Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1913-11-07
eIRcLI CURT DOINGS
Court ADJOURN Today After An
Active Session

which was being heard when the
Democrat went to press last week
resulted in a conviction. The
| Jury fixed the penalty at two years
in the penitentiary. Boyle was
charged with attempting to assault
a Mrs. Sydnor, in the Nineteenth
district, with intent to commit
rape. Boyle is regarded as a
half-witted kind of fellow, and
the jury let him down as light as
they felt they could under the cir
cumstances. His lawyer asked
for a new trial.
A case of much interest held the
attention of the court Thursday
and Friday forenoon of last week.
j. A. Hinkle and Frank Camp
bell, prominent citizens of the
Third district, were neighbors and
bad feelings arose between them
growing out of some trivial mat
ter. They met, had some hard
words, and finally engaged in a
personal combat. Campbell was
tried before magistrate j w. Cook,
fined and released. Mr. Hinkle
then had Campbell indicted in the
circuit court charging him with
making an assault with intent to
commit murder. The case cameu
for hearing Thursday morning. A
large number of witnesses from
the Third district we're in attend
ance, and the case was fought
hard by the attorneys Oh both
sides. The jury after being out a
reasonable length of time, return
ed a verdict against Campbell,
charging him with an assault, fix
ing his punishment at fifty dollar
fine. At this writing, it is thought
the case will be appealed.
George W. Parish, the Efficient
circuit court clerk, is making him
self wonderfully popular with ali
litigants and witnesses from the
various parts of the county. When
George sees that case is not go
ing to be heard that is calendared
for certain day, he telephones
interested parties, saving them of
an unnecessary trip to town. This
is a great accommodation to peo-
pie, one that the public very much
appreciates. The county never
had more accommodating and
painstaking official, and the man
that undertakes to defeat him for
reelection, if one could be found
to make such attempt, would have
an uphill and very lonesome job
of it. Even with Nj. Parish's eff
forts to accommodate those who
have to attend court, succeeding
as be does in keeping many away,
vet the crowds have been large
during most of the court.
The grandjury has returned in
dictments against Donnie Tubbs
and Will Chandler, charging them
with murder in the first degree,
1t will be remembered that some
time last summer while attending
an ice cream supper at Yuma, FL
bert Parish, son of Alfred Parish,
a prominent citizen of that town,
was shot down and killed. The
above parties were suspected of
the crime and placed under arrest.
In a preliminary trial Chandler
was released and Tubbs bound
over to the circuit court on bond
of S., 900. Tubhs gave bond and
was released from Jail and was at
liberty until the action of the
grandjury, when they were both
arrested and placed in Jail for
further action of the court.
The circuit court took up its
grind Monday morning and pro-
ceeded at once to the trial of Her
mon Vaughn on the charge Of
stealing two chickens from r. G.
Peeler who was the prosecutor in
the case. The value of the two
chickens was given at sixty cents.
A large number of men and wo-
mon mere hrnnnht here from the