Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-11-12
OTHER MATTERS IN COURT.
of the First Week Con-
tinued-The. Common Pleas.


posed of in the Court OF General
Sessions since we went to press last
Wednesday morning:
The case of the State VS.. c.. G..
ThraSher, charged with disposing of
property under mortgage, was given
TO the jury last Wednesday morning,
and the jury was deliberating over
the case when The Courier went to
press. Verdict: Guilty. Sentence:
That the defendant be confined upon
the public works of Oconee for a pc
riod of 20 days, at hard labor, or a
like period in the State penitentiary,
or pay fine Of $40. Sentence sus-
pended until the second Monday in
March, 1914.
The State vs.. Bub Ligon-murder.
Guilty with recommendation to
mercy. Sentence: That the defend
ant be confined upon the public
works OF Oconee county FOR the nc
riod of his natural life, or a like pc
riod in the State penitentiary, at
hard labor. Motion for new trial re-
fused. Notice Of appeal given.
The State VS.. Napoleon Johnson
violation Of dispensary law. Plead
guilty. Sentence: That the defend
ant be confined upon the public
a period of one year, or pay a fine of
$500. On the payment Of $50 the
balance of sentence was suspended
during good behavior
The State VS.. Will Weston-mur-
der. Guilty of manslaughter. Sen
tence: That the defendant be con-
fined upon the public works of Oco-
nee for period Of six years, at hard
labor, or q like period in the State
penitentiary.
The State VS.. Harrison Earle-vio-
latlon Of diSpensary law. Plead
guilty. Sentence That the defend
ant serve six months at hard labor
on the public works Of county or like
period in State penitentiary, or pay
fine of $500. On payment of $25
balance of sentence suspended dur
ing good behavior.
The State vs.. w. p. Hall and Jack
Hughs-grand larceny. Not guilty.
(The defendant, w. P. Hall, having
failed to appear for trial, and bench
warrant having been issued for his
arrest and the defendant having
been brought into court thereon, it
was ordered that w. p. Hall and his
surety, w. r. Harris, appear before
the next term Of Court for Oconee to
should not be estreated and iudg-
ment entered thereon for that sum.
A similar order was issued in the
case of Frank Morton, charged with
failure to support wife and child, in
which case a mistrial resulted. w.
r. Harris is the surety, the amount
of bond being $1,000
The State VS.. w. r. Davis-assault
and battery with intent to kill. De-
fendant failed to appear for trial,
and 1T was ordered that the defend
ant and his surety, R. H. Boyd, ap-
| pear at The next term Of Court to
show cause why the bond of 5000
should not be estreated and iudg-
| ment entered thereon.
The State vs.. Geo. Tate-assault
and battery. (Action to recover
bondD. The bond of $500 was paid.
and the case dismissed upon the pay
ment of all costs.
The Grand Jury
| made it's final presentment last We'd
| nesday afternoon and that body was
dismissed from further attendance
upon this term Of Court The pre-
sentiment is as follows:
TO His Honor H. f. Rice, Presiding
Judge:
We herewith beg to submit our
| final presentment for the year 1918,
| as follows:
We have passed upon all bills Of
! indictment that have been handed us
by the Solicitor.
We have, by committee, visited the
county jail and county chain gang
and found these well kept and man
aged. We recommend that certain
! repairs be maue 10 the steel cage for
prisoners, which we have called to
| the attention Of the County Supervi-
| s0r
We would recommend that the al
lowance for dieting prisoners be in
creased from thirty to thirty-five
| cents per day because Of the increas-
ed high cost of living.
The chain gang is clean and we'll
kept, and it has done splendid work
on the public highways, which high
ways we find to be in very creditable
condition. In this connection we
wish to recommend that the office of
/ county Commissioner De abolished,
| and that all the duties now perform
ed by County Commissioners be de-
VolVed upon the County Supervisor,
whose salary, we recommend, shall
be increased to nine hundred dollars
per annum, and that the Foreman of
the Grand Jury and the Probate
Judge, with the County Supervisor,
constitute monthly auditing board
whose duty shall be to audit and pass
upon all the expenditures incurred
by the County Supervisor. These
changes to be made by the General
Assembly, to take effect at the be-
ginning of the fiscal year 1916
We find the other county offices
neatly and well kept, and all those
handling public funds are properly
accounting therefor.
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