The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1922-06-29
COURT ADJOURNED
FRIDAY EVENING
Two Penitentiary Sentences, one for
Assault to Kill, Other for Bigamy.
Grand Jury Adjourned About Same
Time.

Circuit court completed its work
Friday night and adjourned, the grand
jury having submitted its final report
and adjourned in the afternoon.
There were only two penitentiarv
sentences, Sam Buggs, who murder
ously assaulted boy on the streets
q Fort Gibson several weeks ago. and
arthur Reed on charge Of bigamy
Both got two years.
FoHowlng are the cases disposed Of
since the last issue Of the Reveille:
sam Buggs, charged with assault
TO XIII, withdrew his plea Of not guilty
and plead guilty. He was sentenced
20 serve two years in the penitentiary.
/ The suit of Belhaven COLLEGE a
gainst a. w. Button, appeared az two
cases IN last weeks issue of the Rev
ellle. The case appeared twice on
the court minutes, different sums be-
ing given, and this caused the state
ment that judgment had been given
in two cases
Arthur Reed, charged with bigamy,
was found guilty and sentenced to
ser serve two years in the penitentiary.
Inc jury recommended him to the
mercy Of the court.
charge Of assault to kill and his bond
fixed at $500.
Boston Bates plead guilty to a
charge Of not keeping a record Of cat
pended
The suit Of Roselle Lawrence a.
gainst J. H. Barrett, invaloing the
ownership Of a COW, resulted in a mis- |
trial, the jury standing 6 to 6.
Inc grand jury report is as follows: |
To Honorable +. L. Brien, Judge of |
te 9th Judicial District:
We, the grand jury, beg leave to
report that pursuant to the charge de-
livered to us by your honor on the
tirst day Of the present term of this
honorable court, we have examined 81
witnesses, brought in II true bills.
ignored eight cases and referred one
case to the next grand jury.
We have made the usual examina-
tlon OF the county and district officers
books and find the county officers
books are neatly kept but of course
IN the limited time we had could not
examine them thoroughly.
We find in the Justice of the Peace
Dockets that there seems to be some
Improvement over the way that they
have been kept heretofore but we find
that some are not properly kept in
nat some judgments, names of wit
nesses, and costs are entered, also
that fines are sometimes not entered
after being imposed.
We examined the poor-house and
found the houses well kept and clean
and the inmates we'll fed and clothed.
We find there two insane persons who
should be sent to the asylum and one
inmate there who should be sent to
The hospital at once, as he needs such
at once.
We examined the jail and found it
we'll kept and sanitary. Find that
road machines and tractors of the
county are allowed to be left out in
he weather and are being ruined and
respectfully suggest that some steps
pc taken to care for them.
We beg to report that it was re- I
ported to the grand jury too late for I
his body to investigate it that some i
members of purchasing board Of the {
county are selling material to the {
.ounty and recommend that if such be I
he fact, that it be stopped. {
We have gone thoroughly in to the {
Dad questions and that there is much 8
'omplaint from many citizens Of the I
ounty that the roads are not worked I
ID to the plans and specifications and
hat some links are neglected and {
hat an injustice has been done to the y
AK payers but under the law as ex-
,lained to US we did not have the evil Il
Ience to proceed further. a
We now ask that you receive this
S our final report and finally dis
harge US. f
Respectfully submitted. this, the t
3rd day of June, A. D. 1922. Il
(Signed) J. P. MARTIN, Foreman. a
/. MACK JONES, Secretary.