The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1917-06-21
COURT TERM
ENDS TODAY
Two Penitentiary Sentences. Not
An Acquittal During
Term.


District Attorney ]. D. Thames,
County Attorney M. M. Satterfeld,
Steuographer Hiram Zadek, Sher
los. Davenport, and Clerk S.
ii. Baguell.
The following grand jury was
drawn and charged by the Judge in
the usual way
S. M. White, w. T. Kelley, w.
D. Irby, Oscar Dunnigan, /.
Zadek, E. T. Browder, Riley
Daniels, N. ]. Humphreys, H. F.
Barland, r. B. Houston, S. S.
Krauss, R. j. Norwood, Albert
Wallace, !. N. Taylor, R. H.
Magruder, H. H. CrisIer.
H. H. Crisler was appointed
foreman. w. G. Harrington was
appointed bailif. S. S. Krauss
aud E. T. Browder served as
clerks.
The following juries are serving
during the week
Jury No. w. E. DaughertY,
F. P. Powell, las. L. Bass, H. E.
HarreIl. ]. M. Magruder, Morgan
Hutchins, K. Lehman. ]. A.
Houston, II. D. Brownlee, Archie
Taylor, Lee Purvis, P. w. Hynum.
Jury No. IS. BagnelI, R. E.
TempIeton, M. D. Foster, Ed.
Dunning, F. E. Herring, c. H.
Phillips, ]. K. Hubbard, Lot
Harrell.
All of the state cases against J.
w. Clark were continued.
The case against Jack Brown,
dismissed upon payment of costs.
The same action was taken in
The case against Peter Roy.
In the matter of Sophie Watson
and Jesse Ward, charged with petit
lafceny, the first named was dis
missed, and Jesse Ward found
guilty.
Demurrer to the indictments
against Alf. Porter. Will Lewis,
and Eddie Banks, charged with
vagrancy, sustained and prisoners
discharged.
A noIIe pros. was entered in the
vagrancy charge against AL. Fox.
A nolle pros. was also entered
in the case against John CampbellI
and Hattie Ingram, charged with
unlawful cohabitation.
Emmet Hunter, charged with
burglary, plead guilty to petit lar
ceny, aud was sentenced to serve
90 days on the county farm and to
pay fine of 500.
Alex. Flowers, indicted for grand
larceny, for stealing horse from
T. M. Luster, plead guilty, and
was sentenced to serve three years
in the penitentiary.
S. L. Jones, a negro restaurant
keeper of HermanvilIe, was in
dicted on four separate counts for
cattle stealing. He was tried on
one indictment and found guilty,
and sentenced to serve five years in
the penitectiary.
John Rankin, colored, was in
dicted for violating age OF consent,
but before the case came to trial a
license was procured and be was
married to the girl by the judge,
and the case was dismissed.
P. II. TraxIer, charged with
selling on Sunday, pIacaed guilty
and sentence was suspended.
The suit of ]. l. Harrison
against H. NJ. Titche for damages
10 crop by stock, resulted 10 yer.
dict for plaintiff IN sum of S45.
conrt will end IT'S term this alter
noon. after a session OF only icut
days. There was not an acquital
during the term, though large
volume OF business was transacted
during The short time. Judge
Brien certainly saves the county
great deal of money BY rushing
the business before bis court.
The grand jury was discharged
at noon Wednesday. giving in the
following fnal report:
GRAND JURY REPORT.
We, The Grand Jury empanelec
by you to serve al the June. 1917
term OF the circuit court, of Clai
borne Countys Miss.s hereby SUB
nit our 6nal report and ask to b.
discharged.
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