The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-13
JUDGE MILLER PINS
DOWN'ON BONDSMEN
Interesting Time at Court When
Criminal Docket Came Up
Monday.

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at this term OF court will mean
"goodby bond" This was made as
plain as red nose on a pale face
by Judge d. M. Miller Monday MORN
ing about three minutes after court
opened. The judge selected words OF
great clarity and much strength in
his notice to defendants, and defend
ants attorneys. that all forfeited
bonds would be forfeited in deed and
in truth, and the money or security
involved placed forever beyond the
pale of pathetic pleas OF pitiful pow
erty or prayerful promises of prompt
appearance at another time. And
the judge was equally concise in adj
monishing the defendants and wit
nesses to be present in person Tues
day morning when their names were
called, as he dismissed them Monday
morning to continue the hearing of
the case of Lawson Smith against the
City of Brookhaven.
The opening overture, after Judge
Miller spread wide the pages of the
criminal docket, concerned one Ru-
dolph Phillips. who according to the
information filed against him, had
turned the basement of his pressing
shop into a rendezvous for those af-
fiicted with a desire to take chance.
Rudolph was accused of conducting
a gambling game. Whether the
charge was for cuddling the cubes in
little session eof Ethiopian domi-
noes sometimes called Mississippi
marbles-or peddling the paste
boards for a peep at the hole-card,
xxoC 1nf rfN ma DrTG 10
shy as tin-horn house-man in a
sweetened pot. 1t was right then
and there that the judge gave off,
cial notice of what was going to hap
pen to all forfeited bonds.
The next call was for Sarah Nor
gan, but Sarah must have been de-
tained some place else, for she made
no more response than some folks
made to the baseball fund. Sarah was
charged with assault with deadly
weapon; size and nature of weapon
not given, nor name, sex or address
of victim divulged. 1t was ordered
that Sarah's bond be confiscated and
placed in the Golfers of the county.
Silence greeted the calling of ]. t.
Thompson, charged with false pre-
lenses, as was also the case of Chas.
w. Meadows and Lige Meadows.
The first to answer present was v.
w. Kimball, charged jointly with
Lena Baker, whi an alleged indul-
gence in Illicit love without the ben
eft of clergy, usually entered on the
docket as F. and A. If Lena was in
the court room her answer must have
been whispered, as no one near the
judicial bench heard it. AS Sheriff
Applewhite commenced to call wit
nesses in the Kimball-Baker case
Judge Miller instructed the clerk to
mark all those absent who did not
answer to their names. "And see to
it that they do not be allowed to
prove attendance" added the Judge.
The case of Jim Hodges, charged
with absenting himself from his
family without due information con-
cerning his point of destination or
date of returning, was held open for
the moment on the statement of the
sheriff that Jim was due to arrive on
number three.
There was some confusion con-
corning the exact status of Mrs. Wi
ley P. Foster, docketed as violator
OF the Volstead act. Some of the at
torneys opined that her bond was
ready for scire facias proceedings:
others seem to remember that a new
bond had been made at the last term
OF court; the judge seemed surpris-
ed that memo of the facts did not
appear with the charge, and ordered
that the records be brought out SO
that he could see just what had been
done.
When the case of Oscar Case.
charged with carrying a concealed
weapon, was called, his attorney ex-
planned his absence from the court
room by pointing out to Judge Miller
that some other cases against Case
had been postponed until Tuesday,
and that, in all probability and like
lihood the young man had been mis-
led into thinking that this particular
case had been included. and that he
need not appear until that time. The
judge very graciously accepted that
view and deferred action on the
bond.
Attorney Yawn addressed the
court regarding the absence of r.
F. and Lee Andrews, under peace
bonds, telling how the neighbors
round Johnston Station and poured
oil on the troubled waters and ap-
piled the soothing syrup to the
wounds, until peace and harmony had
been fully restored between the An
drews family and the family causing
the peace bonds to be recorded.
They are all mighty nice people,
your honor, and the differences be-
tween the families have been ami
cably adjusted and utterly forgot
ten," stated Attorney Yawn, "and it
has been arranged that the defend
ants will pay all costs accruing in
the case and the case be dismissed by
the plaintiffs" Judge Miller was
agreeable, but quickly added that
the case would be dismissed when the
costs had been paid in.
The bond of Luther Gibbs was de-
clared forfeited when he failed to
answer TO charge of having whis-
key in his possession.
y Joe Martin was charged with SELL
ing whiskey, and, as he was not
present to suggest anything else, his
bond was declared forfeited.
The case against Laney Brister
was very much like a famous oil
in i. He was charged with sell
ing whiskey. having whiskey in his
possession and giving whiskey to mi
nors.
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