The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-03-16
HEAVY DOCKET
FOR SPRING COURT
Many Liquor Cases TO be
Heard
BURDETTE CASE
STARTS TODAY
Spring Term Of General Sessions Court
Convened Monday with Judge w. ii.
Townsend Presiding. Burdette Case
to be Called This Morning.

Townsend Presiding. Burdette Case
to be Called This Morning.
The Court OF General Sessions CON
.vencd Monday morning with His
Honor, w. II. Townsend, Of Columbia.
presiding and the other court officers
IN their respective places. The great
er part Of the forenoon was taken up
In organizing, a delay being caused by
the necessity Of drawing grand juror
In place OF one who had moved from
the county. R. H. Wolff was drawn to
serve In his place Three petit jurors
were excused for cause and the follow
Ing drawn to serve in their places: J.
a. Lcaman, j. ]. Glenn and f. X. Tay-
lor. obcrt II. Roper was appointed
by the court as foreman OF the grand
jury. This being the first term of tho
new grand jury, the court set forth
their duties in very earnest and i'm
pressive manner
The grand jury completed it's wor.;
tuesday afternoon and after making
It's prcsentment to the court was dis
missed for the ttrm. With the excep-
ton of recommendation that the
supervisor and treasurer be authorized
and directed to borrow money in an
ticipation Of taxes, the presentmcnt
was merely a formal document as the
jury had just undertaken it's work.
Vrua RsIIu
The grand jury reported out the fol-
lowing true bills:
Violation of the Prohibition LAW. T
H. Holmes, p G. Kanelos, Vanve John
son, Jim Boiter. r. e. Cox, Rich Shell,
Box Minis, J. d. Pitts, William Gannt,
VIII Wilson, Martha Hill Ralph Aber-
crombie. Wayne Abercrombie, Booth
Abenrombie, Furman Abercrombio,
Fred Abercrombie. Pink Farmer Lizzie
Simpson, b. McIntire and S. A. Mills
For Murdcr-Dugan Long, Robert
Gilland, Claude Owings, Ludie Fuller.
For House Breaking and Larceny
Melvin Anderson and Dave Pulham.
Kill-Geo. Woody. Will Gan,brell, Gar
rett Phelps. Lidie Workman. Claude
Goodman, John Peterson, Conway
Todd. James Bccks. May Pitts, Yancy
QUITS and Furman Sullivan.
Forgery-IHing Morrow.
Burglary and Larceny-Tom john
son, Floyd QUITS.
Malicious Mischief-ancy and Nora
QUITS.
Obtaining Goods Under False Pre-
tcnsc-Sam Sullivan.
DispoGing Of Property Under Lien
B. II. Howard Abb Shell.
mo Bills" were found in tho follow
ing cases:
Edd Tucker, obtaining goods undor
false pretcnses.
A. d. Robertson, disposing of pre-.
Dcrty under lien.
Wayne Abcrcrombio and Wstcl
Workman, seduction.
The following entered pleas of gull
ty
S'''S i'osh, flOldtiOll Ol plOnlD Dl-
tion law, 6 months, 4 months suspend
ed during god behavior.
Geo. Woody. assault and battery; 3
months or $l25.
p. McIntire. violation OF prohibition
law; months. months suspended
during good behavior.
Lizzie Simpson, same sentence
King Morrow. forgery, two years.
I,idie Workman, assault and battery,
500 or 2 months.
Wister Davis, house breaking and
larceny; not sentenced.
The first case tried was that Of Mel
vim Anderson and Dave Putnam house
breaking and larceny, 1t ebing charged
that they entered store at Lanford
Station. They were found guilty, but
sentence has not been passed
Rosa Gray, colored, was acquitted
OF the murder OF her husband at Lydia
Mill last July. Self defense was her
plea.
Ernest Coleman was given $50 or
30 days for disorderly conduct on the
highways.
The court was engaged last night
with the case Of Caroline Leaman and