The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-01-11
e INDICTMENTS So FAR
Grand Iury Near End Of Labors---
Clarence Temple Indicted for
Murder Of Geo. Oliver.
J.>E. SIMMONS TO Be TRIED
FOR ASSAULT ON OWN DAUGHTER
BrOOkhaven White Man and Woman
Indicted for Liquor Selling.

The court will take up the GRIM
inal docket next Monday. and will
be engaged thereon during all of
next week.
One of the most important GRIM
inal cases will be that of the State
VS.. j. E. Simmons, a prominent
white man of Pike county, who is
charged with raping his own four
teen-year-old daughter. This case
comes here for trial on a change of
venue from Pike county.
Clarence Temple, who killed
George Oliver, in Brookhaven, has
been indicted by the Grand Jury
and will be tried for murder at
this term.
Mrs. Laura Nevels, white, has
been indicted for unlawful retail
ing and her case is set for call next
Monday. In this connection it
may be stated that Mrs. NeyeIs, at
a former term, was acquitted by
jury on like charge.
Ludivico Di Gregorio, one of
the Italian residents of Brookhaven,
has been indicted for running a
blind tiger and will be tried next
week.
The Grand Jury yesterday after
noon made a report of 9 more in
dictments, making a total of %
returned to date.
1t is reported that the grand jury
will make report and possibly ad-
journ today, having about COM
pleted their labors. If this is not
done they will take recess for a
week or two and re-convene, sum-
mon and examine whatever witness
es deemed necessary at the time
and then receive their final dis
charge.
CASES DISPOSED OF.
Yves Tyrone sued the Illinois
Central Railroad for damages for
personal injuries alleged to have
been caused by the unexpected
backing of freight train into
switch and against a fiat car on
which plaintiff was engaged at
loading lumber, by which plaintiff |
was thrown to the ground and in
jured slightly. The plaintiff Sc
cured instructions to the jury for |
both actual and punitive damages,
but the jury returned verdict for
only $3.50.
Mrs. Sarah e. Coke VS.. N. H. |
McCaffrey. Non-suit entered.
Mrs. Susie Young. administrator,
ETC., sued the Illinois Central Rail-
road Co. for damages for the dea th
of her husband. w. E. Young. who
was killed during December, 1911,
in a freight train collision. at Nor
field, Young at the time being
fireman on one of the trains. Dur
ing the trial a compromise was
agreed upon by the attorneys rep
resenting the parties, and a judg-
ment accordingly entered in favor
of the plaintiff for $40, 900.
Clifford Lea VS.. N. Fl. McCaffrey. /
Non-suit entered.
The Grand Jury on Wednesday
returned fourteen true bills.
The court ordered that the 1908 /
list of educabIe children in the GUS
tody of the County Superintendent
be returned to the State Superin-
tendent of Education. At the last
term of court. after Judge Miller
had charged the jury to investigate
rumors about padding the educabIe /
lists in former years, the court OBJ
tanned this 1908 list for use by the |
court. In this connection it may
be here stated that the 1908 list of
educable children shows 12,258
children of school age in Lincoln
county outside of municipalities.
The list as first reported by the
county assessor in 1912 shows num-
ber Of children in the county, out
side of municipalities, to be 9058.
The list as revised by the assessor,
with the assistance of the County
Superintendent Of Education and
the county teachers. shows an addi-
tional list Of school children to the
number of 351, thus making the
total list, outside of municipalities,
amount to 9.4S6. The late addition
made by the assessor adds about
$675 more to the county fund.
d. G. Bramlet, Jr., VS.. Illinois
Central Railroad Co. ct al. Order |
removing case to Federal court.