of New
berry. Williams, it will be recalled,
is the negro who was arrested in Flor
ida, where the check was sent from.
"Sheriff Buford," said Solicitor Coop
er, observes great credit for his skill
in the apprehension and assisting in
the conviction of this defendant. Such
conviction means much in the inter-
est of the enforcement Of the law
In speaking of the new court house,
Solicitor Cooper said that it was one
of the finest and one of the most con-
veniently arranged that he h. seen
anywhere in South Carolina.
Judge Memminger also, in discharg-
ing the juries, for the term, spoke in
the highest terms of the satisfactory
work which they had done during the
court.
Verdict of Not Guilty.
In the case of the State v. Dan,ly
Sigh, James Davis and Neel Davis,
colored, charged with murder in the
, killing of Orange Wilson, alias Judge
Wilson, colored, in the western part
of the county, in September Of this
year, mention of which was made in
the last issue of The Herald and News,
the solicitor consented to a verdict Of
not guilty as to Jas. Davis and Neel
Davis, and the jury on Monday after
noon returned verdict Of not guilty
as to Dandy Sligh. Neel Davis and
George Davis were present at the time
of the difficulty but the evidence
showed that James Davis was not
present, the coroner's jury having con-
nected him with the affair by mistak-
ing him for his brother George, the
mistake having arisen by some of the
witnesses, according to the witnesses,
not knowing which was George and
which was James. James not having
been present and the testimony failing
to connect Neel Davis with the kill
ing, the solicitor, as stated, consented
to a verdict of not guilty as to these
two. The States witnesses testified
that when they saw any trouble at the
FESTIVAL" which they were attending
at the Lietzsey school house, Dandy
Sligh had Judge Wilson's head under
his arm, holding him, and that Judge
was shooting. The testimony was that
Judge shot three times, none of his
bullets taking effect. The States wit
nesses testified that then Jim Wilson
Judges brother, separatd the two, and
that Judge Wilson ran around the
school house and Dandy Sigh ran of
across the field, returning with pis-
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