The Robesonian., 1909-07-19
MONDAY. JULY 10. 1909.
SUPERIOR COURT.
A Two Weeks Term Closed Sat.
urday Many Cases Disposed
of and Jail About Cleared
Hab beas Corpus Proceedings.

of and Jail About Cleared
Habeas Corpus Proceedings.
A two-weeks' term of Robson
Superior Court, for the trial of
criminal cases closed Saturday
afternoon, a practically clean
sweep having been made and the
Jail having been about cleared.
The excessive heat made the term
a very trying one, but Judge g.
c. Lyon, of Elizabethtown, who
presided, and Solicitor N. A. Sim
clair and the other attorneys
kept steadily at work and vast
amount of work was done and
many cases disposed of, some of
them time-consuming cases.
About the time The Robesonian
went to press Thursday the case
of Will Hunt, Croatan, tried for
killing Alex. Oxendine, also a
Croatan, near Rowland last Sep
tember, was given to the jury,
which later returned a verdict of
manslaughter, and the defen-
dant was sentenced to two years
on the roads.
The case next taken up was
the one against Arthur McDou-
gald and others for the robbery
of the store of the Rowland Hdw.
Co. Luther and Preston Mccall
lum were found guilty with re
commentator of mercy and
were sentenced to 6 months on
roads. Mol pros. was entered as
to McDougald. This same store
was robbed Thursday night of
last week.
Jas. Goodwin ct al, fornication
and adultery; mol pros as to wo-
man; Goodwin 2 years on roads;
judgment was suspended in an
assault case against Goodwin.
The sentence of Orange Cauld-
er to the roads for 3 years fol
larceny was changed to 3 years
in the State prison. Cauldel
sent Judge Lyon word that he
would rather serve 5 years in the
State prison than 3 on the roads.
Will Davis, carrying concealed
weapon; plead guilty; 80 days
with privilege to commissioner:
to hire out.
Horace Goodson, retailing, ar
rested on warrant issued by Uni
ted States commissioner, a wire
to Judge H. G. Connor bringing
permission to solicitor to take ju
risdiction; plead guilty; defend
ant has consumption and oWins
to physical condition judgmen
continued until next term and re
leased on bond in sum of $100
There were 10 cas- es agains thin
Annie Macarthur, house break
ing; 80 days, with leave to hir
out.
Alfred Davis, carrying conceal
ed weapon; 80 days; with leav
to hire out.
Jack Ivey, larceny; plea O
nolo contendere entered; judg
ment suspended on entering int
bond in sum of S1O0.
Frank Demery, abduction
sentence chan ged from 5 year
in State prison to years Of
roads. Bud Suggs, rockin,
train; sentence changed fror
State prison to 2 years on roads
Milton L. McRae, retailing
plead guilty in 2 cases; fine,
500 and cost in one case; iudg
ment continued on $500 bond fo
appearance next term and shoy
good behavior; judgmentsuspend
ed in another case on paymen
of cost.
Peter Mcdowell, retailing
Judgment changed and dischare
ed on payment of cost.
Dave Buie, larceny; change
to 6 months in Jail with leave t
sheriff to work around premise.
The following cases were COZ
tinued; Alfred Thomas, assau
with deadly weapon and retail
ing; w. D. Dixon, assault an
battery; j. H. McEachern, a
sault with deadly weapon; E(
Purcell and Tom Faulk, gamblin,
B. F. Mainor, carrying conceale
weapon; Will Edwards, en-
bezzlement; jim Gilchrist. la
ceny; Tom Quick, assault wit
deadly weapon; Evander Thoml
son, larceny; Louis Purcell, ca
rylng concealed weapon; Arcl
Mcqueen, destroying land mari
Troy Meares, false pretense; V
f. Dawkins, carrying conceale
weapon; Moses johnson, retail
ing: Lawrence Lytch, burglar
Mol Pros. was entered as
Alex. Clark, gambling, and w.
Davis, retailing.
A wretched case of demest
infelicity was aired Friday a
ternoon in a hearing befo
Judge Lyon in habeas corpl
proceedings for Mary Alice Bu
Ter, daughter of J. H. and Pc
sy Butler, of Blue Springs tow
snip. Mr.. A. P. Spell, of r,
Springs. appeared for the pe1
toner, j. H. Butler. Pensv RI
ller, the respondent, represent,
by Mcintyre, Lawrence & Pre-
tor, left the home of her husba,