The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-05-26
VANCE SUPERIOR COURT.
Regular Term Coaveaed Moadly
Judge ID. L. Ward Presiding-Cases
Disposed of Up to Time of Going to
Press

keXuidr ERIN convened MODIFY
Judge ID. L. Ward Presiding-Cases
Disposed of Up to Time of Going to
Press.
Vance county Superior court is in
session this week Judge David l..
Ward presiding. Solicitor Charles C.
Daniels is prosecuting the State dock
ct. Judge Ward has made a good
impression upon the bar, court Of
ficers and spectators. He impresses
one as being a man of sound judg-
ment and strong common sense, not
easily swept off his feet, not radicalin
his views or extreme in his punish
ment of certain petty offenses. His
Honor's charge to the grand jury was
commented on favorably by those
who heard it and the good opinion
formed OF him then has been strength
ened by his attitude in the trial of
cases.
The grand jury is constituted as
fallows:
Alfred Plummer, foreman, S. G.
Whitley, NJ B. Overton, w. |. Thorn
as, Willie Z. Barnes. A. A. Speed,
Alex Cooper. Geo. A. Lowry, W. NJ.
Ellis, Fl. A. Finch, f. A. White, J. III
Hunt. c. n. Sneed, J. F. Coghil,
Jr., l.. W Huff, S. o. Ellington, Sam
Curtin. S. r. Chavasse.
Cases disposed OF on the criminal
docket up to the time OF going to
press are:
lobe Mitchell, negro, larceny and
receiving, u months on Granville
roads.
j. D. Mills, Islander, mol pros with
leave.
Ed jackson, selling liquor, not
guilty.
John W. Pegram, selling liquor,
mol pros with leave
Willie Reavis, negro, assault with
deadly weapon, Judgment suspended
on payment of cost.
Willie Reavis, negro, selling liquor,
not guilty.
Oliver Hargrovp, negro, carrying
concealed weapon, Judgment suspend
ed on payment of cost.
Lucus Adcock, assault with deadly
weapon, Judgment suspended on pay
ment of cost.
Willie Mayfeld, negro, larceny and
receiving. - months on Granville
roads.
Joe Reavis, James Daniel, William
Satterwhite, negroes, fOrcible trespass
$1,000 and cost each.
Ed Jones, negro, selling liquor. mol
pros with leave.
Ed Hudson, forcible trespass, iudg
ment not yet pronounced.
Tom Perry, negro, selling liquor,
mistrial.
Ed Jones, negro, selling liquor, mol
pros with leave.
Mitchell Hunt, negro, selling liquor,
4 months on Granville county roads.
James JOurnigan, Albert Reavis,
Ben Crockcr. ARRAY, not guilty as to
Reavis and Crocker, $1,000 and cost
as to JOurnigan.
George Hawkins, negro, carrying
concealed weapon, Judgment sus-
pended on payment OF cost.
John Daniel. negro. 2 cases selling
liquor, not guilty.
George Wyckoff, carrying concealed
weapon, Judgment suspended on pay
ment Of cost.
Will Bailey and Jim Horton, nffray,
$500 each and cost.
Burton Williams, negro, assault
with deadly weapon, Judgment sus-
| pended on payment OF cost.
J. R. Jones, false pretense, not
guilty.
Thomas Gregory, negro, abandon
ment, - months on Granville roads.
J. W. Massey, forgery, not SEN
fenced.
Jack Ford, larceny and receiving,
not guilty.
Walter Sutton, negro, forgery in
second degree, defendant pleads guilty
of larceny and is sentenced to one
year in the State prison.
| Carry Burwell, negro, larceny and
receiving. not guilty.
There is only one more case on the
docket, that against Eugene Nenable,
negro. for assault, with intent to
commit rape, which is now being
tried.
Court will 90 into next week it not
being possible to finish the civil cases
| this week
In the case of Joe Hunt for the kill
ing the negro, william Anderson,
near Townsville not long ago, an
account of which was published at
the time, the grand jury found not a
true bill. The coroner's jury held
Mr.. HINT to be blameless in the
matter, but in the higher cuOrt had to
| pass upon it also