The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-05-20
Negro Preacher
Being Tried On
Seduction Charge
MANY STALE CASES IN JUDGE
ARNOLD'S COURT ARE
DISPOSED OF.

With the gallery packed with negro
men and women, the case Of Joe Lewis,
negro preacher, under indictment
for alleged seduction of an eighteen
year-old girl, a member of his flock,
is now in progress in Circuit Court.
Tally & Mayson are assisting District
Attorney Hall and County Attorney
Hill In the prosecution, and Sullivan
C Conner are defending attorneys.
The appeal of C. F. Myers, adjudged
guilty in the court Of H. c. Greer on
the charge of malicious mischief in
shooting a bird dog owned by Earl
King, while King and H. S. Haggerty
we're hunting near Myers home, was
tried this morning and resulted in a
verdict of guilty. Myers was defend
ed by T. E. Cooper, and the state was
represented by County Attorney
Claude Hill, who secured the convic-
ton in the lower court. With the de-
sire to clear the docket of all stale
cases, where the witnesses were gone,
parties had served time on county
farm, or the state was convinced con-
viction could not be had, District At
torney Hall secured orders on the fol-
lowing cases:
Callie Moffett, forfeiture on bond
for 5000 made final against L. C. Craft,
Hamp Perry, Steve Pearce and Elias
Moffett; Sy Gardner, obstructing JUS
tice, mol pressed on recommendation
of district attorney; Will Mccarthy,
carrying concealed weapons, mol pros
sed on recommendation of district at
torney; Nettie Compton, vagrant, no
witnesses, case to files on request of
district attorney; Cecil Johnson, va
grant, to files on condition that defend
ant stay away from Hattiesburg;
Annie Craft, retailing, passed to files,
no witnesses; Sol Holbrook, sentence
suspended Elijah Currie and John
Barrett, violating Sabbath, passed to
files on payment of cost, on recon
mendation of district attorney Annie
Craft, retailing, passed to files on mo-
ton of district attorney on condition
that defendant remain out of Forrest
county; Minnie Morris, retailing, pas
sed to files on motion of district attor-
ney; Noah Shackleford, retailing, con-
tinued for term; Henry Sims, escape,
continued for term; Lewis Hammond,
bond to keep the peace, dismissed on
motion of district attorney; Dollie
Smith, retailing, passed to files on mo-
ton Of district attorney; Marie War.
wick, retailing, continued for the term;
Annie Reed, retailing, passed to files
on motion of district attorney; George
Beverly, retailing, passed to files or
motion Of district attorney; Eldrige
Lipscomb, gambling, mol pressed or
motion of district attorney; K. McIn
mis-, profanity, mol pressed on motion Of
ditrict attorney on payment of cost;
John Morgan, false pretense, continued
for the term by consent Angie Allen
petit larceny, passed to files on mo
ton of district attorney, witnesses alb
sent; Henderson Howard, false pre-
tense, defendants demurrer overruled
Will Mccartney, retailing, continued
for term; A. Dona continued for term
M. S. Calm, gambling, continued fo
the term; e. L. Summers, gambling
mol pressed on motion of district at
torney, defendant having been convict
ed and fined in the Justice of the Peace
court for the same offense; ]. r
LOOMS, failing to pay privilege tax
passed to files on motion of distric
attorney, defendant having paid priv
lege tax provided by law and cost O
court; Susie Redus, petit larceny, no
pressed on motion of district attorney
Jack Rarden, grand larceny, continued
for term; N. E. Felts, retailing, con
tinued for term; Billie Crawford, re
failing, continued for term; Otis Smith
retailing, continued for term Chas
Venice, retailing, continued for tern
on application of defendant, by con
sent.