The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-01-18
From The Daily Item, Jan. IA.

From The Daily Item, Jan. IA.
Yesterday afternoon the trial of the
cases against the Blind tigers were
continued at o'clock, the case against
Joe Hodge for selling liquor on two
counts being the first case called up.
Hodge plead not guilty and stated
that he had only gotten the whiskey
for someone else from someone else,
and that no money was paid to him
or by him for the whiskey. The evil
, dence showed that he had on two
occasions gone out and bought liquor
for persons, the person whom he got
II from being a colored woman by the
name Of Alice.
Alice claimed that she had never
had any whiskey except for her sick
sister and that she had never dealt
In whiskey at any time. This did not
keep the Recorder from giving Hodge
sentence of $50 or 80 days on the
first count and s25 or 20 days on the
second count.
! Isabelle Howard. alias Belle How
ard. was then called up to answer 20
the charge Of storing and selling Ii
quor, Belle Mas represented by Mr
, c. Capers Smi.h. who asked for ..
jury to try the case. This request was
complied with and the following
gentlemen were called In to sit as
jurymen: w. G. Stubbs, w. S
Jones. L. w. Folsom, Mitch Levi, c.
w. Smith and w. ID. Owens.
l.. A. Weich was the first witness
for the city. and he testified how he
had been in The habit Of gettine
whiskey from Bella whenever he de.
sired IL, and how he had gone to heI
house on the night Of the 18th OF
December at the request of Officer
McKagen who had first searched hi,
pockets to see that he had no whiskey
on his person at the time that ht
went to Bellas house. When he
reached the house he found Bella
stretched out on the bed. He asked
her to sell him pint of liquor, which
she did. the price Of the booze beins
75 cents He then took the whiskey
and carried 1T out to Mr.. McKager
who was waiting for him at the cor.
Il r
witness and tried to get off severa
pleasantries during the cross examin.
alton at the expense Of the defend
ants counsel.
Mr.. McKagen was called next anG
he testified that he had seen Walcf
go TO Bella's house and how he haG
waited for him outside while he go
the whiskey.
Sshort arguments were made by Mr.
Clifton for the city and Mr.. Smith
for the defendant.
Mr.. Smith In his argument asket
that the Recorder charge the jur.
that the law was that person to b'
guilty of storing whskey must b,
proved to have had whiskey at leas
two times.
Recorder Lee charged that in find
ing the defendant guilty of STORM,
the liquor IL must be shown that sh'
was in the habit Of keeping the whis
Key stored on her premises. Tn,
jury after being out for about hfteei
minutes brought I'm verdice OF guilt!
of selling whIskey. The verdict le
} Bella of on the charge of storing Ii
quor, but she was given a sentence o
500 or 80 days for the selling o
the whiskey.
The remainder OF the cases agains
the blind tigers were called I'm tn
Recorders court at 10 a. IN. thi
morning, the first one up being tha
of Reese James for selling the intox
icating fluid on four different occasions
7 James had already plead guilty yes
terday to the charge of storing whis
key. but he claimed To be innocent o
! the charge OF selling II.
Mr.. G. G.. Smith represented the de
fendant and Mr.. Clifton again appear
ed on behalf OF the city After tn
jury was draw Mr. Smith decided tha