Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-12
EDNEsDAY, MARCH 1a, 1918.
COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS.
Mistrial in Grier Murder Case-Seve.
raj Minor Indictments Disposed OF.

E The Court of General Sessions for
0conee county convened at Walhalla
Monday morning, Judge Shipp pre-
siding. Solicitor Bonham and Ste
nographer Smith were in their accus-
toned places.
i The grand jury organized by elect
Ing G. r. d. Burns as foreman. 1t
was found that one member OF the
grand jury, George Taylor, had left
the county. An order was issued for
drawing an additional juror, and w.
G. Finkenstadt, of Walhalla, was
drawn in his stead.
q Two members Of petit panel fail
ed to respond, but it was decided to
so ahead and transact the business of
the session with only "a members of
The petit panel.
True Bills by Grand Jury.
y VIII Smith, murder.
X Elmer Durham, murder.
Green Thompson, murder.
Ss IL. E. Moore assault and battery
With intent to kill
81 j. II. Haynes, violation Of dispen-
sary law.
Ossie Carter, assault and battery
with intent to kill.
Gus Smith, violation Of disDensary
law.
Norman Morgan, larceny.
"No Bills" by Grand Jury.
John Duckett, assav and battery
With intent to kill.
@. f, Cobb, disposivs, Of property
under lien.
will Cooper, disposing of property
under lien.
B. A. Dickerson, forgery.
Cases Tried and Settled.
Mary Keels and Sam Keels, as
sault and battery Argument by
counsel for dismissing appeal. Or
der taken.
Noe Childs, violation of dispensary
law. Mol pressed.
Green Wright and Rosa Wright,
violation Of dispensary law. Mol
pressed
Nv. A. Gray, violation of dispen-
sarSs law. Mol pressed.
John Walker, violation of dispen-
saGy law. Ended. &
81 Ed. Simpson, practicing medicine
witllout license. icfidad - ss e < q
AZ. Wffiiams, obtaining goods
under false pretense and selling
property under mortgage. Ended.
George Edwards, malicious tres
pass. Ended.
Miles .s,ldis, assault and battery
with intent to kill. Settled on pay
ment of costs.
Elmer Durham, murder Tried
and found not guilty.
Pat Mckee and Goss Cheek, as
sault and battery with intent to kill
1.-TWO cases.) Ended.
Shoat Parks and Elliott Preston,
housebreaking and larceny. Guilty.
Shoat recommended to mercy.
James Grier alias Son Grier, mur-
de" Mistrial. This is the second
time this case has been tried in court.
AT the first trial verdict of guilty
of manslaughter was found. New
trial granted, and the case came on
for trial at this term. The jury re-
mained out for about seven or eight
hours.
Riley Smith, malicious mischief.
Mol pressed
l.. e. Moore, assault and battery
with intent to kill. The trial OF this
case is in progress as we go TO press.
It is understood that the case
against Miles Smith, murder, will be
taken up to-day The Court has ap-
pointed M. r. Mcdonald as attorney
for the defendant
Almost Another Murder Case.
Last Sunday Sheriff John w. Da-
Wis lodged in Jail Will Weston, col
ored, whom he arrested on the Keo-
wee River farm OF Thos. r. Keith.
Weston was arrested pending devel-
opments in what came near being
the third murder case for Oconee
within two weeks Of the convening
of Court. Weston and another ne
gro, Babe" Bigby, well known in
this vicinity, became involved in
quarrel over plow points, the row
becoming so heated that Weston, it
is said, threatened to go to his home
for his gun, whereupon Bigby ac-
cording to the story as it came to the
Sheriff, dared Weston to get his gun
and shoot. Weston got the gun, re-
turned to where Bigby was, and in
the row that followed struck Bigby
on the head with the gun barrel,
crushing In the skull for about 2h
inches. Bigby was at once rushed to
the Anderson Hospital, where he was
given attention and his indented
skull was raised. Word from the
hospital yesterday was to the effect
that Bigby will likely recover. and
that he will probably be released
from the hospital Saturday, March
9th. Weston, however, will be held,
pending development, before the
exact nature of the charge to be pre-
ferred against him will be determin-
ed upon. Both negroes are about
40 to48 years Of age. Bigby is an
old Walhalla darkey.
Third Week Jurors.
This morning SO petit Jurors for
the third week of Court (beginnjng