The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-12-02
TIE SESSIONS COURT.
Large Volume OF Business Disposed OF
in Session Lasting Three
Days.

having disposed Of a considerable
amount of business, greatly facilitated
by a. number Of pleas of guilty. Judge
John S. Wilson was in Newberry un-
TIL Yesterday at noon, and the court
was open yesterday morning for such
matters as might come before it.
In the last case tried in the sessions
court verdict was rendered late
Wednesday evening and the jurors
were discharged.
The following cases were disposed
of by the sessions court:
Fought for Her Husband.
Bertha Pitts, a negro woman, plead
ed guilty to assault and battery Of a
high and aggravated nature on the
charge Of cutting another negro. Ber-
tha said she cut the other woman be-
cause the latter was estranging the
affections of Bertha's husband. Bertha
was sentenced to pay fine of $40 or
to serve four months. She was repre-
sented by Eugene S. Blease, Esq.
Didn't Have SOrrel Cow.
L. J.qFielding, colored, was convict
ed of obtaining money by false pre-
tence. The jury recommended Field
ing to mercy. He was sentenced to
nav a fine of s100 and to serve three
months, the Imprisonment being sus-
pended on payment of the S100 fine.
Fielding was alleged to have obtained
$50 in money and goods from Mr.. }. r.
Johnson on the representation that
he had a. sorra cow and sewing ma
chine, and a hog and some other ar
ticles. It developed that he didn't
have the COW, and the machine was
claimed by other parties, and Mr.
Johnson said he had been unable to
collect a cent on the mortgage which
the negro gave over the goods. The
defendant was represented by Messrs'
Hunt, Hunt & Hunter, the defense be-
ing conducted by J. B. Hunter, Esq.
Tried in His Absence.
Will Churcher, charged with Violat-
ing the dispensary law by selling a
pint Of liquor to another negro, and
who had been arrested and had gone
out in search Of a party OF gamblers,
and who ran up on the whiskey trans
action as it was in progress. A sealed
sentence was left for Churcher.
Churcher was not represented by
counsel.
Pleaded Guilty.
Reeder Dorroh, colored, pleaded
guilty to stealing s21.5O from Jones &
Werts. Dorroh was working tor
Jones & Werts and was sent TO the
bank to deposit the money. Dorroh
failed to show up at the bank, and OF
course the money went with Dorroh
Dorroh is Is years old, and was SEN
fenced to serve two years in the State
reformatory for colored youths II
Lexington county. Dorroh had nc
lawyer.
His Brother-in.LaW's Clothes.
Will Henderson, colored, pleaded
guilty to breaking into the house O
Felix Davis on the first of August, O
this year, and stealing goods tnere
from to the value of eight dollars. III
was sentenced to serve Is months
Henderson and Davis were brothers
in-law. Henderson said Davis ha(
been wearing his clothes, and n
thought he was entitled to wear some
of Davis clothes. Henderson was no
represented by counsel.
Six Months or 5000.
Tally Lindsay, colored, pleaded
guilty of assault and battery with IN
tent to kill, and was sentenced TO serV'
six months or to pay a fine Of s2oO
Ha was represented by Eugene S
BleaSe, Esq. 49,:
Little Mountain Cutting Scrape.
Jim Shores and Martin DaWklns
two young white men, pleaded guft'
to assault and battery Of high ane
aggravated nature on an indictmen
charging assault and battery with IN
tent TO kill in the cutting OF Luke l
| Summers, the Columbia street rallWa!
conductor, at the Little Mountain re
} union in August. After Thoroughly
investigating the case and all the CIR
cumstances, and taking into conslo
Grafton the condition in life OF tn;
J Young men, the solicitor consented tt
accept this plea, and they were sen
fenced each to pay fine of s2oo, s0'
in cash and the remainder to be .sus'
pended during good behavior, or te
serve one year. Shores IS from Con
cord, N. c., and Dawkins from F'ayette'
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