The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-07-28
LIQUOR CASES LEAD;
MANY FOR ASSAULT
Majority of AL Cases Are For VIC
lation of the Prohibition
Laws.
}. D. TRIsBY NOT GUILTY
rs Witnesses in Trisby Case; r. r.
Sailing Guilty, Sentences
Not Yet Made.

The criminal docket of the Cobb
County Superior Court is rapidly be-
ing cleared up and the indications at
three o'clock Thursday afternoon
were to the effect that everything
would be disposed of in time to adj
journ Friday afternoon. All senten-
ces with the exception Of two or three
were reserved for announcement UNI
til late Thursday afternoon. By far
the majority Of cases disposed of so
far have dealt with violation of the
liquor law, adultery and ASSAULT
charges, One or two rape cases were
also brought up and disposed of.
The murder trial Of j. S. Peek, which
was perhaps the case of most wide
spread interest, and which was sched-
uled to come up Wednesday morning
was postponed until the September
term of superior court.
The three most important cases
tried from a standpoint of public
attendance were those of j. d. Fris-
by, charged with defamatory words;
P. F. Stallings, of near Austell, char
ged with attempted rape, and Carl
Ragsdale and Others, charged with
assault on an umpire at game of
baseball some time back at Powder
Springs The trial Of Douglass .Jen-
nings, negro caddy, charged with
the murder of another negro, Slide
Gober, had not come up Late Thurs
day afternoon.
The trial of J. d. Frisby required
rs witnesses and drew an unusually
packed audience, owing to the prom
inence of all parties concerned. The
jury returned verdict of not guilty,
The trial of p. F. Stallings, char
ged with assault and attempt to rape
drew considerable interest Wednes-
day afternoon. After long drawn
out trial the jury decided the defend
ant was guilty. Nearly all Of Thurs
day morning and part of Thursday
afternoon was occupied with the trial
of Carl Ragsdale and Others, charged
with assault upon an umpire in a
baseball game. An unusually large
number of people were involved and
these, together with long string of
witnesses, filled large part of the
court room.
A list of all the cases coming up
for trial during the week are as
follows: Beulah Barber, white, char
ged with adultery, fined $75; Grady
Rallston, colored, having liquor in
his possession, guilty; James, colored,
carrying pistol, sir months on gang;
May Oglesby, col, liquor charge,
guilty; John Fowler, white,i liquor
charge, guilty; Cicero Reeves, white,
liquor charge, guilty; G. H. Wills,
white, who runs a chicken house, sell
ling liquor, mistrial; Geo. Smith, ma
king whiskey, guilty; Will Smith, po-
sessng liquor, guilty; Dalton Elliot,
tornification, guilty; Charles Peree,
assault and battery, not guilty; Joe
Doss, liquor still in possession, guilty:
Walter Harris, possessing liquor,
guilty; Bige Williams, white, giving
whiskey to minor, not guilty: Maude
Berry, col, carrying pistol, guilty;
Wiley Battle, making whiskey, gull
ty; Joe Thompson, COL, attempt to
rape, not guilty; F. D. F'risby, white.
defamatory words, not guilty: p. F.
Staliings, white, attempt to rape,
guilty; Sid Allen, white, chicken
house proprietor, selling whiskey,
guilty; Will Smith, col, stealing
morse, guilty, sentenced to from 4
to z years.