The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-06-13
SEVERANCE REFUSED IN
BOOZER AND HIPP CASE
CASE is FIXED FOR TRIAL TUES
DAY MORNING.
Other Matters Before the General Ses
sions Court. Judge Ernest Gary
Presiding.

The summer term of the general
sessions court for NeWberry county
convened on Monday morning, Judge
Ernest Gary, OF Columbia, presiding,
and Solicitor R. A. Cooper at his ac-
customed place of duty. There were
number of cases on the docket
brought over from previous terms of
court, and several indictments we're
handed out by tie solicitor on Mon
day morning
jude Gary stated to tn: grant jury
that, as this was the second term Of
the year, and as they had been fully
charged at the preceding term, he
would not charge the magain as to
their general duties, but only hand
them the bills of Indictment
The intention of the solicitor was to
clear the Jail first, and at this, the
summer term, to take up only such
cases where the defendants were out
on bond in which the States interests
would suffer by continuance. This
custom has been generally observed
by the solicitor at the summer terms
of court, and its wisdom has been
shown. !-.s.; --'-
The case against Charles H. Counts,
of Pomaria, charged with violation Of
the dispensary law, in which there
was a. mistrial at the last term of
court, was continued.
In the case against H. H. Evans,
charged with accepting rebate, mol
pros was ordered by the court on
the grounds stated elsewhere in this
issue of The Herald and News.
Al. order was passed by the court to
have Nose Williams, colored, examin-
ed as to his sanity. 1t will be recall
ed that Williams killed his wife on
Mr.. John Harmon's place, in the lower
Broad river section of the county, re-
Gently.
Motion for Severance.
When the case of the State VS.. Sam
Boozer and Jno. G. Hipp, charged with
murder IN connection with the killing
of James-S. Gillian, was called, SoN-
citor Cooper announced that the State
would be ready for a trial at this
term. Col. George Johnstone, OF
counsel for Mr.. Hipp, gave notice OF
a motion for a severance, the effect OF
which, if granted, would be to give
separate trials to the two defendants.
Boozer, who has been in the State
penitentiary for safe-keeping, was
brought to Newberry by Sheriff Bu-
ford on Monday morning.
True Bills Returned.
The grand jury on Monday morning
returned the following true bills:
State VS.. Fact James, charged with
murder.
State VS.. JIM Workman, Eph Will
liams and Virge Williams, charged
with murder. This is the case arising
out of the recent killing of Henry
Baxter, colored, at Rocky Zion church.
Nose Williams Insane.
The commission of doctors appoint
ed to examine Nose Williams, charg-
ed with murder in the killing of his
wife. reported on Monday afternoon
that in their opinion Williams was in
sane, and was insane at the time OF
the killing of his wife. Under this
statement of the doctors, Williams will
be committed to the State Hospital for
the Insane.
No Severance in Hipp and BOozer Case
Judge Gary oyerruled the motion
| for a severance in the case OF the State
vs.. Sam Boozer and John G. Hipp
charged with murder in the killing Of
James S. Gillian by Boozer on Mr.
Hipp's Old Town plantation in thf
spring of this year. The motion was
made by Messrs. Johnstone & Cromer
representing Mr.. H[ipp. Solicitor
Cooper urged that the States testl
mony in the case would be practically
the same against both defendants, ane
that a severance would simply meal
the trying of one case twice. Mr
Hipp's attorneys urged that Mr.. Hipl
was a man who had stood we'll IN tn
community. and that it would be
humiliation to try him along Will
Boozer, unless the interests of justice
urgently demanded it. and they con
tended that this was not the case