The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-02-14
CASES IN CRIMINAL COURT.
Alien China Convicted of Murder
Other Cases Heard.

Grand Jury and a large number of
true bills returned. Several of the
defendants were arraigned and time
set for trial in murder cases.
Mary Alice Robinson was arraigned
and plead not guilty of murder, with
which she was charged, and the case
was set for trial on Wednesday.
Alma Washington was also arraign-
ed and plead not guilty on a charge
OF murder, the case being continued.
Nose Deas was arraigned on a
charge Of murder and plead not guilty.
Joe Doe (name unknown to Grand
Jury) and j. w. Bradley, murder, were
called, and Bradley plead not guilty.
AS he had no attorneys the Court ap-
pointed Messrs. A. S. Merrimon and
M. w. Seabrook to represent the de-
fendant.
The case Of Mama Wilson, charged
with murder, which was continued
over from the last term Of court, was
again continued.
Lambert Ford plead guilty upon
arraignment to the charge Of larceny
OF bicycle and received a sentence
OF one year in the reformatory for
colored youths at Lexington.
Ben Lewis plead guilty to larceny
tvn txr,O
ceived a sentence Of one year each
in the reformatory at Lexington, the
sentences to operate concurrently.
Lewis was a nine year old boy.
Jake Black plead guilty to the
charge of housebreaking and larceny
and received sentence Of eighteen
months. He broke into and robbed
the A. c. L. depot at Wedgefeld sew
eral weeks ago, stealing several arti-
cles from the Southern Express Com
pany.
William Smith was tried for the
larceny of bicycle and found guilty.
He stole q bicycle from another ne
gro boy at Mayesville the day before
Christmas and the wheel was found
in his possession a week later.
Robert Johnson plead guilty to
housebreaking and larceny and was
given sentence Of eighteen months.
Allen China, a negro about twenty
four years of age, was tried on the
charge of murder and found guilty
with recommendation to mercy. 1t
was alleged that he had brought on a
difficulty with another negro, Jake
Dargan, at Stateburg, at negro mar
riage and had shot the other negro.
The evidence was conflicting, some Of
the witnesses stating that China tried
to quiet Dargan. who was in a rage,
while others stated that he had first
cursed Dargan. All agreed that China
had run back some distance from
Dargan, who was trying to cut him
with a knife, before the fatal shots
were fired.
True bills returned were:
Allan China, murder, true bill.
Wesley Telfair, housebreaking and
larceny, true bill.
Jake Black. housebreaking and
larceny, true bill.
Lawrence Griffin, disposing of crop
under lien, true bill.
William Smith, larceny of bicycle,
true bill.
Edward Dickson, larceny of bicycle,
true bill.
Alma Washington, murder, true bill
Lambert Ford, larceny of bicycle,
true bill
Ben Lewis. larceny of bicycle, true
bill.
John Doe and j. w. Bradley, mur-
der true bill.
Nose Deas, murder, true bill.
Robert Johnson, house breaking
and larceny, true bill
Jake Black, housebreaking and lar
CeIly, true Dill.
The Court of General Sessions con-
tinues to make fair progress, sew
eral cases having been heard Tues
day afternoon and Wednesday morn
ing.
Wesley Telfair was tried for car
breaking and larceny and found
guilty, his sentence being three years
at hard labor.
Robert Johnson was tried for
houscbreaking and larceny and found
guilty, his sentence being one year on
the county gang.
William Smith was given eighteen
months when found guilty of the
charge of larceny of a bicycle.
Lawrence Griffin. disposing Of crop
under lien. not guilty.
Willie Brown plead not guilty tC
the charge of housebreaking and
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