The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-09
PROCEEDINGS OF COURT,
MUCH TIME LOST BY WITNESSES
BEING ABSENT.
Slow Progress Is Being Made in Try
ing Cases-If Few Bondsmen
Had to Come Across, Better Time
Could be Made.

1t appears that very little is being
done In court so far. A great deal
of delay is caused by the witnesses
being absent. His honor may get a
hurry on some of them before the
week Is over by putting some of them
in Jail. Another cause of deIav is
the bondsmen not having the defend
ant mere for trial. Some bondsmen
wait till the defendant is wanted and
then want the Sheriff to send to the
extreme end of the county for him.
when he gets fee for going on the
bond and is to have the defendant in
court when called for. The county is
put to an expense in sending for the
defendant beside. One bondsman has
just been ordered to show cause why
the bond should not be estreated.
The appeal of Frank O'Donnell was
heard yesterds , afternoon and the
judgment of e Recorder affirmed.
Senator Clifto gave notice of inten-
ton to appealN.) the Supreme Court.
This is the only one of the whiskey
cases recently tried by the city that
has been appealed.
The following is the disposition Of
the cases as taken from the record of
the Clerk of Court:
The grand jury reported on the
following cases yesterday afternoon:
Peter Divine, housebreaking and
larceny; true bill.
John Loney, murder; true bill.
Eugene Miller, assault with intent
to ravish; no bill.
John Yates. and William Brogdon,
unlawful trapping of fish; no bill.
j. A. Johnson, unlawful selling of
whiskey; true bill.
Mary Sanders, Carrie Smith and
Ben Mcintosh, grand larceny; true
bill.
w. P. Kelley, obtaining currency
and horse under false pretenses; no
bin.
Horace Mack, larceny of car brass
es, two cases; true bill in both.
Henry Williams and Orin Thigpen,
housebreaking and larceny; true bill.
David Dickson assault and battery
with intent to kill; true bill.
Wallace Cantey, larceny cf bicycle:
true bill.
The following cases were disposed
of yesterday afternoon:
j. T. Howard. obtaining goods by
false pretense; mol. pros.
Charley Jenkins and ]. d. Jenkins,
murder; continued.
William Taylor, grand larceny,
tried by jury. without an attorney,
defendant representing himself. Ver-
dict, not guilty.
Eugene Spann, disposing of prop
erty under lien, discontinued upon
defendant paying the cost.
j. A. Johnson, unlawful selling of
whiskey, continued.
Frank O'Donnell. appeal from Re-
corder's court; judgment affirmed.
Peter Divine, housebreaking and
larceny; pleads guilty and is sentenc-
ed to IL months on the chaingang.
John Loney. murder: arraigned
and pleads not guilty. $3.50 Wednes-
day morning Is set for trial.
Henry Williams, order for bench
warrant and rule to show cause
against his bondsman, T. H. Edens.
why his bond should not be estreated.
Court then adjourned till $3.50 this
morning.
The criminal court is dragging on
slowly. Very little is being done, and
very little interest is being taken in
the proceedings. The grand jury has
had lot of cases to pass upon, but
the attorneys seem reluctant to have
their cases come to trial. The pro-
ceedings in detail are published be-
low.
The following cases were disposed
of at the Tuesday morning session;
Tuesday Mornings Session.
The following cases were reported
by the grand jury Tuesday morning.
Henry Heriot, housebreaking and
larceny; true bill
Dock Durant, larceny of bicycle;
true bill.
Henry Williams and Wylie Thig-
pen, entering house with intent to
steal and larceny; true bill.
Sam Singletary, larceny of bicy lie
true bill.
Anderson Holman and David Hol-
man, grand larceny; true bill.
Charley Graham, larceny Of Ii