Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-07-11
END CRIMINAL COURT SESSION.
Common Pleas Work Taken Up After
Adjournment of Sessions Branch.

There was comparatively little bus
mess transacted IN the criminal
branch Of court after tho cases dis
posed of and reported in The Courier
OF last Wednesday. The case of the
State. vs.. jim Gillian, charged with
assault and battery with intent to
XIII. was In progress rs we went to
press, being held over tho July 4th
holiday for conclusion Thursday. The
jury returned verdict OF mot gull
ty' and the defendant was dismissed.
In addition to the true bills re-
ported last week the following Is n
list of additional true bills found:
The State vs. r. E. Smith-assault
and battery with intent to kill.
Paul Cox-assault and battery
with intent to kill.
Sam Keels-violation OF gallon-a-
month law
John constructing pub
lie highway.
Disposition Of Other Cases.
Leo Medlin and w. p. Mckee
transporting liquor. Continued by
Solicitor.
Robert NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Con-
tinued by Solicitor.
Sloan Whitner-assault and bat
guilty. Sentenced to serve on public
works Of Oconee at hard labor for a
period of nine months, or like period
In penitentiary, or pay fine OF 5000.
j. H. Butt-Violation Of dispen-
sary law. Defendant tried in his alb
sence and found guilty. Sealed SEN
tence left. A number Of witnesses
who had been subpoenaed to appear
for the State in this case failed to
come In to court, and bench warrants
were issued for them. These paries
were Lewis Harbert, Louis Jones and
j. G. Davis.
Sam Keels--violation Of gallon-a-
month law. Continued by Solicitor.
Louis Rogers and Luther Rogers
assault and battery with intent to
kill. Verdict: Guilty of simple as
sault and battery as to Louis Rogers,
who was sentenced to pay fine Of
500 or be confined at hard labor on
public works of Oconee for period
of 80 days or serve a like period in
penitentiary.
James Turner and William Barker
not arraigned. These are the two
men held In connection with the as
sault on Conductor Thos. Cox, who
is still In serious condition in q hos
pital in Atlanta. Upon statements by
Deputy Sheriff B. r. Moss and others
that the Oconee Jail is not safe
place to keep man OF Turner's re-
puted characteristics, Judge Prince
ordered that he be transferred to the
state penitentiary for safe keeping,
which was done, Turner being taken
down to the penitentiary on Friday
morning. Barker remains in the Oco-
nee jail.
Grand Jury Prescntmcnt.
State Of South Carolina,
County Of Oconee.
TO His Honor George e. Prince, Pre-
siding Judge in the Tenth Judi
cial Circuit:
We have passed upon all bills of in
dfctment handed us by the Solicitor.
We have, by committee, visited me
county jail and county poor farm, and
find the conditions Of both satisfac-
tory. The farm Is in excellent con-
dition, and the inmates we'll cared
for and contented.
We recommend that the three girl
children Of VIII Humphries, deceas-
ed, be carried to the county farm and
maintained there, as we are Informed
that they are without homes.
We recommend that water closets
be installed in the rooms Of the Judge
and the jurors in the court house.
We recommend that the authori-
ties Of the town of Walhalla enforce
the sanitation laws of said town, and
that they require the refuse from the
closets to be buried to q depth Of not
less than twelve inches.
We desire to thank Your Honor
and the other officers Of the court for
the courtesies extended us in the dis
charge Of our duties, and beg to be
excused from further attendance
upon this court.
Respectfully submitted,
w. l.. Thomas, Foreman.
Walhalla, s. c., July s, 1917.
In Common Pleas Court.
The first case called on the civil
side Of the court on Monday morning
was ore wherein the plaintiff asks
damages for injuries received by be-
ing run over by train at a crossing
in Walhalla. In the accident the
young boy lost leg. The title Of
the case is Julius Grant Harden, by
his guardian al Item, Ed. Harden,
plaintiff, vs.. the Blue Ridge Railway
Company defendants. julius Har-
den, a child of about 10 years Of age,
was, with number Of other children,
playing along the right-of-way OF the
Blue Ridge Railway at the Katherine
street crossing, where number OF
warehouses are located. A freight
engine was doing the regular shifting
work, and in some manner the Har-
den child, in running, lost his footing
and was run over by car, his leg
mangled in such manner as to neces-
state amputation between the knee
and thigh For, this injury $4,000
damage WAS asked The tnrx fun 4