The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-03-21
AGAIN FOUND
GUILTY OF MURDER.
Motion for a New Trial to Be Argued. Will Be
Appealed. The Lessons to be Drawn
from the Affair.

The case of state vs. A. P. Magness,
charged with the killing of Geo. Gillon
in this county Jan. %, 1912, was given
to the jury at Kosciusko, where it had
been carried On a change of venue, on
Thursday of last week and l n about
two hours a verdict of guilty as
charged" was returned, tho the jury did
not agree as to the punishment. This
means that Magness will be given a
life sentence in the state penitentiary,
unless the motion for a new trial which
is to be argued by Magness' attorneys
March %, prevails, a thing which is
hardly thought probable by those in a
position to know and who were present
during the progress of the trial. This
makes "a men who have heard the ties.
timony in this case and who have said
by their verdict that Magness was
guilty of murder 1t would appear
! that one familiar with all the circum-
stances Of the deplorable affair could
expect no other verdict other thar that
rendered. Magness has been defended
by able attorneys. Every resource
known to their astute minds has been
brought into play in behalf of their
client but in spite of it all a sentence
which means life in the state peniten-
tiary awaits a mar who vas three
times a sheriff of one of the best coun-
ties in the state, a man of marked fl
deity to his friends and of many com
mendable traits of character. VIVA
are some of the lessons from the wholt
affair They are these: Men should
sacredly regard the lives of their fel
low man; they should resort to tbs
courts to redress wrongs done by theil
fellows; violence of any kind SHOULD
receive the condemnation of ever.
good citizen; law is the arbiter befor
whom all disputes and issues should b.
adjusted! ''Of Law there can be NJ
less acknowledged than that her seat i
the bosom of God. Both angels an,
men and creatures of what kind soeve
admiring her as the mother of thei
peace and joy
Another lesson the public should no
fail to see in this affair and that is
Had the Gillons not gone out tina
morning on an unlawful mission, tho
minor one. there would have been n
starter of the tragedy, yet what the
did did not justify taking human life.
The sooner the curtain is drawn ovt
the whole affair the better for all il
terested persons. 1t is to be hoped tn;
there are none so hard-hearted as M
to deplore Magness' condition, a pla(
to which it appears his own act dell
erately executed has carried him, al
who do not sympathize with his di
tressed family. The widow and Il
mother of the dead man, too, are jus
ly objects of sympathizing hearts. b
looking the ever to be deplored affa
squarely in the face the question mi
be asked: Who is the worst off, Il
= dead man or the live one?
= There is no,.question that human Ii
= is too lightly regarded in this count.
and while one mar is on duty in Il
state penitentiary and the body of n
other is in the grave and his soul
eternity, the public should count t
cost and measure the results of su
occurrences. OF course, Magness' ca
will be appealed to the supreme coul
in the meantime he will either rema
in Jail here or at K~osciusko.