The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1913-06-11


We asley, another whie boy, rented q
horse and buggy from Mr.. Robert l..
Miller, liveryman of Batesburg,
some months ago with the promise
that they would return in the after
noon. Instead of keeping their prom
| ise, however, the two drove out into
Saluda county from Batesburg and
from there, it is alleged, they drove
to Columbia where an effort was
made to dispose of the entire turnout.
They were Immediately taken into
custody by the Columbia police and
| were brought to Lexington next day,
where they have since been confined
in the county Jail, being unable to
furnish bond: Young Smith stated to
the court that he admitted his guilt,
but declared that it was unintentional,
that whiskey was the cause of it all.
Judge Rice deferred passing sentence.
| Solicitor Zimmerman entered q mol
pros as to James Weasley.
Will Gree. Batesburg negro, en-
tered a plea of guilty to the charge of
burglary and larceny and was SEN
fenced to serve period Of five years
at hard labor on the public works Of
Lexington county or like period in
| the State penitentiary. Green broke
| the lock on chicken coop of Mr.. NJ.
E. Rutland, of Batesburg, few days
ago and took therefrom a turkey COB
bier valued at abouo $500. Under the
plea the sentence would have been a
life term in the penitentiary, but
Solicitor Zimmerman stated that he
did not think the Stealing Of a turkey
gobbler warranted the severe punish
ment and a jury was drawn and in
structed by the Court to recommend
the mercy clause which enabled the
court to pass the minimum term-fve
years. Green is an old hand at the
game, and has served more than one
term on the chaiugang for minor
crimes.
The following true bills were return
ed by the grand jury: Sidney Taylor,
a negro, assault and battery with in
tent to kill; Arthur V. Lee, white,
murder; Astor Langford, negro, as
sault and battery with intent to kill;
Will Green, burglary and larceny {;
Arthur Fcgle, negro, taking and
using mule without the owners con.
sent; Walter Dick Keisler, a negro,
violation of disr rensary law; O. W.
Lee, white, obtaining goods under
false pretense; Willie Wise, a negro,
assault and battery with intent to kill;
Ben Lee, q negro, assault and battery
with intent to kill; Cleo Shull, white,
q young school boy, murder; Henry
Smith and James Weasley, white,
breach Ct trust; J. P. Cooper and
James Cooper, white, father and sea,
violation of the di.penssry law; Henry
Edwards, a negro, assault and battery
with intent to kill and carrying eoa-
cesled weapons; DR.. j. F. Gregg,
prscticing medicine unlawfully.
Solicitor Zimmerman entered mol
pros across the following indictments:
J. s. Rowell, breach of trust; John
CLANCY, breach of trust; Henry Wise,
obtaining goods under false pretense;
George Corley, negro, forgery; Geo.
Corley, a negro, house-breaking and
larceny; G. V. Boukpight, disposing
of crop, etc.; Sim Guess, assault and
battery with intent to kill; E.. W.
Proctor, forgery. -.
No bills were returned by the grand
jury in the case of Lester Blackwell,
young white man, charged with
having made an assault upon the per.
son of DR.. F. r. Geiger, of New Brook
land, some months ago, and in the
case of Robert James, indicted on a
charge of disposing of property under
mortgage.
BIG CASES GO ovFR TO NEXT TERM.
By motion of Hon. G. NJ. Efrd, lead
ing counsel for the accused, the case
of J. A. Blackwelder, of Newberry,
charged with violation of the State
banking laws while president of the
Bank of Chaplin, was continued to the
next term
The case of Levi Gunter, wh) is
charged with the murder of his
cousin, Lester Gunter, near Steadman
several months ago, has been continued
to the next term by mutual agreement.
The case of Grover Shull, the young
school boy, who is charged with hav-
ing killed his schpol-mate, Harvey
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