The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-07-22
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COUNCIL MINUTES.
official, Adjourned Regular Meeting.
Recessed from July Is, 1910.
Brunswick Ga, July 81, 1910.
Present, Hon. R. R. Hopkins, may
or, Aldermen Ludwig. Cook, Baker,
Bowen, Boyle, Cox, Goldsmith and
Leo.
Election.
On M ton of Alderman Goldsmith
an election was held for office of
Marshal and Chief of Police. The
ballot resulted as follows.
L. D. Oldham, l.
R. Levison, 5.
Jerry Wilchar, 2. 4
B. A. Fahm, 1.
R. Levison declared elected.
Alderman Baker was excused from
the meeting.
The case against J. A. Lowe, Jr., =
was then taken up. (:
Attorney Max Isaac for Lowe filed
a molten to dismiss on ground Of the
accused three days before the triak
as required by law.
Ais an objection to Mayor Hop7;5
kins sitting in the trial of the case
on ground of legal disqualification. Il
Executive Session. \
Council went into executive session.
for, ten minutes.
On reassembling' the objections fil-
ed by accused's attorney, were on
motion of Alderman Leo, overruled. a
The accused through his attorney
plead not guilty.
Testimony was heard from Acting
Chief Wiichar Ben McLendon, Joe
Hazel and VIM Alexander Dunaway.
An objection was raised as to the tess
timOny of Dunaway regarding the
place of one Foye and Loves con.
nection herewith. Overruled.
The City Attorney offered page AS
of the minutes of council containing
election of J. A Lowe and section of
Rules "a, 20 and -, of the police
regulations.
Testimony was then heard from
J. T. Colson and again from Acting
Marshal Wilchar.
Attorney Isaac announced his in
tentitnS to call witnesses f. NJ
Knight, Richard Gorton, C. L. Stein
er, John Summerlin, Everett Peerson
r. ID. Geiger, J. NJ. Hoodenpyle and
j. N. Tharin to impeach the testim-
ony OF witnesses Ben McLendon and
John Halle.
On suggestion of City Attorney
Whitfield, to save time, Alderman
Cox offered a motion that the tes-
timony Of such of the above parties
as taken by stenographer Schofield
Franklin in the Burney case, i'm
peaching witnesses McLendon and
Halle, he accepted and applicable
in the case of Lowe. Adopted
Att rney Isaac rendered certified
copy of the case of Bertha McLendon
don for violation of prohibition law
showing Lowe was a witness.
j. A. Lowe, Jr., then made state
ment denying the accusations and
recounting at length his service as
an arresting officer in connection
with his duties as impounding Of
ficer, citing large number of arrests
including blind tiger cases.
Alderman Ludwig was called to the
stand by Attorney Isaac and after
his testimony council went into ex-
ecutiye session. On reassembling
the following resolution was offered:
BY Alderman Boyle.
In Re: J. A. Lowe.
Be it, and it is hereby resolved
that in the opinion of the mayor and
council of the city of Brunswick, the
accused, j. A. Lowe, is guilty of the
charges preferred against him, and
it Is hereby considered, ordered and
adjudged by the said mayor and
council of the city of Brunswick,
that the suspension of the said j.
A. Lowe by the mayor be, and it is
hereby approved by dismissal from
his place as Impounding Officer of
and for and under and in the employ.
ment of the aforesaid mayor and
council Of the city of Brunswick, this
July 21st, 1910. Adopted
Attorney Isaac gave notice of an
intention to certiorar the case to
the supreme court.
Adjourned
NJ D. RUSSELL