The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-03-03
GUILTY ON TWO COUNTS.
First Of the Sumter Blind Tiger Cases
Results in Conviction.


Results in Conviction.
Sumter, Feb. 2S.-The trials az
those arrested for whiskey selling be-
gan at noon to-day, and the first ses-
sion Of court ended at 7.3O this
evening with the conviction by jury
Of o. E. Bostick on two counts.
q The county court room was used,
a. the interest was SO great that the
recorders room would not have near.
ly held the crowd Of listeners. The
large court room was filed IN
through the trial. Recorder G. u.
Hurst presided, and L. d. JENNINGS
acted a. city's attorney.
All the accused were arraigned and
entered pleas of not guilty.
After some delay the trial OF G. T.
Wenn. white, waa taken up. The Dc.
tectives told how they had gone 70
his shop, on the edge Of tovn. and
paid Wenn, and he sent q negro hoy
after the whiskey, which was dsliv-
cred. Wenn's contention u that 10
had nothing to do with buying The
whiskey, that the boy did not work
for him. and that he merely suggsst-
ed that the negro could ind some.
The testimony in Wenn's case ended
at diner recess. and during that time
he employed counsel. and at tho -
quest Of the latter, when court r.
convened. this case was continued
till tomorrow morning.
The case Of O. e. Bost;ck vas thea
entered upon. This was considereA
a strong case for the defense, on ac-
count Of the past good reputation of
the defendant. His attorney d.
manded q jury, and a. many techna-
calities were raised IN the drawing
OF 1t, fully an hour and . half was
lost before the jury was ilnally
drawn. The result was o Ane bodY
Of business men. II. ChandIef.
foreman; e. n. Rhame. W. a Bryan,
=. v. Walsh, A. IL. Broughton. and
n. B. Randle. Attorney Jenninesf
went into the case In earnest, ersn
producing the express eompany6
records to show the number Of shsD
nients that the defendant had re-
ceived. Policeman McKascn was
used as witness TO prove the mum
Der of shipments received. The Do
fense Of Bostick was that he hAd not
sold detective Bateman the liQuoF On
one Of the dates named, and that ~
had sold him the liquor on the 80.
ond date at cost, and only after h1D
earnest solicitations and plea that b I
wanted the liquor because Of sicls-
ness.
After the testimony the two a&toF.s
neys were each allowed ten minuta1
for addressing the jury. In his plea
Attorney jennings statsd that ~hen
he was asked to handle the cifyb
cases that he had said that The -
called reputable white men must -
pressed just a. hard . the negro
caught in the back lot, and Recorder
Hurst made his charge q to tho law
and the Jury retired. After being
out about three minutes e retnrne6
with . verdict of guilty.
Recorder Hurst then adjournsd
court until. 10 O'Clock to-morr0w
morning, without pronouncing ssnt-
ence.
A rather dramatic incident hap
pened in the rear Of the court room
during the address Of Attorney Jsn-
nings. 8. A. Pinckney. one Of the
colored BARRIERS arrested In these
cases, fell with q stroke Of paraly-
sis. He was taken to an ante room
and attention summoned.
Others arrested on the same
charge since Saturday afternoon ase
o. H. McKagen. white; c. n. Wenl,
white. and John Windham, Jamss
and Carrie Ross, eolored.