The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-06-16
SESSIONS COURT
CONVENED MONDAY
MANY CASES OF IMPORTANCE
DISPOSED OF.-GRAND
JURY'S REPORT.

day morning ct 9 o'clock, with Judge
John S. Wilson of Manning, presiding.
A number of cases Of more or less
importance~were disposed Of. The
result in cases already concluded fol-
lows below:
In the case of the State VS.. Z. o.
Rodgers, charged with obstructing a
public highway the jury brought in a
verdict of not guilty. Attorneys for
the State were Solicitor Mcleod and
Mr.. A. C. Kinds; defendants attor-
neys Stoll & O'Bryan.
The State VS.. Robert Rush for dis
posing of property under lien, was
tried and a verdict of guilty rendered
by the jury. Solicitor Mcleod pros
secuted the case and Mr.. R. K. Wal
lace represented the defendant. The
defendant was sentenced to six months
on the chain gang or pay a fine of
$4,000.
John Flagler, charged with house
breaking and larceny, plead guilty
and was given a sentence of one year
by the court. The defendant was not
represented by attorney.
Robert Nesbit, also charged with
housebreaking and larceny plead gull
t. and was sentenced to two years.
Maria Crappo, charged with violat-
ing the prohibition law, plead guilty
and received a sentence Of three
months or pay fine of $4,000.
In the case of the State vs.. Buck
Sabb, charged with violating the pro-
hibition law, the defendant plead
guilty and was sentenced to foui
months on the chain gang OF pay a
fine of $4,000.
Alex Parsons, also charged with
violating the prohibition law, plead
guilty and was sentenced to four
months or pay fine of $4,000.
Conrad Jeffries, charged with max
ing whiskey in violation of the pro-
hibition law, plead guilty and was
sentenced to four months or pay fine
of $4,000.
Raymond Burrows and Sam Scott,
charged with violation of the prohibi-
tion law, plead guilty and each re-
ceived a sentence of five months on the
chain gang or pay fine of $4,000.
L. H. Jackson, charged with viola
ton of the prohibition law and illicit
trafficing in liquor, plead guilty to
both charges, and was sentenced to
three months or pay fine of $4,000
for each offense.
Sam Jones, charged with house
braking and larceny, was tried and
found guilty and given sentence OF
eighteen months en- the chain gang.
A. C. Hart, charged with grand lar
ceny, was tried and found not guilty.
The defendant was represented by Mr..
Leroy Lee, Esq.
Stephen Roundtree, charged with
murder, plead guilty to manslaugkter
and was sentenced by the court to
serve a sentence of two years on the
chain gang.
Zab Tucker, charged with house
breaking and larceny, was convicted
aad given a sentence of eighteen
months.
Orville Warmac, arraigned for
grand larceny, plead guilty to larceny
of automobile property of F. w.
Fairey). Sentenced to serve three
years.
Arthur Flagler, charged with house
breaking and larceny, plead guilty
and was given sentence of one year
by the court.
Hazard Whitfield, tried and convict
ed for violation of the prohibition
law, was given a sentence of one year
or pay a fine Of $4,000.
The trail of Tom Poston, charged
with the murder of j. H. Miller is in
progress as we 90 to press. The
jury has been selected and several
witnesses placed upon the stand. At
this time it is impossible for The
Record to give the details of the tria!
as far as it has progressed. The case
will probably extend over period of
several days, owing to the large num-
Der of witnesses scheduled to be
heard in the case. An effort to have
the case continued until the next term
O; general sessions court was made
by attorneys for the defense, contend
ing that several of tEeir important
witnesses were Enable to appear be-
cause of being confined to their beds on
account of illness The court, howev-
er, refused to grant the continuance,
and jury was picked snd the eNami-
nation of the witnesses begun.
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