Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-11-10
BUD BROWN GETS TWO YEARS.
General Sessions and Common Pleas
Court Have Been Quite Busy.

| laSt wednesday before we went to
| press was that Of Swede Watson.
Since that time many cases have
been heard.
The Court Of Common Pleas did
| not get down to business until Mon
| day morning. All of Monday was
consumed in the trial of S. NJ. Finch,
plaintiff, VS.. Atlanta & Charlotte Air
Line Railway, defendant. The jury
stayed out all last night, and is still
out as we go to press.
1910 Grand Jurors.
The following named gentlemen
were drawn from the 1909 panel Of
the grand jury to serve next year:
j. NJ. Moody, John A. Ansel, II. l..
Werner, j. II. Martin, II. j. Stone,
| w. f. Rankin.
Cases in Sessions Court.
State VS.. j. Allen Thrift, Ben
Holmes and Gus Phillips, assault and
| battery with intent to kill Not
guilty as to Thrift. Guilty of "as-
| sault" as to Holmes and Phillips.
Sealed sentence was left for Holmes.
Gus Phillips was sentenced to pay
fine OF 50 or serve ten days on the
| county works.
Ao'o'S NS. jim IcWlS anu john I0G-
| rell. murder True bill at July term.
Continued. This Is a case in which
| the defendants are to be tried for
! murder, they being accused of
wrecking a train on the Southern at
Harbin's Siding, in this county, early
this year. 1t will be remembered
that in this wreck the engineer was
scalded to death.
State vs.. Webster Compton, viola
ton of dispensary law. Guilty as to
selling and keeping place where
wine was sold. Sentenced to i'm
prisonment upon the county works
OF Oconee for period Of 80 days or
| a like term in the State penitentiary.
or to pay fine of $25.
State VS.. Richard Grubbs, larceny.
Not guilty.
State VS.. Cliff Richey, larceny. Mol
pressed. =
State VS.. ]. A. Thrift, assault and
battery with intent to kill. Dismiss
ed by order of court
State vs.. H. r. Morgan, breach
or trust with fraudulent intent Not
given out. Ended.
State vs.. Edward CAN'T and VIM.
Han't' assault and battery with in
tent to kill. Not guilty.
State VS.. w. p. Hays, violation of
| dispehsary law. Plead guilty. SEN
fenced to three months upon the
| public works of Oconee county, or a
| like term in the State penitentiary.
State vs.. Bud Brown, throwing
rocks into railroad train. Guilty,
sentenced to two years at hard labor
upon the public works of Oconee
county, or like term in the State
penltentiary. In this case the de-
lendant was charged with throwing
rocks into Southern PASSENGER
train near Rfchland, last spring.
| traln near Richland, last spring. A
| new trial was asked for Same was
refused. Notice Of appeal to Su-
preme Court was given, and Brown
was admitted to bail in the sum of
| $500.
| State VS.. Alex. Walker, indictment
for murder. (Held on appeal) An
peal abandoned. 1t is ordered that
sentence now be enforced. Walker
was tried at the March term, 1909
and found guilty OF murder, with
| recommendation to mercy Of court
| He was sentenced to the State peni-
tentiary for the full term of his
| natural life.
State vs.. Jim Stoddard, violation
" N'7PShs"i! law. lTleQ at FORMER
term and found guilty. Sentence
was suspended until the first dav of
this term of the court of sessions
Stoddard was called and did not an
swer. 1t was ordered that his sure
ties, c. G. Simpson and J. C. Tan
merry, show cause at the first day of
next term of court why Judgment
should not be entered against them
for amount of bond-$50O.
Appeal Cases from Seneca.
The Town of Seneca, plaintiff, VS..
G. B. Cochran, defendant. (Appeal)
Tried in Mayors court for running
restaurant. without license and
fined $50, or 80 days Imprisonment.
Common Pleas Court over-ruled all
exceptions on appeal except the one
as to excessive fine. Judgment of
the Mayors court was modified and
reduced to S25, and upon paying $40
as license for the year April 1st.
1909, this $50 shall be taken in sat
isfac'ion OF the Judgment Of court.
Dock Allen, selling, Transporting
| and delivering liquor. Appeal from
town of Seneca. Judgment of the
mayors court affirmed.
VIII Weston, selling liquor. Ap-
peal from town Of Seneca. Sentence
| Of mayors court affirmed.
Common Pleas Court.
On the Common Pleas side of the
Court the following cases have been
disposed Of:
Sophia Burton ct al, plaintiffs, VS..
Thos. G. Bryant. This is an action
by plaintiffs as owners in fee Of a
tract of land as heirs of Mrs. Matte
Orr, deceased. 1t was ordered that
the Master make title tn Thos n