The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-07-03

o'""" jury 'iai dt any term III recent
years. After the reading of the pre-
sentiment. the members of the grand
jury were given their pay vouchers
and the jury was dismissed for this
term OF court.
Wednesday the case against Bos-
sic Ballard. Arthur Phillips and Luz
oius Bossard was completed. They
were being tried for house breaking
pnd larceny II being alleged that they
had entered the Southern Express
CON- 'ony office and stolen a quantity
OF whiskey and a pistol. Bessie Bal
lard plead guilty and verdict was
found to that effect against him. The
court directed verdict OF not guilty
as to Arthur Phillips. and a verdict of
not guilty was returned as to Lucius
Bossard.
The following pleas OF guilty were
entered and sentences imposed as
follows: Monk ]. McRea, plead guilty
to charge OF larceny OF live stock. a
hog OF William Naron, and was given
one year on the gang and a fine of
$500.
Eddie Washington plead guilty to
the charge of assault and battery
with intent to kill, accepted as assault
and battery of high and aggravated
nature, and was given three years in
the State reformatory at Lexington.
Edward Dickson, plead guilty to
larceny of bicycle. and was given
eighteen months on the gang.
Bessie Ballard was sentenced to
twenty months on the gang on plea
of guilty to charge of. house breaking
and larceny.
Herbert Smith plead guilty to lar
ceny Of live stock, horse belonging
to Solomon Kirby, and was given three
yeors on the gang.
Edward Keith plead guilty to vio-
lation Of dispensary law and was
given a sentence Of three months on
gang or fine OF 500.
The following bills were returned by
the grand jury on. Tuesday after
noon and Wednesday morning:
James Montgomery, failure to sup
port minor child, no bill.
Eugene Pinckney. assault and bat
tery with intent to kill, no bill.
Josh Johnson. transporting alcohol
ic liquors, true bill.
Sarah Muldrow. violatinn Of dispen-
sary law. true bill.
Chloe Brown. unlawful traffic in
seed cotton. true bill.
Herbert Smith, larceny of live stock,
true bill.
James Sanders. unlawful traffic In
seed cotton, true bill.
+ George Brown. breach of trust with
fraudulent intent, true bill.
III. l.. b. Wells. failure as magis-
trate to pay over fines. true bill.
Eddie Washington, assault and bat
terry with intens to kill, true bill.
Monk j. McRea. larceny of live
stock. true bill.
Sam Richardson. assault and bat
terry with intent to kill. true bill.
Sam Goodman. assault and battery
with intent to kill true bill.
Donald Mcleod, violation of fish
law. true.
John Keels. malicious mischief, true
bill.
Florence Atkinson. resisting an Of
ficer, and assault and battery, true
bill.
r.. w. Dabbs, assault and battery
with intent to kill, mol pressed on
motion of solicitor.
Marion Murray. violation Of fish
law. no bill.
silas Burgess. Jr.. seduction. true
bill.
Edward Keith. violation of dispen-
sary law. true bill.
Solomon Hampton. obtaining goods
by false pretense. true bill.
There Was an argument in court on
"Wednesday afternoon as to the time
for the Trippett case. but no time was
set. and the defendant has not vet
been arraigned.
John Keels. malicious mischief
was completed on Wednesday after
noon when the jury returned O verdict
OF guilty. Keels. with Sammy Bal
lard were alleged to have stolen the
car of l.. ID. Jennings from near the
Methodist church last March. Ballard
took "leg bail" and Keels has been
Kept In Jail since his arrest. Judge
Mauldin sentenced Kees to Is months
on the gang.
The case against Sam Goodman. as