The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-06-22
Ex-Chanman Charged With Accepting
Liquer Rebates
A COMPLETE SURPRISE
Defendant Immediately Surrendered
to Newbcrry Sheriff and Was re
leased on Isaii.-i>ef"nce Pres =
for Immediate Triai.-Scves &c
bates Charged

On bill Of indictment. handed
out BY Attorney General J. Frts
Lvon and Solicitor r. a. Coo,cv. ,he
grand jury. in the General sessions
Cour, for Newberry County. Tccsday
neturne5 = true bill against Il. r.
Evans. N-member and excha;.InaT
OF the old State dispensary board OF
direc;o-s, charging him with rs:e.:;7'
ing rebates while in Office
Immediately following the ce'uen-
inc OF the true bill by the grand
Jury Mr.. Evans surrendered 20 ice
sheriff, and upon motion o! his at
,orney. Eugene S. Blease. Esq. was
admitted TO bail in the sum OF ore
thousand dollars. Attorney G-heTaI
Lyon contcnded for bail VI al
leas; ten thousand dollars. tn: de
e-udan;.S attorney stated that II
would be 20 hardship upva the de-
fendant to give this amount. as ne
was a, home among his friends. but
cessiye. and would tend 10 prejudice
tae case.
Judge Aldrich held that the le;
ter and the spirit Of the Law wa'
that bail should not be excessive
and. inasmuch as the maximum dns
for the offence charged was only hve
hundred dollars. he thought ths
amount Of the maximum hne pro
v:sed would be sufficient. According
" he admitted Mr. Evans TO bal
in the sum Of one thousand dollars
The bail was Immediately given. th'
sure;ies being Messrs. E. u. Evans
brother OF the defendant: c. White
FAINT. Of this city. and J. E. Norwood
cashier Of the Newberry Saving
Bank
MT. Eyan'ss attorney. Mr.. EuSen'
S. Rlease, pressed for an inmeCiet
trial a, this term of the Court IL
Attorney Genera! stated that one o
the witnesses for the State was Il
Ohio and another in Virginia. as tn
defendant himself. IL his counsel di
not he said. ought TO know. an
tha, the State could not go to tria
at this term He said he hoped IN
defence would be as ready at th
next term Of the Court as It wa
now. and that the State would the
accommodate the defence.
In reply the attorney for the dc
fendant said that he would let ID
next term speak for itself. even q
the counsel for the State were oat
ing their action upon matters as the
presented themselves to them at thi
term. Judge Aldrich said that. o
the motion Of the State. he woul
grant the continuance 70 the ne1
term. as the Attorney General an
she solicitor were in command OF tn
case for the State. as be would hav
continued it for the defendant upo
similar showing AZ the arst teri
at which a true bill was found.
Mr. Evans was elected a menbe
cs the board Of directors OF the oil
State dispensary in 1900 and serve
four years as member OF that boar
and then for two years as chaisua
OF the board His home is in New
berry. and since his retirement trcr
the board he had devoted himsel
principally to farming. The indic'
nent charges two rebates. one OF tw
hundred and fifty dollars and on
for two hundred dollars. from NJ 4
Goodman. who. at the times mention
ed IL the indictment. had his head
quarters in Savannah. Ga. and re
presented various liquor houses.
will be recalled that recently in th
Richland County indictments agains
Goodman were mol pressed.
Attorney General Lyon said tha;
from the experience which he ha'
with similar cases in Other counties
he had no idea that defence would b
pressing for a trial. and that som
Of the States witnesses were In othe
States and the State could not g
20 trial at this term. The motion
on the part Of the State. for con
tinuance until the next term. was
thereupon. granted.
This term Of the Court for New
berry. is only one week. and had ta'
trial been ordered for this term i
mns, have been held this week Mr.
Evans appeared in excellent spirit!
when be came into Court. immediate
" following the finding Of the tru'
niIi ard sn-ron6eraa 70 the sheriff