The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-09-08
i1lE GEN|EI;RElA Ell AL SESSION

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ERANK1lN ia SENTENCED TO BE
HUNG DECEMBER as. I.
resentment Of the Grand nd. jury ya'1 and I
the Cases Disposed OF Since the
Court Convened.
The first case tried before the
court of general sessions that is now
! in session with Judge 7. S. Sease
presiding was that Of the State vs. NJ
%. Punches, for assault and battery
of a. high and aggravated nature. A
verdict Of guilty Of simple assault
was. returned in1the case and the de-
sendant was recommended to mercy
of the court. A fine OF SIS was plac-
ed or serve a:.termNof 80 days. The
fine was paid. This was the only
case tiled on Monday as the largest
part Of the day was taken UP in or
ganizing the court, finding of true
bills end memorial service in honor
of the late Charles Glover Dantzler,
Judge of the first judicial district.
Tuesdays work Of the court was
featured with pleas of guilty. as six
were offered. Will Davis, larceny
OF bycicle, pleaded guilty, and was
fined 81 and sentenced to serve a
period Of one year upon the public
works Of Orangeburg county.
William Beatty, alias Andrew Bea.-
ty, pleaded guilty to the charge of
assault and battery with intent to
Kill and the carrying Of concealed
weapons: He was sentenced to serve
a term Of two years upon the Or
angeburg county chain gang or a
like period in the State penitentiary
Berry Williams pleaded guilty to
having committed an assault and
battery with intent to kill. He was
fined s25 or serve term of 80 days
npon the public works Of this coun.
h. y -:
John Corley pleaded guilty to
breaking into the store of NJ. T. Silly
with intent to steal. Corley was
sentenced to serve period of two
years upon the county chaingang or
State penitentiary. This is the third
conviction recorded against Corley.
Napoleon Jackson pleaded guilty
to larceny of livestock and was fined
one dollar and sentenced to serve q
year upon the Orangeburg county
chain gang. g.
Abram Hibler pleaded guilty to as
gault and battery >2h intent to kill,
He was fined so or serve 80 days
upon the chaingang.
A.. G. Warn, Of: Branchville, was
acquitted upon a charge of violation
OF the whiskey law.
at the time, Of this report the
Court is engaged in the trial of
Henry Spires and w. N. Carter,
charged with the murder Of James
a. Reed. The petit jury was ex-
hausted in the empanelling of the
Jury for the case and an extra ven
ire. was summoned. a5a,g..5
True bills hay> been found in the
following cases which are before the
court for trial: Moses Isaacs, MUIR
der: Shaw Mack, murder; Hender-
son Shuler, grand larceny; John
Smith, assault and battery with In
tent to kill; Paul McMichael, dispos-
ing Of property under lein; Y. Good
win, John Goodwin, John Ellis, Ida
Evans, assault and battery with in
tent to kill and carrying concealed
weapons; John Warn, violating the
.dispensary law.
The following grand jurors have
been drawn to serve during the year
1911 from the old grand jury: j. w.
Smoak, the present foreman, H. H.
Cutler, S. H. Crum, NJ. B. Horger,
L. @. Dantzler ard W. B. Way.
Franklin Re-sentenced.
Pink Franklin, the negro who kill
ed Henry e. Valentine, sonstable
in this county, and whose case has
become Of national interest, was re-
sentenced on Tuesday morning by
Judge Thos. S. Sease, to be hanged
by his neck until dead between the
hours Of II in the fore noon and
four o'clock p. m., on Friday, Dec
ember 23rd. The case of Pink Fran
kiln has been appealed to the su-
preme court Of this state and to the
supreme court of the United States
upon constitutional questions, both
courts affirming the circuit court that
convicted Franklin and remanding
him back to the original court for
enforcement of judgment
Jacob Moorer and John Adams, of
Manning the negro attorneys for
Franklin, made earnest pleas for a
new trial before Judge Sease Tues
day morning. The motion for the
new trial was upon the record aud
minutes Of the trial court and upon
after discovered evidence. Moorer
introduced an affidavit Of Tony Jer-
ry, negro witness for the State in
the original trial, who In the affida-
Wit stated that he gave untruthful
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