Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1910-03-09
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNTY COURT,
Jennie Kerr Attempts TO .MutiIafe, Dsface
and Destroy Her Son-in-laW

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Engens Miller who was up in
the county court on Thursday,
charged with assault with deadly
weapon, was found guilty and had
judgmn~4 ~1spsnded upon pay
ment OF naif the cost,
Arthur Hobson, for failing to
list taxes. was given so days on
the roads.
Ernest Dean, a little 1O-year-.
old negro boy, was found guilty
soflarceny and had Judgment sus~
pended upon paymentIof half the
COST.
On Friday Jennie Kerr, wife of
Sam Kerr, a colored man whe
lives near Spencer, was charged
with assault with a deadly weap-
on. Sans son by former wife
insisted upon calling on his faith
er, who is very sick and not ex-
peoted to live, to make some az
rangeme nts about the disposltion
of his property, which not being
satisfactory to Jennie, she con-
Guiding that his visits were not
for her good, forbid him entering
tbs house. Upon her return from
neighoor's house, she found him
in the house IL conversation with
Sam and ordered him to leave,
Upon his failing to go, she went
out 80 the wood-pile, got an axe
and coming back into the room
struck him with it. The axe was
taken from her and she thon came
at him with q butcher knife,
which was also taken from her.
When she got the axe again, and,
after that was again taken from
her, she then got the knife. She
was found guilty and fneds $1,000
and cost, but gave notice of NJ
peal. ~
Lloyd Williams was fined 5000
and the cost for carrying conceal
ed weapons. Lloyd is a very
black one.armed negro and was ar
rested at Spencer. What he lack
ed in arm was made up in arma-
ment. When arrested he had 6.
large pistol on him and good,
big handful of cartridges, besides
a dozen or more keys Of differenb
kinds and sizes, one of them a
special key which unlocks any of
the caboosss on the Southern
/ Road 1ae wss evideutly y bad
character AID was fortunate to get
off 80 lightly.
The average Monday morning
crowd was present when courb
opened on Monday morning.
Andrew Johnson. charged with
being drunk and disorderly, was
pronounced guilty and was let OFF
for $500 and the cost. Cliff Har-
rison was not there to face the
same chsrge, and $500, which
he had put up for his appearance,
was ordered forfeited to tho
school fund.
8. K. Kelly was found S. 90
and the cost for beating rids on
a train, and, not being able to
pay, was locked up.
John Walker, colored, for us.
ing profane language at the pas
senger station, was fined $500 and
the cost.
J. G. Carter, a negro who John
Walker claimed he had bought
whisky from Oh February 18th
and who had reported it after he
was arrested for cussing him for
not getting him more whisky, was
given the benefit of the. doubt, af-
ter proving a good character, for
everything but card playing, and
was dismissed.
Georgia Harkey, q young negro
woman, tor appearing in public
place clad III nothing but.a gauze
vest, was charged with indecent
exposure, found guilty, and was
sent so the roads for so days. An
other case, wherein she plead
guilty to charge of assault,
judgment was suspended.
Arthur Freeman, COL, was le5
off with the cost for using profano
language and Dick Davis, COL.
paid the cost for simple ASSAULT
on Arthur Freeman and was let
CO.