The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-10-14
Case Started Monday.
Greenville News, 18th.

For the purpose of hearing the case
of the United States against Milton 4.
Carlisle, former president Of the New
berry National bank, of Newberry, S.
c., charged with violation Of the bank
ing laws, a special term Of the United
States District court convened yester-
day morning in the federal building,
Judge William H. BraWley presiding.
After a. session of about two hours,
the court adjourned to give the attor-
neys for the defense the opportunity
to make an inspection Of records of
The only matter Of Importance
the bank, bearing on the case.
transacted was the oVerruling Of a
motion by the attorneys for the de-
fense to quash the indictment against
Mr.. Carlisle. Court will convene this
morning at 9 o'clock.
A true bill was returned against Mr..
Carlisle by the grand jury at the Oc-
tober session Of the federal court in
this city last October. The indict-
ment is quite lengthy, containing 342
pages Of typewriter copy, In which
are contained 1852 separate counts.
These charge, for the most part, mis-
application of the funds Of the bank
to the extent of about $4,000, together
with other violations of the banking
laws. Mr.. Carlisle is represented by
Blease and Dominick, Of Newberry.
The case is being prosecuted by Dis
trict Attorney Ernest T. Cochrane.
Among the witnesses in the case is
Mr.. B. c. Matthews, present president
of the Newberry National bank. It
appears likely that the case will con-
tinue several days, and possibly
throughout the entire week.
Judge Brawley convened the court
yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, and
after the roll Of jurors had been call
ed, the case was at once gone into.
When asked if they were ready for
trial, Mr.. Dominick, representing the
defense wished to know if all the rec
ords from the bank, which he had
subpoenaed Mr. Matthews to bring,
had been brought to the city. The
list was gone over, and it was found
that with few exceptions, practical
ly all these were in the court room.
Nearly an hour was taken up hearing
arguments for opportunity on the part
OF the defense's attorney to examine
these records of the bank.
Mr.. Dominick made a statement
of the difficulty that had been ex-
perienced in getting at these records,
which was for the most part corro-
borated by Mr.. Cochrane, who stat
ed the position of the bank to be that
the bank officials would not allow a
general inspection Of all the books
by any one, and asked that those
records be specified which the attor-
neys desired. Mr.. Dominick stated
that this could not be done, since
they could not decide without first
1Nn ch
would be relevant to the defense, and
what otherwise. Judge Brawley de-
cided that the attorneys should have
the opportunity Of examining the
books, and designated Mr.. Mower, one
of the directors of the bank, to be
present with the attorneys, during
the examination, cautioning them
that they were to examine into only
that which they thought to bear cn
the case. The attorneys stated that
they would require all the afteTnoon
to make the inspection, and cou1a vas
adjourned until this morning
Before adjournment, however, Mr.
Blease made o motion to Quash the
indictment Cor which, however,
Judge Bravley decided that heTe was
not suffcient legal reason, and ae-
eordingly o1erTuled. Mr.. Blease's
grounds for the motion were that the
indictment was too cumbersome, and
that the grand jury could not posi-
bly, have gone over satisfactorily the
entire matter, in one day as the dates
showed they did, rendering true
hill The Indictment c0ntained LEE