Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-07-15
THE GENERAL SESSIONS.


THE GENERAL SESSIONS.
The summer term Of the court Of
general sessions convened in Yorkville
yesterday morning, his honor, Special
Judge Holman, presiding, Solicitor
Henry representing the state, and the
other court officers In their accustomed
places.
The following, drawn as petit jurors,
were excused by the presiding Judge
from further attendance upon this term
of court: ]. M. McFadden, M. Carlisle.
r. A. Barnette, w. B. Ardrey, ]. J..
Bales. s r.r.
Rev. j. L. Oates, whose name was
drawn as a juror to serve at this term
of the court, and which was mentioned
in The Enquirer some time ago, was
excused. J. 8. Brice, Esq, in behalf Of
Mr. Oates, said that while Mr.. Oates
was a minister Of the Gospel and
therefore exempt under the statutes, he
was perfectly willing to do his duty as
a man and a citizen and would gladly
serve II 1t was deemed necessary. The
court promptly excused Mr.. Oates.
Solicitor Henry announced to the
court that he would try only two case
where the defendants were out on bond
that of the State vs.. W. L. Jackson,
charged with incest, and Dennis
Wilkes, charged with selling whisky.
Owing to the fact that several jurors
had been excused, 1t was necessary to
draw venire from the five-mile box:
The following were drawn to serve at
this term: ..
c. j. Youngblood, w. L. Baber, ]. q.
Dickson, R. e. Montgomery, C. H. Kel-
ler, w. 8. Dickson, F. C. Riddle, q. ".
Templeton.
E. F. Jacobs, white, charged with as
sault with intent to ravish, was ar
raigned and plead not guilty. Jacobs
had no attorney and Judge Holman
appointed ]. A. Marion, Esq, Of the To-
cal bar, to defend the prisoner. The
case was continued until Wednesday
morning.
Mary Franklin, charged with riot,
entered plea Of guilty, and was SEN
fenced to pay fine of $35 or to serve
thirty days on the county chaingang.
She paid the fine. Mary's case was to
have come up at the last term of gen.
eral sessions court, she having been
mixed up with Lonnie Hall and l. e.
Bolin In general disturbance on the
plantation Of Mr.. JEFF d. Whitesides,
near Hickory Grove, which was men,
toned in The Enquirer at the time the
fracas occurred.
Fraser Sanders, q negro boy about 16
or II years old, plead guilty to forgery.
He was sentenced to spend three years
at the boys reformatory in Lexington
county.
H. c. Miller plead guilty to forgery.
Three years on the county works or in
the state penitentiary, was the SEN
tence of the court. 49,.
Malichi Ager, charged with murder,
plead not guilty. His case was con-
tinued until this morning. The case
against Ager is the only murder case
to come up at this session.
Will Rainey, charged with assault
and battery with intent to kill, was
convicted Of assault and battery Of a
high and aggravated nature. Six
months on the public works or fine Of
800, was the sentence imposed.
Fred Kelly, an Irishman, charged
with assault and battery with intent to
kill, plead not guilty. Kelly had no at
torney and conducted his own case.
court adjourned yesterday evening
o,,d Shio rr,ornfno raftfrnod uardfNf
of not guilty. The young Irishman
thanked the court and jury, and made
q hasty departure. much to the amuse-
menf of the audience.
ence. -
Rastus Swanger, an alleged forger,
was the next prisoner to be arraigned.
Not guilty, was Swanger's plea, and he
asked for continuance on the ground
that he had not had chance to Sc
cure any witnesses or an attorney. He
produced q newspaper article which
to be a recommendation OF
and he claimed that II he
were given a continuance he would be
able to produce witnesses who would
testify In his behalf. Judge Holman
asked Swanger several questions az to
the testimony Of his witnesses, and f.
nally ordered Sheriff Brown to wire
N. g., In order to try and
secure them. In the meantime the al
legged forger's case was continued.
There being no further cases ready
for trial, court adjourned until 8
o'clock this morning.
The case against Rastus Swanger
charged with forgery, was the first
called this morning, Judge Holman
oyerruling his motion for continuance.
The jury returned verdicts OF guilty
on three charges against Swanger, one
Of forgery and the other two being
charges Of obtaining goods under
false pretehses. He was sentenced to
serve four years for forgery, and one
year each on the other two counts.
E. F. Jacobs plead guilty to assault
with intent to ravish. He was SEN
fenced to pay q fine Of $3.50 or to serve
one year in the penitentiary.
Denis Wilkes was convicted Of SELL
ing whisky.
When The Enquirer went to press.
the court was engaged in the case OF
Malachi Ager, charged with murder.
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