The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-07
GRIST FROM THE LEGAL MILL
WHAT WAS DONE LAST WEEK OF
SUPERIOR COURT.
Many Cases for Various InfractiOns
OF the Law We're Disposed of.
Several 'Tigers'' Were Tried.

OF the Law We're Disposed of.
Several ''Tigers' Were Tried.
The last week of superior court
was one of the busiest and most in
teresting that has been held in.
long while.
The merchants who had slot ma
chimes in their places of business
and were indicted by the grand jury
for gambling all entered pleas Of
guilty and were fined $50 each ex-
cept in the case of partnership, when
each member of the firm was fined
$40. All of them stated that they
did not know it was violation of
the law to operate the machines, and
would "emove them from their places
Of business.
How the ''Tigers" Fared.
Seven cases in which the illegal
sale of whiskey was charged were
tried, and there were four convic-
tiOns and three acquittals as follows:
L. M. Murdoch, guilty, twelve months
or 1915 including costs; Cathrine
Mallory, guilty, IL months or $135;
Sam Cannon, six months or S75;
Claude Holland, guilty, IL months
in the changing; Walter Scott, ac-
Quilted; Marion Barton, acquitted;
Gus Carter, acquitted.
Mr.. Murdoch paid his fine Mon
day morning and was released from
jail, where he had been since SEN
tence was passed.
Claude Holland has made a mo-
ton for a new trial, and has been
released under an $500 bond
Other Verdicts and Sentences.
John Wesley Edwards, burglary,
II months; Will White, chicken
stealing, months; Marceller Hunt
er, assault with intent to murder,
/ years; Callie Pride, receiving goods
stolen from freight car, 10 months
on the state prison farm; Ben Little,
| bigamy, II months of $50; John
| Evans, stabbing and shooting, IS
months; Clarence Jackson, escaping
from changing, months; Theo
Morris, robbery, 4 years; Noah John
son, assault to murder, not guilty;
Henry Seay, burglarizing smoeke-
house, II months or 800.
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at farm with entire force digging
stumps, planting corn, ETC.; used 4
men and mules at farm all this
month. | traded off l mule named
Pet to Joe Stevens for mule we
call 'Lucius," and gave him 5 road
taxes difference. Feed bill for this
month was 800 bushels of corn, 81
600 bundles of fodder, ton of hay,
and 10 bushels of CORN for hogs. We
have SO hogs on hand.
March remarks: | have widened
and clayed 10 miles of road, machin-
ing it over 8 times. Have machined
3 5 miles of road; repaired 80 bridges
and put in 10 new bridges; laid 10
sewer pipe; hauled 10000 feet of
lumber from G. w. Bass; have had 4
cOnvicts and mules on farm this
month; cut cords of wood from
timber that was cut down in widen
ing road and sold to Edgar Todd at
50 per cord; patched 8 days with
men; have all corn planted. Feed
bill this month 215 bushels of corn,
100 bushels of oats, 1873 bales of hay,
and fed to hogs 8 bushels of corn.
April remarks:>~ Widened 61a
llllCS VI IOdu anu ClaySu SAME, MA
chined this over 5 times; machined
10 miles of road put in a fill at Ca
ney branch 800 yards long; built
bridge IS feet long; put in fill at
Jones creek 500 yards long; put in
2 bridges 80 feet wide and Is feet
long; the fill is 31a feet average;
spent l day north of Dawson with 8
hands; put in new bridges; did
bridge work on the extreme edge of
the county; put in 70 new bridges
over bitches; lost 1 mule this month,
fell dead in road; Have corn on farm
all plowed over twice; have had
mules and and men at farm all
this month. Feed bill for this month
was rs bushels of corn, $50 bushels
of oats, tons of corno, 100 bales
of hay, and fed to hogs II bushels
of corn.
We have 81 mules in good shape.
Have lost two mules this year. Har-
ness is in good order. We have
SOWS 9 gifts | male 10 shoatS and