Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-04-19

he imprisoned 30 DAYS in the county
Jail on a charge of contempt of court
in wifully eyading process of law, and
wilfully refusing to appear in court as
witness in the case Of the State VS.
Thos. McHenry, he having voluntarily
appeared as a witness before the grand
jury to secure the indictment in sale
case Ordered that he be summoned
at the next term of this court to show
cause why the penalty should not be
made final, and that he be arrested and
required to give bond in the sum Of
5000 to appear on the FIST day of the
next term Of this court.
Ordered that a subpoena issue for D.
W. LutZ, returnable to the next term,
requiring said Lutz to appear on the
first day of the next term as a witness
before the grand jury, the sheriff being
unable to subpoe IA him for the present
grand jury because Of his absence ffom
the state.
The State VS. Thos McHenry. This
cause coming on for hearing, the state
announcing not ready and the defendant
demanding trial Thereupon the district
attorney moved the court to permit
him to nolle pros the case which was
resisted by the defendant, he demand
ing trial and a jury and a verdict of
not guilty. The court thereupon heard
the arguments both pro and con. 1t
appearing from the indictment that the
alleged crime is now barred by the
statute of limitation. and it not being
desired to do the defendant an injustice
and it appearing that it would be use
less to hold the case in court any long
er, both the county attorney and the
district attorney moved the court 20
give the defendant jury and verdict
of not guilty. The court thereupon
considered that no jury being present
for the week this could not be done
without empannelling jury, but in
view of the recommendation mentioned
above, it is therefore ordered that the
following entry he made. eve, the
jury, find the defendant not guilty.
and is hereby ordered by the court and
the court doth order and adiudge that
defendant be given said verdict with
the full force and effect as if the iurv
were actually empannelled, and the de-
PENDANT is discharged and his bondsmen
released, and he is allowed to 90 forth
without delay This April II, 1918, in
open court.
GRAND JURY's REPORT.
To Hon. T. Carroll, fudge of the sixtcesth
Judicial District of Mississippi
Wo tr1,1v rrrr,,l /
the special April Tenn 1918. having
been in session for seven DAYS.
have returned into open court sixteen
bills of Indictment and have had
before US 122 witnesses, and some of
these have been before us two and
three times.
We have run to earth most of the ru-
mors that have come to our attention
and have returned bills in such cases as
we thought justified There are some
matters in which we have been unable
to indiCt, for the want of evidence, in |
which we think the law has been vio- |
lated, but have indicted only in such
cases as we thought could be sustained.
We thank your honor for your courte-
sizes to US, and regret that we could not
finish our work sooner.
We find that thu jail and county poor
house are in good shape and recommend /
that a fence be placed around the iaiI |
and house used by poor-house keep
er. The county books are in good shane
and all public money properly accounted |
for.
We dnsiro 70 tL,,,I. ~ t,.-4.