The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-16
WOULD DISCRIMINATE"
Him, SO WOULDN'T TELL
WITNESS SHOWS SIGNS OF
LAWYERS COACHING.
Reuben Williams Released Be-
cause Of Prosecutors Bad
Reputation.

Criminal court began It's June
grind Monday morning with Judge
s. ID. McReynolds present and pre-
siding and Atty Gen. George w.
Chamlee ready for the state and a
number OF criminal lawyers not
ready. of course. However, a num-
Der of cases were disposed of before
the noon hour. and as the result OF
the morning grind number of de-
PENDANTS found themselves in the
workhouse for the next several
months. The court. will be in ses-
sion throughout the week, docket
having been assigned for each day.
Rueben Williams, colored. was
turned loose by Judge McReynolds.
after a few witnesses, in the case
against him with having carnal
knowledge of female under age,
were heard. According to witnesses,
the prosecutor. Maggie Clark. col
ored had bad name in her neigh
borhood, and several of her own men
friends testified against her. One
witness, when asked IL he personally
knew that Maggie's reputation was
bad, stated that he did. and when
asked by the Judge how he knew, he
stated he could not say because that
would discriminate" him. Matte
had too much company and the case
against Reuben was dismissed. The
defendant was represented by w. A.
Schoolfield.
The case against Eugene Fletcher
was continued again until Fletcher
could settle for diamond ring which
he Is charged with taking from a young
lady and pawning. He has promised
to pay for 1t. but has so far failed and
the court gave him to understand this
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continued. Fletcher was represented
by Ford & Bryan.
c. A. Mathis and ]. w. Dyer had
some election whisky In East Lake the
day of the annexation election. which
cost Dyer $50 and the costs and Mathis
the costs. when they were arraigned
Monday morning In court. The agree
ment for the men to be let down light
was made by Gen. Chamlee and Judge
McReynolds allowed II to go, but plain
" expressed himself that the men were
guilty and ought to be made to serve
a sentence. They were arrested at the
voting place election day by Sheriff
Robert p. Bass, who found in their pos
session a five-gallon can of moonshine
whisky. The men were represented
by Ford & Bryan.
Wiley Haney was given thirty days
in the workhouse after he had pleaded
guilty of stealing a pair of shoes from
ing out of the store where he worked
with pair of shoes and when he was
stopped he became indignant and
wanted to fight. He offered to pay for
the shoes. but was not allowed to do so
and was arrested. Judge McReynolds
thought thirty days in the hot sun on
the county road would cause Haney to
have a change of heart. He was rep
resented by ]. c. Farris.
Clarence Johnson. coored. was
charged with carrying a pistol. but in
some manner and through some story
managed to convince the court he
meant no harm by having the pistol
and he was let down with the costs
He was represented by Squire J. w.
White.
Fred Watkins, colored. will spend
sixty days on the county roads for
stealing some dresses from his en-
ployers. Watkins attempted to estab-
lish an alibi but he could not get by
with 1t and was sent over the road. He
was represented by ]. r. Farris.
w. G. Blankenship pleaded guilty to
stealing some silverware from the grill
room at the Hotel Patten. where he
worked, and was given six months in
the workhouse.