The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-06-17
II, H EVANS INDICTED
BY THE GRAND JURY
aCHARGED WITH HAVING ACCEPT
ED REBATES.
Afctment Handed Out by Attorney
l General and Solicitor on
3 Tuesday.
& a bill of indictment, handed ou

#dry, in the general sessions court tor
this county, on Tuesday returned a
/ true bill against H. H. Evans, ex-
member and ex-chairman Of the old
State dispensary board of directors,
charging him with receiving rebates
while in Office. Immediately follow
ing the returning of the true bill by
the grand jury Mr.. Evans surrender
ed to the sheriff. and, upon motion OF
his attorney, Eugene S. Blease, Esq.,
was admitted to bail in the sum of one
thousand dollars. Attorney General
Lyon contended for bail of at least
ten thousand dollars. The defend
ants attorney stated that it would be
no hardship upon the defendant to
give this amount, as he was at home
among his friends, but that he felt
such amount was excessive, and
would tend to prejudice the case.
Judge Aldrich held that the letter
and the spirit of the law was that bal!
should not be excessive, and, mas
much as the maximum fine for the
iofence charged was only five hundred
@&3llars, he thought double the amount
ae maximum fine provided would
Aficient. Accordingly he admitted
hans to bail in the sum of one
I'D dollars. The bail was i'm
eiy given, the sureties being
E. NJ. Evans, brother of the
bit; C. White Fant, of this city,
Bs E. Norwood, cashier Of the
y Savings bank
\ Nans's attorney, Mr.. Eugene
gse, pressed for an immediate
this term of the court. The
hey general stated that one Of
$witnesses for the State was in
and another in Virginia, "as the
dant himself, if his counsel
& he said, fought to know, and
m&State could not 60 to trial at
He said he> hoped the de-
Hid be as ready at the next
she court as it now was, and
State would then accommo-
( E # defence. In reply the attor-
d the defendant said that he
Rlet the next term speak for it
even as the counsel for the State
basing their action today upon
atters as they presented themselves
It's them at this term. Judge Aldrich
Said that, on the motion of the State.
he would grant the continuance to the
next term, as the attorney general
and the solicitor were in command OF
the case for the State, as he would
have continued it for the defendant
upon similar showing at the first
term at which a true bill was found.
Mr.. Evans was elected member OF
the board of directors of the old State
dispensary in 1900 and served for four
wears as a member of the board and
then for two years as chairman Of
the board. His home is in Newberry,
and since his retirement from the
board he has devoted himself princi-
pally to farming. The indictment
charges two rebates, one of two hum
dred and fifty dollars and one of two
hundred dollars, from NJ. A. Good
man, who, at the times mentioned IN
the indictment has his headquarters
in Savannah, Ca, and represented
various liquor houses. 1t will be re-
called that recently in the Richland
court indictments against Goodman
were mol pressed.
The indictment charges, in the first
two counts, which charge the same
Ioffence in different words, that Evans
Rccepted a draft from Goodman,
|klrawn on the National Bank of Sa-
IEannah, for the sum OF TWO nunoreu
hnd fifty dollars, bearing date the 10th
pday of December, 1900, which draft,
lit is alleged, Evans had cashed at the
National bank Of Newberry. The last
two counts, charging the same offence
in different words, allege that Evans
accepted a draft from Goodman for
Rtwo hundred dollars, drawn on the
National bank of Savannah, and
bearing date the 18th day of April,
1902, which draft, it is alleged Evans
had cashed at the Newberry Savings
bank.
Some witnesses in the case are: c.
2&. Davis, q contractor of NeWberry,
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