The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-11-19
SESSIONS COURT ADJOURNS.
Large Volume Of Business Disposed
Of.-Adjournment on Thurs
day Morning.

The general sessions court mas dis
posed of a great deal Of business
this week, and the docket is IN bet
ter shape lhan it has been for some
time past. An unusual number OF
pleas Of guilty were taken, which
disposed of the business rapidly.
Henry McMorris, colored, pleaded
guilty to violating the dispensary
law, and was sentenced to pay a fine
of SlO0 or ito serve three months.
Rich Davenport, colored, was tried
on three separate charges Of assault
and battery with intent to kill, the
cases by agreement being tried to-
gether before the same jury. The
offences with which Davenport was
charged were the cutting Of Magis-
trate John Henry Chappell and
Messrs. Tom Sanders apd James W.
Henderson, in Magistrate Chappell's
office, in February Of this year. II
will be recalled that Davenport had
been arrested by Special Constable
Henderson on a warrant sworn out
before Magistrate Chappell by Mr..
Sanders charging Davenport with
obtaining money under false pre-
lenses, the charge growing out Of the
sale by Davenport to Mr.. Sanders OF
some hogs a few days before. Daven-
port was taken into the Office, where
the trouble occur1 ed. The. details OF
| the affair were fully published at the
time. Davenport was convicted in
each case of assault and battery Of a
high and aggravated nature, and
sentenced to serve three months Or
to pay a fine Of $1O0 in each case. He
paid the fine. Davenport was rep
resented by Col. O. L. Sehumpert.
Marvin Bridges pleaded guilty to
THE charge Of larceny Of live stock,
and, being under sixteen years of age,
he was sentenced to the reformatory.
His sentence was five years. The
crime to which he pleaded guilty was
the stealing of DR.. J. J: Dominick' 5
horse and buggy at Prosperity. When
The team was found scar Leesvllle
Bridges had with him in the buggy
another negro, John Boyd, Jr- Boyd
pleaded not guilty, but the jury con-
victed him, and he was sentenced to
serve three years on the public works
or in the State penitentiary.
Glenn McMorris pleaded guilty to
the charge of housebreaking and
larceny and was sentenced to the re-
formatory for eighteen months. He
also pleaded guilty to another charge
Of larceny, and was sentenced to the
refonmatory for one year, the latter
sentence to begin at the expiration Of
the former.
Walter Motley and James Smith,
colored, were convicted of house
breaking and larceny, and sentenced
to serve two years in the penitentiary
or on the public works Of the coUn7
ty. They came Ito Newberry as la
borers with the John Robinson circus.
The charge against them was break
ing into the house Of Tom Suber, col
ored, who lives a short distance out
Of town, and stealing therefrom a
coat, pistol, razor, pants and other
articles Of the value Of $25.0O.
J. S. Rawl, colored, was convicted
in his absence Of disposing Of prop
erty under lien, and sealed sentence
was left for him.
John Wallace, colored, pleaded
gully to violation of the dispensary
law, and was sentenced to pay a
fine of $100 or to serve three months.
Ben Burton, alias Ben Campbell,
colored, pleaded guilty to assault Of
a high and aggravated nature, and
was sentenced Ito pay a fine of $40
or to serve 80 days.
James Gary, colored, pleaded gull
ty to violation Of the dispensary law,
and was sentenced to pay a fine Of
I 500 or to serve three months.
' Ne.s Sims, colored, pleaded guilty
10 assault Of high and aggravated
nature, and was sentenced to pay a
fine Of $l00 or to serve four months.
John Wallace, colored. pleaded
guilty Of forgery, and was sentenced
to pay fine of one dollar and to
serve one year.
Grand Jurors for Next Year.
This being the last term Of the
Sessions Court for this year, the
names Of six Of the. present grand
jurors were drawn to serve on the
grand jury next year. The names
drawn were: