The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1921-03-18
T'ULL REPORT ON !.
STEWART TRIAL
Motion For New Trial Is Made For
Turley Stewart; Was Given
Year In Prison.
(By STAFF Correspondent

The case of Turley Stewart of this
city, who was charged with stealing
en- automobile of Slayden Covington
of 2dayfield, Kentucky. on December
6, last, was tried in the Circuit Court
of Graves County. Kentucky, last
Friday and Saturday, March IL and
IL, and resulted in conviction of
young Stewart. he receiving a SEN
tence of one year in the penitentiary.
Under the law of !, that state this
sentence is the equivalent of nine
months as,three months are allowed
for good behavior. A motion for a
new trial is pending and 1t is un-
derstood the prospects of it being
granted are very bright but should it
be denied an appeal will be prayed
to the highest court of the state.
Stewart is a young man of only
twenty years of age and has always
conducted himself in a peaceable and
commendatory way, and this is the
first time that he has ever been
charged with any kind of misconduct.
He is a world war veteran, having
volunteered when only seventeen
years of age in the United States
Navy and received his honorable
discharge therefrom after almost two
years service, and after having been
dangerously wounded in submarine
attack when on duty off the coast
of Spain.
The facts as brought out on the
trial have caused much favorable talk
in his behalf, and the people of
both this city and Mayfield feel that
he was inveigled into the unfortunate
position through the ingenuity and
INSCRIPTIONS tactics of another party
who took advantage of him by get
ting him drunk and after placing the
stolen car in his hands left him
to suffer the penalty of the law. 1t
appeared on the trial that Stewart
had been engaged in hauling logs
at Mayfield prior to the time of the
alleged theft of the automobile, but
that he had taken his truck home,
and had gone back to Mayfield to get
his fathers car out of the garage
where 1t was being repaired. On his
way to sMayfield, he met fellow in
Paducah by the name of Tom Relish,
and whom he had slight acquaint-
ance with in Mayfield. Relish wanted
to borrow some money, but Stewart
told him that he needed all he had,
whereupon Kelsh asked him If he
would like to make some money, and
Stewart replied that he would, pro-
vided he could make it honestly
Relish told him that if he. would
drive his car to Memphis and bring
back load of whiskey for him
that he would give him 500. Stew
art told him that he had never had
anything to do with whiskey, and
did not want anything to do with it,
and could not accept the proposition.
Shortly thereafter they parted, Stew
art telling him that he was going
to Mayfield, and in fact going to the
station, buying a ticket and going to
Mayfield. Sometime after arriving in
Mayfield he ran across Kelsh, who
asked him If he was going to make
the trip for him and asking If his
car was fixed. Stewart replied that
he was satisfied that his car was not
fixed, but that even If it was, that
he could not 60 Stewart then went
to a picture show and came out with
a young friend of his and as they
were walking up the street, Relish
passed along in a car and spoke to
Stewart, and he spoke back. The
young man with Stewart recognized