The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-05-08
LOUIS SMITH
GETS I YEARS
WHITE BOY CONVICTED OF AS.
sAULT WITH INTENT TO
KILL GOES TO PEN.

tOr a large NUMBER OF law VlOlaCOrS,
both white and black. this was "judg-
ment day" in the Circuit Court, when
Judge Johnson called those who had
been convicted before the bar and
pronounced sentence and assessed
fines against the culprits and added
a few words of admonition and advise
in number of cases. The following
sentences were pronounced:
Lige Maddox, colored, retailing, sus-
pended sentence during good behavior
Lige had previously spent a term in
the city Jail and manifested a desire
to do right in the future.
viii DAIMLER, colored, on a similar
conviction, was given his liberty until
the next term of court upon giving a
pledge of $500 to appear at that time
and give an account of himself
Carrie Moffet. negro woman, retail
ing, fined $500 and cost.
Noah Shackleford, negro, retailing,
fined $50 and cost upon the recon-
mendation of the City that the fine
be light. The Judge stated that but
for the recommendation he would
have given the maximum fine.
Sina Holloman, negro woman, re-
failing. fined $500 and costs and given
60 days in jail.
Rosa Pedaree, negro woman, retail
ing, fined 800, given 20 days in jail
and placed under a $1,000 bond to
keep the peace. Rosa is familiar fig
ure In the courts.
Dolly Smith, negro woman, retailing,
sentence suspended. She is now a
prisoner at the city Jail.
F. V. Wall, white, false pretenses,
forfeited his bond for 500, fined $50
and sentenced to 20 days in Jail.
Robert Davis, young white man,
convicted of obtaining money under
false pretenses by passing a bogus
check for $40, said he had nothing to
say. He was fined $500 and sentenced
to 80 days in jail.
Red Berry, white boy, convicted Of
embezzling a coat from a negro, was
fined $50 and given 20 days. The
Judge stated that it was a small mat
ter, but the worst part of it was the
practice of white men gambling with
negroes,
Abraham Curry, an Assyrian, con-
victed of disturbing the peace, fined
$50 and cost He had appealed from
a $25 fine in the magistrates court.
Louis Smith, the white boy con-
victed of striking city detective Cope
land with a bottle few weeks ago,
was sentenced to seven years in the
pen. Judge johnson stated that the
Smith boy had been given numerous
chances to reform, but that he seemed
to be beyond saving. The Judge said
that he was satisfied that Smith was
paid for knocking the detective in the
head.
; Robert Hershey and Joseph Barnes
negroes, were each given a sentence
of seven years in the penitentiary.
Kinney Huffman, alias Chicken
the negro who was convicted of bur
glarizing the Jones Tailoring Com
panv and who had various adventures
with the police of this city and Jack
son, was sentenced to ten years in the
state prison.
Carrie owens, negro woman, finet
$500 and sentenced to 60 days in eacl
y Of two cases of retailing. She wa'
also placed under a 1000 bond t.
keep the peace for two years.
Detella Anderson, negro woman, re
failing, fined $500 and costs, and sen
fenced to 80 days.
Gene Gum, negro woman, convicted
: of retailing, was granted suspende'
v sentence. She was technically guilty
j. but it was not shown that she habitual
y ly conducted a blind tiger"
e F. C. Cox was granted a new trial.
!. A. e. Smith, convicted of subornin
J. witnesses, was granted a new trial.
y Jack Rodgers, for assault and bal
?. terry, was fined $500 and sentenced t
5. 80 days in jail.