Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
CIRCUIT COURT.
No Case Of Great importance to be
Tried but Many Indictments for
Minor OffenSeS Found.

The February term Of circuit az
; journed Tuesday afternoon, after a seV
: en- days session. For a winter term
: was unusually busy, and In the vernaC
: ular Of the street there was "somethin
doing" all the time The civil cas-
that created the most interest, as mer
toned in last weeks paper, was tina
Of Mrs. Beattie Cockrell against H. L
Owens, which grew out Of automobil
accident that happened In the summe
of 1910, when Mr.. Owens auto eithe
ran into or frightened the horse driveI
by Mrs. Cockrell. who was thrown from
her buggy and injured. Damages il
the sum Of 800 was awarded The plain
tiff.
There was a strong sense Of uneasl
ness felt by a good portion of the pop
%ulation Of Macon who have red bloot
running In their veins, and are a leas
bit sp~ortively inclined, over the threat
Of the court and the grand jury to have
every one indicted who had either raf-
fled or taken a ''chance" in any goods,
merchandise or livestock, the court
holding that the party taking q
"chance" being equally as guilty OF
gambling as the party who had gotten
up the rattle. Exactly why the indict-
ments were not brought is not known
except that it was found that very few
IN Macon would csc ape. as during the
holidays just passed there were a large
number who ''gambled" mildly in TAX
ing a chance at turkey gobbler, a clock,
box of candy or a horse Even at the
church bazaar's the ladies' fancy work
articles we're occasionally ratified when
the article could not be disposed of
otherwise. So whether the court and
the grand jury were afraid to tackle a
proposition as big as the case promised
to be is a matter Of surmise. Anyway
the whole thing was dropped after the
chief offenders were given a little lee
ture on the awfulness Of ''rafling" or
indulging In any game of chance.
Two negro women, charged with kill
ing their children, particulars of which
have been published, were tried.
Georgia Ann Edmonds. of the Macedo-
MIA neighborhood. after the jury failed
to agree on her trial for murder, enter
ed a plea of guilty to Granddaughter up
on being arraigned the secoed time,
and was sentenced to the pen. for four
year.
When the Ease of Lou Ella Richards
was called she pleaded mot guilty"
and q special venire was drawn. Just
after the jury had been secured one of
the jurymen left the box and started
down stairs. The judge called him pack
and cautioned the bailiffs and jury about
keeping together, that where one went
all must go, etc. In a few minutes a
recess was taken, and when the jury
reassembled in the box only eleven men
were present, and it was found that
the twelfth man had been left behind
Che Judge Immediately discharged the
jufy-s md fined the two bailiffs and the
tardy Juror SIS each. The sheriff was
ordered to empanel another jury to try
the woman. but before it could be done
the defendant changed her plea to
guilty" and the judge sentenced her
as above stated.
The cases on the docket, which were
disposed Of two days of last week, and
not published in last weeks paper, and
the two days Of this week, are given
below
In the case of w B Cockrell, VS.. A c
FAINT, motion to transfer same to Chan
cherry court was oyerruled.
The State VS. w J Walker, Jr.. E H
Johnson and J w Wilkins, for forfei~
ture of bond. 1t was ordered that the
state do recover from the above $500
unless they appear at the next term of
this court and show cause to the con
trary.
Case against N B Cockrell mol prosed.
Case against John Haynes mol prosed.
John Ross, charged with retailing,
plead guilty and fined $50, Jail sentence
Of sixty days being suspended pending
good behavior.
win Robertson, charged with assault
and battery, plead guilty and was fined
$50 and 80 days in Jail.
c Cash. for acting as agent for
purchaser of liquor, was fined $50 and
given 80 days in Jail. Jail sentence was
held up pending good behavior.
M M Williams pleaded not guilty to
charge Of knowingly buying stoler
proderty; was remanded to custody Of
sheriff pending trial.
viii Dewing, for Icarrying concealed
weapons, vas fined $50 and sent to jail
for ten days.
Threefoot Bros. & Co. VS. J B Poin.
DEXTER, judgment by default was entered
for plaintiffs in the sum of $6S8. SO.
In the case of the State VS.. Lou Ellis
Richardson, changed her plea of moi
guilty to murder to guilty of manslau
ghter and was sent to the ~penitentiar,
for four years.
Joe Spann plead guilty to aiding ar,
assisting a buyer in the unlawful pur