Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-18

BcnnettSville, March 1G: Thomas Il.
McLaurin entered q plea If guilty to an
Indictment intended TO cover every pos
sible charge in connection with the fall-
urc uf the Mutual Savings bank ni Ben
nc,tsyille and the Benncttsvillc Ware
house company. Judge Bowman I'M
posed IL sentence of ten years and theh
signed the following order: THE de-
fcndant, Thomas Il. McLaurin, having
been alraigned upon indictment charg-
ing breach of trust, etc, ana nilF!nE
upon the advice Of his counsel. PLEADED
guilty to said indictment and having
hpcn duly sentenced by the court and
his said counsel MesSrs. y. ]. Rogers
and ]. *. Owens, having raised the
question Of the defendants sanity ana
legal responsibility by testimony Suttl-
cicnt To satisfy this court that the Gues-
tiun OF the defendants sanity should
be fully and thoroughly investigated
and inquired into, on motion OF the ue-
fcndants counsel, the solicitor consent
ing, it is hereby ordered, decreed ana
adiudgcd that q commission, consisting
of not less than four expert ana fepu-
table psychatristS, two OF whom snail
be designated by the defendants attnf-
ucvs and two by the solicitor oil tnis
circuit or by the attorney general OF the
state and in case they fail TO agree
then Il fifth shall be chosen by Inc l"uf'
is hereby created, appointed ana a.
rcctcd To inuuirc into the mental condl-
tion of the said defendant and as To
whether nr not he be legally responsible
for his acts, and, if said commission or
q majority thereof shall find that the
said defendant hc legally responsible
that upon the fling of their report with
The clerk of this court and the serving
of n certified copy thereof upon the su-
ucrintcudrnt Of the state penltcntiarS
and of the South Carolina state nos
Dital. respectively, or other proper Hu-
thnritics of said institutions that the
said defendant DC transferred IN lne
South Carolina hospital or some ihstl-
tutiun selected hy said psychatrlSts us
horcinaftar provided and there be con-
fined and treated until such llme us
he may be. a1judwcd by the SAID iSE-
chntrists to be rcStorerd 10 norlnililS
It is ordered further. That lhe si!iu
commission he and is hereby autholI"-
ed and empowered To take inc Saio uc-
rnnd,nt tu such places at such times as
,I,n,. dn.rn advisable for observation in
order TO reach their conclusions III lh@
,,rnn,isrs. 70 inquire into his mcnta'
condition at the present and 10 give
thai,. uniujon of his mental condition Ill
Tho time of the commission Of the va
rinIs orfcrscs charged in the indlctmr':t
during the year 1920; that upon the nj
inr of the findings of said commission
or a majnrity thereof, If the SAID COM m
mission should find that the Sald &c
rcndnnt. Thomas T. McLaurin, was lc-
.ally responsible for his acts us ciftrE-
I'd in the indictment. the sentence m
nosrd i'm this case shall be suspended
and set aside and the findings ol tiiiS
commission shall operate tn suspend
and nulliEy the sentence ana JuaslIen,,, II,
of This cnurv uE;l the defendant snail
tlIrrcupon be confined in some instltu-
lion for the treatment Of his mnladies
until in the judgment Of the said psy-
rhatrists herein appointed he shall he
restored to permanent normallty. MI
AIrl,nurin WAS taken to the nenltchil-
ary in Columbia, there to abide results
and examination provided in the above
i,rIni.