The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-18
COUNTY COURT
SssEvERAL GASES DISPOSED OF CP
TO TUESDAY NIGHT.
sSalcibor Hildebrand Makes q Clean

se9ieitor Hildebrand Makes Clean
Sweep, Convicting Every One Tried
Far.
iThe Court of Genera, Sessions for
syslfoun county convened on Monday
zr9rning. with Judge Gary presid-
Aag.: Solicitor Hildebrand was also
on hand, as the unfortunates who
Esre up for trial found out to their
ss,rrow, when their cases were dis
pS,sed Of. The Solicitor made a clean
sssSeep Of all cases tried up to the
time our report closed Tuesday
gssTening.
The first case called was that of
D. v. Perry, a young white man of
Richland county, who was. charged
with assault and battery with intent
90 kill. The crime for which Perry
was tried was committed on a train
OF the Southern Railway while pass
.1ne, through Calhoun county. Perry
was a passenger and was full Of
booze. He seemed felt called upon
10 clean out the train, and in at
tempting to carry out this. idea he
4eut another young man with knife.
Sale then challenged everybody in the
car to mortal combat, cursing and
+ using obscene language in the pres
aence of several ladies who were on
the train. Finally he was arrested
and turned over to the tender mer-
cies OF Sheriff o. M. Dantzler, of
Calhoun county.
The case was ably defended, but
It was such an aggravated offence
that Solicitor Hildebrand found no
difficulty in convincing the jury that
Perry should be convicted. After
he was convicted, Perry got one of
the best talks from Judge Gary he
ever got in his life or ever will get
again. Judge Gary then proceeded
10 sentence Perry to two years on
the chaingang, with no alternative
fine. This showed what the Judge
thought Of Perry's crime. Such SEN
tences will go long way to keep ruff
Gians in due bounds and make them
understand that they will not be al
lowed to go about assaulting people
with impunity. When Perry gets
through with bis two years on the
,chaingang he will be sadder but
wiser man.
Then came a batch OF colored in
dtyiduals before the court on various
z charges. Among the worst was
Eugene Williams, for housebreaking
sand larceny, who was promptly con-
;yicted and sentenced to eighteen
months on the chaingang. The next
7Fas Nathaniel Thompson. who was
charged with assault aud battery
with intent to kill. He was convict
I'D and given one year on the chain
gang. June Camado. charged with
grand larceny, seeing how. Solicitor
Hildebrand was convicting his fellow
criminals, saved time and: cost by
pleading guilty, and was let of with
nne year on the chaingans. Several
others, seeing that defence was no
use, plead guilty to minor offences
and were given light sentences on
the chaingang.
One of the most serious cases OF
the term tried so far was that OF
John Ayers for the killing of Mallie
Whitmore, Jr. Several years ago
Ayers hit Whitmore in the head with
a base ball bat, from the effects OF
which he died. The killing took
place at q game of base ball played
by colored men few miles from
ST. Matthews. The case was continu-
ed, for several terms and finally mol
pressed, the testimony before the
coroner being to the effect that Ay-
.ersq was not to blame. The case was
reopened at the present term OF
court and Ayers was put on trial.
Solicitor Hildebrand vigorously pros
ecuted the case,. and, notwithstand-
luS lS " dS apiy oSlShoSo' ~AJ >AS "NN
spend several years helping along
the good roads movement in Calhoun
county, having been convicted of
manslaughter.
This cleared up the docket of the
General Sessions, and the court of
Common Pleas was called. The first
case taken up in this court was that
of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Company against Mr.. j. K. Wanna
maker for damages on account OF
failure to carry out contract. 1t
seems that Mr.. Wannamaker con-
tracted to deliver cotton seed for
meal at an agreed exchange of cot
ton seed meal. When date Of contract
expired, meal had gone down and
Mr.. Wannamaker refused to deliver
the seed. The fertilizer company
brought suit and was sustained IN us
contention for $20G damages. This
is an important decision as many
contracts of this nature was made
during the past spring and summer.