The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-11-06
SAYS HE WILL OFFER $500
REWARD FOR HIS APPRE-
HENSION
OTHER WARRANTS
Several Other Cases Stated for
Today-Some New Cases
Developing.
(From Thursdays Daily.

Having failed to appear for tria!
yesterday morning. Mr.. s.. W. Will
furd, bondsman for Louis Myers. de-
fendant In seven of the liquor cases
in the, recorders court. paid into the
city treasury OF the city of Anderson
the sum OF $500. Mr.. Wiiliford says
that he will offer a reward OF 500
for the apprehension nf Myers and
that he will do everything possible
to brin., him back to Anderson. So
far as the city is concerned these
cases have been settled and Mr.. VIII
liford can only took to Myers for the
recovery OF the amount Of the bond
paid out for him.
Myers was arrested on seven
charges. and the city attorney an
nounced yesterday that there are yet
several warrants against him which
have not been served. The idea OF
going ahead ard trying Myers even
after his bond has been paid is to
get the records complete now.
The Afternoon Session.
At the afternoon session of the re-
corder's court yesterday City Attor-
ney Sullivan announced that he had
dismissed one OF the four remaining
cases Of the city VS.. Louis r. Myers /:
thus leaving for trial onl::- three cases
all OF similar character and charg-
ing the defendant with keeping ard
maintaining a place in which alco-
holic liquors and beverages were re-
ceiyed and kept. for sale.
The case dismissed was the one in
tho warrant Of which the defendant
was charged. substantially. with keep
Ing place where people resorted for
the purpose OF drinking alcoholic in
toxicating liquors, wines or beers,
matted, brewed or of vinuous charac-
ter. Attorney Sullivan gave as his
reason for the dismissal of this case,
that lie did not wish to embarrass q
number of young men in the city who
had been in the habit OF resorting to
Myers club, by summoning them as
witnesses. This has been in line with
Mr., Sullivan's lenient desire TO be as
reasonable as possible with all. and
to make out the ctty's cases with
the least possible. embarrassment to
any persons who might consider go
ing into one of these places, a moral
wrong. sli.s b. J ( s7f
The three remaining cases while in
effect were tried together were q: iii
reality 80 Iar, as the record will show,
tried separately and distinct. a. sep
arate record of each case being order
ed on each warrant. 3,a q, IS
Mr.. Dagnall denurred to the 1uris-
6iction OF the court In each of tho
three caseg. as he has previously
done. claiming that, w. H. Frierson,
Esq., and not Hon. ID. G. Russell. is
the proper qualified recorder; he al
so interposed pleas OF former ieo-
pardy as heretofore. except that he
made his plea stronger than he has
heretofore done, since he claims that
|tt takes a continuity of offenses In
order to create the legal crime of
nuisance, that befn,, an essential In
gredient Of the crime ct keeping 3
place where liquors are stored etc. !:
ih other words that there would have
to be series ti { 0.sss::: G0.ss:ss:::sscs IN nrd or to
constitute the cfime.s and :. that being
SO that all OF tho. .offenses 80 con sti-
tuting the crime would be but ID ain
gle offense. ALI of the various acts
being merged into the one legal
crime. He challenged the, city attor--
ney to produce a single ease In com
trovertion of this, and the city attor-
ney accepted tho chal allenge and cited
a case to the court wherein "a SINH
lar state OF facts had existed with
regard to q doctor practicing his. pro-
fession In this State under similar
circumstances, and IN which case the
supreme court held that more than
ono crime had been committed even
though the periods OF the two crimes
overlapped each other. ~ :sSS
Tie court oyerrhled Mr. Dagnaii's
contention, and the cases went II to