Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-03-18
MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY: THOU CAN
MATTERS BEFORE THE COURT,
Only One Case Disposed of i'm Crimi-
nal Court Since Last Report.

nal Court Since LaSu Report.
The Courier's report OF Court pro-
ceedings up to last Wednesday morn
ing practically covered the work Of
the entire session OF the criminal
section, as one murder case occupied
the remainder Of the session from
! Wednesday morning. That case was
that OF the State Of South Carolina
against Lula Baldwin, charged with
murder. In this case the jury
and the defendant was released from
! custody.
Grand jury Presentment.
! State OF South Carolina,
County OF Oconee
TO His Honor John S. Wilson, Pre-
! siding Judge:
We have passed upon all bills of
Indictment that have been handed us
by the Solicitor.
We have, by committee, visited the
county home and find twelve white
and three colored inmates, who are
well cared for.
We examined and inspected the
jail as whole, and find it well kept,
nice and clean. We recommend
some repairs to be made to the She
rifs residence, and a good supply of
water to be furnished from said we'll
We have, by committee, visited,
examined and inspected the county
chain gang and find it in good order,
and prisoners well cared for. We
commend the Supervisor for the good
management and the care he has
taken of the prisoners, and the work
he is doing in the county.
We have appointed a committee to
examine all the county offices, which
will be reported at the next term of
Court.
We desire to thank your Honor and
the other officers Of the Court for the
| courtesies extended us in the per-
| formance Of our duties, and beg to
be excused from further attendance
upon this Court.
Respectfully submitted,
j. II. Barnett, Foreman.
March II, 1914.
On the Civil Side
Of the Court, which opened for the
transaction of business on Monday
) morning; only two~eases have gone
to juries so far, though there have
been several orders, not Of general
interest, passed by the Court.
The first jury case tried was that
of w. M. Brown and VIM. j. Strib-
ling, plaintiffs, against John J. Ran
kin and c. l.. Angel, defendants. This
was case Of disputed title to mules
under mortgage, the suit involving
two mules held by the defendant. J.
j. Rankin, under mortgage, and
which were sought to be recovered
by plaintiffs under mortgage held
by them. The verdict was: We find
for the defendant, j. j. Rankin.
The second case was that of w. NJ.
Brown, plaintiff, against The Enter
prise Bank of Walhalla. defendant,
being case similar to the first one
tried. The bank had foreclosed on
lot OF IL mules under mortgage,
one of which the plaintiff, w. M.
Brown, claimed by reason of q mort
gage held by him, in which the de-
scription was sufficient to identify
the mule in question The verdict
was: We find for the plaintiff the
sum of 1857.
Leona p. Howard, petitioner,
appellant, against II. f. Alexander
and w. r. Doyle, respondents. CAP
peal from findings and judgment Of
the Probate Court of Oconee.) Find
ings and Judgment of Probate Court
affirmed and appeal dismissed.
Judgment was entered up in the
case of Gladys Ramsay, by her guar
dian ad litem VIM. F. Austin, plain
tiff, against the knights Of Pythias
Insurance Department, defendant.
Judgment by default.) The entry
as made upon the court records is as
follows, in substance: Let the plain
tiff have judgment against the de-
fendant company in the sum Of S2,-
600, and costs.
The case of Roach, plaintiff,
against the Oconee Mutual Fire In
surance Company, defendants, is be-
ing tried this morning as we go to
press. it being. the first case called
to-day.