The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-07-20
PROC e EDIlNGS
Of COuET
List IF Bits 4cted on 81
Ike Grt1ua Jury

state VS.. W. =. InOmaS, assault
with intent TO iavish.
State vs. c. G. Cooper, murder
State vs.. VIE an Thomas and
Thomas Singleton, murder.
State VS. James Williams, house
breaking and larceny.
State VS.. Ivory Williams, viola
ZION Of prohibition law.
State. VS.. George Lud, house
| breaking and larceny
State VS.. Cornelius James. grand
larceny
State vs.. John Henderson, house
/ breaking and larceny.
State VS.. May Vaughn. grand
larceny.
state VS.. Amaziah Prince. vio-
lation of prohibition law.
State VS. Theodore Jenkins. vio-
iation of check law.
No bin was returned in the fol-
lowing cases
State VS.. Pearl Anthony and
Joseph Anthony, grand larceny.
Eddie McRae. use OF mule with
out consent OF owner.
State VS.. James Brown, house
breaking and larceny.
State VS.. Ernest Ford. house
breaking and larceny, two cases.
State VS. Wilbur Powell, house
breaking and larceny.
State VS.. James Brown, house
breaking ard larceny.
State vs. Grant Williams, house
breaking and larceny.
State VS.. James ChreitZburg
and George Ladson, house-break-
n. a1G larceny.
State VS.. Belias Charles, vio-
lation of prohibition law.
State VS.. Henry Kennedy, vio-
lation OF prohibition law.
State VS.. J. F. Marlborough.
violation of prohibition law.
State VS.. Henry Rufus, viola
ton OF prohibition law.
State VS.. Martha. Smith and
Nero Wright, violation OF pro-
hibition law.
State VS.. Dallas Baker and Ed
die Wood. violation OF prohlbi-
ton law
State vs.. Rosa Wilder. grand
| larceny.
State VS.. Arthur Burgess.
grand larceny.
State VS.. Timothy Fraser, as
sault and battery with intent 10
kill
State VS.. Nero Wright, privily
stealing from person.
State VS.. Martha Smith, privily
stealing from person.
State VS.. James Davis, privily
stealing from person.
In the case OF the State vs..
Ivory China, indicted for viola
ton of the prohibition law the
jury returned verdict CT not
guilty Theodore Jenkins plead
guilty to charge Of violating the
check law and was sentenced to
is months. John Henderson
plead guilty to charge OF house
breaking and larceny and was
sentenced TO two Years. George
Ludd plead guilty TO charge OF
: house breaking and larceny and
was sentenced to two Years. Jas.
Williams plead guilty to a charge
OF house breaking and larceny and
was sentenced - one year. Mary
Vaughn. charged with grand
larceny was found guilty by the
jury. Sentence has not been
. passed.
Wedn esday morning Judge Viii
son sentenced May Aiicc Vaugh:;,
coolred. 10 4 months in the pen
i1eM1;ary The girl was convicted
nv jury o.: stealing $75 cash anG
q few articles OF jewe!ry from the
home OF NJ. james MuntalbaIo.
The girl had been Working in the
house for soule time and was
trus:e ed absolutely. The day the
theft was committed Mr. MQntal-
bano and family went Tor ride,
leaving the girl IN the house alone.
t The money and jewelry were left
lying on a dresser and the tenlpja-
ton proved 100 great for the girl.
The Jury recommended mercy III
her case. so the jadge made .;he
sentence as light as possible.
The TWO little negro boys. Wm.
Thomas and Thomas Singletary.
indicted Tor the murder Oh little
playmate we're, e,,tnrned loose be-
cause there R4s not enough evi-
fnehce to: try tile; CAGE, in the opi:-
!ion Of the soli&itort-r rThe 1.-TWO lit
tie boys. neither ones: Iof which,: IS:
over eleven yeals efd We're toia yjpg
ttogethea: witch. the :.Es1lel boy, that
was killed and, somehow they 60,
hold OF a gun and one OF them
shot their playmate Each one
swore that the Other committed
the crime and as there were no
eve witnesses the state had no
case
Ladson and Chrie,zburg. inGict-
! ed for rnOuSp-breuki.lg and larceny
were convicted and sentenced to
nine months on tie gang. The
negroes broke into Mr.. Hinson S
fowl house and stole eight chick
ems ad sold them to < negro
boarding house.
The case Of the state VS.. Hamp
Thomas for assault with attemDv
to ravish. the alleged victim being
negress. was ent to the jury late
/ in the morning and late Thurs
day afternoon no verdict had Jet
been reached.
In the case Of the state VS.. W. II.
Thomas TOR assault with intent to
ravish the jury after beng. ou, for
twenty-one hours returned a YER
dict OF not guilty.
! In the case OF Martha Smith and
Nero Wright, indicted for privily
stealing from the person the jury
returned a verdict. Of guilty after
being out less than an hour.
The two negroes, it seems, lived
| together in d house on West Lib
] erty street, and the night that the
crime was committed they had
! SjVan q dance and q great nanV
negroes had attended. Among
this number was Joe Haskins from
Bishopville, we'll to do negro who