The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-01-21
CIRCUIT coURT
The Brannon Murder Case on
Trial-The Jury.

cult Court convened Monday, opening
with Judge Jones' charge to the grand
jury. which was organized as follows:
r. Polk. foreman. II. l. Houser, w.
1. BIackley, c. G. Thomas, jas. Pal
mer, John Frazier, Dick Wilson. Jas.
Duncan, F. G. Cunningham, +. b.
Taylor, G. H. Davis, I. 5. Ing, D. A.
George
The trial jury is as follows; D. w.
Calhoun, Abe Davidson, Sam Finch.
John Yates, 7. NJ. King, Dickson Co
rum, Henry Hudson, w T. Houser,
Alton Maupin, B. II. Prather, J. D.
Wilson, L. +. Edwards. Officer, ]. J..
Crockett.
The State docket was taken up and a
number Of cases disposed Of The cases
against Garrett johnson and Others for
Nightriding were continued. The State
versus Smith and Pete Brannon was
called Monday and a jury empaneled,
and the jury was selected Tuesday as
follows
g. n Parker, Jas. French, S. L.
Bowden, f. r. Baynes, ] T. Freeman,
H. c. Wright, s. H. Fuqua, Brock
Hogan, r. r. Kitchell, r. L. Farmer,
W. R. Cherry, j. c. TalIiaferro. Off
GERS, James Hickman and Carmi Davis.
Pete and Smith Brannon are charged
with the killing OF a young man named
Phillips in row on the lake at Beaver
Arm, near which the Brannons had
shanty. 1t was reported there was some
whisky mixed up in the trouble, and it
remains for the proof to develop the
facts. The killing occurred Monday,
May 8, 1909.
The evidence in the trial OF the Bran
non boys for the murder of young Phil
lips on the lake last May seemed to be
very conelusives
Two Of the boys who were in the par
ty with Phillips testified positively that
one Of the Brannon boys, while stand
ing within two or three feet of Phillips,
shot him through the neck Both the
Brannons swore that neither OF. them
did any shooting at nearer range than
two or three hundred yards OF Phillips
and his party. Immediately after the
shooting Smith Brannon ran up toward
the home Of a neighbor and, meeting
three men, said to them, Men, / have
killed man down at the lake and
want your advice as to what should :
do. When the three men reached the
ejene of the killing they found young
Phillips still living and his clothes were
burning.
There seemed to be some variance as
to how many pistols the Brannons had.
Othe rcases were as follows:
STATE VERSUS
j. T. Neel, set for Tuesday after sec
Ond MONDAY IN May.
Fred Thomas, fined $50 and costs and
committed to work out fine.
Jess Sanders, nolle on defendant pay
ing costs.
Frank Stevens, continued.
Lex Sanders, fined $50 and costs.
Ohio Piper, nolle by State
Willie Cody, not guilty; second case,
nolle by State; third case, nolle by de-
PENDANT paying costs.
AID Osborne, continued by consent.
John Miller, not guilty. {
John Frazier, continued. i
John Parham, continued 1
Chas. Laster, continued Ii
Garrett johnson, Arthur Cloar, Ed :
Bob Huffman, Sam Apple
white, continued by consent y
Grover Hendricks, fined $50 and i
costs. \
Chas. Smith, fined $50 and costs. !,
]. A. Grady, nolle by defendant Sc !,
curing costs. J
Isam Parker, nole by defendant pay |
ng costs. y
Alice Mitchell, nolle by State on de- =
endant paying costs. I
Watson Warner, nolle. !,
Nose Patterson, nolley !.
Wilson Bertram, nolle. 4
Eryine Etheridge, Luther Dalton, i
Walter Collins, fined $50 each. 4,
I. P. Moore, Perry Wilson, Lon Rob i,
nson, nolle the first two, alias as to .
robinson. i,
Josh Pryor, nolle q,
Will St Clair, continued. l.,
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