Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-11-13
CASES BEFORE COURT
FOR FRIDAYS SESSION
LARGE NUMBER LIQUOR CASES
MOL PRESSED BY STATE.
-four Cases Were Tried BY Jury Dur
Inc the Days Session
Of Court

Circuit Court convened on FRIDAY
morning with Judge Wills and STATE
Attorney Rivers present. together
with the usual number Of members Of
the bar.
The following cases were taken u
and disposed Of;
State ys. Dick cathcart, selling whis
key; mol pressed.
State We. Moore Wright selling
whiskey; mol pressed.
State vs.. w. @. shehee selling whis
key; mol pressed.
State VS.. Ishgm Stevens and Lou
Stevens, selling whiskey; mol pressed
State vs.. James Smith. assault and
battery; dismissed upon motion Of
State attorney.
State vs.. Elsie shanks, assault; dis.
missed.
State W. Pate Sims, riding on rail.
road without permit; verdict Of guilty
by Jury.
state vs., VIM. Nelson, assault and
battery; dismissed.
State vs.. George Hale. killing anil
nal Of another; dismissed.
State vs.. W. T. Nattage, concealed
weapons; dismissed.
State ys. Albert jenkins, gambling;
dismissed.
State vs.. oscar Johns, assault; dis
missed.
State vs. Jim simons, murder; ar
Taigned and plead not guilty.
State vs. Bezzle George, murder; ar
raigned and plead not guilty.
State vs.. Will Mitchell. grand lar
ceny; plead not guilty, but afterward
changed and entered a plea OF guilty.
State vs.. Wallace Fielder, larceny of
horse; arraigned and plead not guilty.
Afternoon session.
At the afternoon session, which con-
vened at a few minutes past 2 o'clock,
the criminal docket was taken up. and
the afternoon was consumed principal
" in the trial Of liquor cases, four
cases having been disposed Of
At the opening OF the court in the
afternoon session, Cal. Brown, alias
Al Brown, a negro against whom a
true bill was found by the grand jury,
was arralgned. and when State At
torney Rivers asked the defendant II
he did not appear before the grand
jury under the name OF Cal Brown,
the prisoner answered In the mega
tive. As a result Attorney Broome,
who was appointed by the court 10
defend the negro, entered a plea Of
abatement. Brown is charged with as.
eault with intent to murder.
Ben Styles, an aged white man who
was arraigned upon a charge OF selling
liquor in county which had voted
against the sale Of same. plead guilty,
but asked the Indulgence OF the court,
requesting that sentence be suspended
until Monday. as the defendant de.
sired 70 settle some important bust.
ness matters at his home, which
would probably enable him 10 pay his
flne and satisfy the judgment. where
upon Judge Wills informed him that
the court would take the responsibility
Of releasing him under the same bond,
on his honor that he would sell no
more LIQUOR pending this plea Of
guilty.
II cannot sell any more liquor. your
honor because have not got any
more" was the reply 10 Judge Wills
admonltion, whcreupon the defendant
was excused until Monday.
Among other liquor cases we're the
following:
State Of Florida VI. shed Blake. an
aged negro; tried By Jury and verdict
Of guilty.
state Of Florida W. Jea slmOns.
colored. tried By jury aud verdict OF
not guilty.
State 81 Florida Va Jim Mulberry
and Frank Floyd, colored Upon mo-
ton severance IN the case was
granted. and Mulberry VAS placed on
trial, with the resul, that the jury.
after hearing the evidence brought m
q verdict o. guilty
Court adjourned uneil 2 O'Clock SAT.
urday morning.
sehi neh, nchl-sehateh, Scratch