The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-01-19
FOUND GUILTY
Darlington and Young Are Convicted 4
Breach of Trust With
FRAUDULENT INTENT
Case Grew Out OF the Famous
Seminole Securities Company,
Through Which Many People ia
This and Other States Lost .
Great Deal of Hard Cash.

Great Deal OF Hard Cash.
The Columbia State says John 7
Darlington and Jas. Stobo Youns
were Friday nigh: adjudsed guilty
on charge Of breach OF trust with
fraudulent intention.
This was the fourth count o: an
indictment that charged Conspiracy.
breach OF trust with fraudulent IN
tention Of stock, larceny OF sts:k.
breach Of trust with fraudulent IN
tention Of money and larceny O..
money"
The fourth count on which the
jury returned a verdict OF guilty al
leses breach Of trust Of money OF
the Seminole Securities Company
amounting 10 s55.59S.77.
The jury agreed upon verdict
about 10 o'clock, after spending
eight hours in the jury room. The
Judge, court officials and defendants
were summoned and the verdict wa3
read about II o'clock. The two de-
PENDANTS received the verdict with
out show ct surprise, and motion
for new trial was at once entered
by counsel for the defense.
The judge asked when this mo-
tom could be argued and attorneys
for the defense said they would like
to confer with their senior counsel
before arguing the motion. Judge
Prince then announced that the mo-
ton would be argued today. and re-
fused ne request Of the defense
that the bond given for the defend.
ants appearance during tie trial be
held good pending sentence. and
the two defendants were remanded
tc jail shortly after the verdict vas
read.
n the words Of the Indictment the
fourth count says:
THAT John Y. Darlington and
Jas. Stobo Young. late OF the eoun-
ty and State aforesaid. on the 18th
day OF January, Il the year Of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and
eight, with force and arms at Co
!umb;a court house. in the county
of Richland and n the State OF
South Carolina. S55.59S il money
lawful currency Of the United States.
and Of denomination and issue to
The jurors aforesaid unkonwn OF the
property Of Seminole Securities Com
pacy. corporation duly incorporat-
ed under the laws OF the State OF
South Carolina, then and there be-
ing found te!onious!y did steal. take
and carry away against the form OF
the statute IN such cases made and
provided and against the peace and
dignity Of the State"
The allegation in the count is that
John Y. Darlington. as president OF
the Seminole Securities Company.
used various amounts from the funds
agg-egating s55.596.77. The checks
signed for the various sums were
signed by ]. S. Young. When Chas.
n. Hiely. an expert accountant. made
an auditing Of the books OF the Sem
mole Securities Company he found
the various sums charged to Gar
l;ngton and called his attention to
II. Darlington then showed him
that ne held $4,000 shares Of Semi
noie Securities Company stock and
Hie!y charged the s5o.oe0 drawn
against this stock. leaving some s24.-
900. that the Seminole Company. ac-
cordins to audit. are still indebted
to Darlington. provided Darlington
really owned the stock.
The members OF the jury who rem
de.ed this verdict are: A. c. Kin
ard. foreman: Geo. B. Reeves. G. II.
Dickart. T. e. Shealey. J. S. Bowers.
J. II. Halthcock. E. ]. Vincent. 4
F. Bruins. Wade A. LaGrande. Chas.
Grinsley. D. T. Ready. w D. Jor-
dan.