The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-09-23
CRIMINAL COURT SESSION.
Several Cases Disposed of.-Present-
1nent of the Grand Jury.

| morning, WIN JuQge ). w. DeN ore
presiding. Solicitor Gunter and
Stenographer Brown were in their
places, and the court soon got down
to work. A number of cases have
been disposed of. The following
true bills were handed out by the
grand jury:
Henry Frederick, obtaining money
under false pretences.
Charlie Morris and Virgil Dykes
assault with intent to kill and carry,
ing concealed weapons.
William Smith, housebreaking and
larceny.
Julius Holman, larceny of bicy-
Gle.
Alonzo Staley, murder.
Charlie Aver, murder.
William Draper, murder.
Mayfeld Grayson, murder.
The first case tried was that of the
State versus Henry Frederick, indict-
ed for obtaining money under false
pretences. He was found guilty, and
sentenced to pay fine of $500 and
serve two months on the public
works, the balance of the sentence
being suspended during good be-
havior.
William Smith, charged with
HOUSEKEEPING and larceny, was next
tried and found guilty, the judge i'm
posing sentence of thirteen months
on the public works.
Robert Jones was found guilty on
two counts, pointing firearms and
carrying a concealed weapon. He
received a sentence of eighteen
months.
Luther Palmer plead guilty to
grand larceny and was sentenced to
serve ten months on the public
| works.
The case of Ben Sheppard, indict-
ed for murder, was next tried, and
resulted in verdict of not guilty.
Sheppard was tried last winter, and
a mistrial resulted. This case con-
sumed nearly day of the courts
attention.
julius Holman was found guilty
of the larceny of a, bicycle.
Grand Jury Presentment.
The grand jury made the following
presentment Tuesday morning:
To his honor, Judge ]. ". Devore:
We, the grand jury, submit our re-
port and recommendations as fol-
lows:
We have passed on all bills hand
ed us by the solicitor. We have visit
ed all of the public Offices and find
them neatly kept and all records in
apparently good condition. We COM
mend the jailer for the very neat and
clean condition in which we find the
jail and premises surrounding it.
The prisoners say they are we'll cared
for.
We learn with regret of the ILL
ness of our efficient superintendent
of education, who has always done
his work so faithfully and well, and
we recommend that he be given time
in which to file his report.
We recommend that two dozen
substantial chairs be bought for use
in the court house.
We recommend that open bitches
be left only on one side-of the public
highways except where the road bed
is thirty feet wide and that all high
ways be widened to thirty feet as
early as possible and that all bitches
on the road sides be drained where
it is practical.
We recommend that no blame be
attached to the supervisor for be-
ginning the erection of a barn on
rear of court house square and that
the same be moved and built in the
rear of jail, on a lot pointed out to
the supervisor and that the fence
on the west side of Jail be set IN
fifteen feet so the public barn may
be reached without going through
the jail yard.
We recommend that the supervisor
be instructed to buy the necessary
stock and secure the needed hands
to run a road drag and repair ROADS
continually over the county.
We recommend that no live STOCK
of any kind be allowed on court
house square and that the Civic
league of Bamberg be allowed to
beautify and ornament the court
house square in front and rear OF
court house.
We are pleased to report that the
county is out of debt and has more
than twenty-five thousand (s2o''
O00.O0) dollars to it's credit.
We have been Informed that some