Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-18
GENERAL SESSIONS,

angeburg, presiding, the April term of
the court of general sessions convened
yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, all of
the court officers being in their accus-
toned stations. The grand jury was
organized for the year with the elec-
ton Of w. I. Witherspoon Of Yorkville,
as foreman. There were twenty-five
prisoners to be brought from the jail
to the courthouse for trial, the largest
number Sheriff Quinn has had in his
keeping for a long while. The row OF
chairs lust within the railing that is
usually adequate to seat the prisoners
was not sufficient this time, however,
and it was necessary to establish a
second row. Albert Zimmerman,
charged jointly W tn Mrs. Effie Hug
gins for the allegel murder Of the wo-
mans husband, Pink Higgins, in York.
vile last November, was not brought
into court. Neither was Mrs. Huggins,
who is making her home at the poor
house, at present. The two will not be
tried at this term for the reason that
the alleged murderess Is an expectant
mother and the understanding Is that
| the state will insist upon trying the
two defendants Jointly.
Solicitor Henry stated yesterday
morning that he would not try any
cases where the defendants were out
| on bond and were under contract TO
work farms, provided that the alleged
offenses were committed after the de-
| fendant had made contracts for the
year.
A large number of defendants calcu-
lated yesterday morning that it would
be best for them to plead guilty and
ask de mercy OBJ de cot" evidenced
by the number of pleas submitted at
| the opening session.
James Davis pleaded guilty to lar
ceny and was sentenced to two years
on the chaingang.
Robert Helms, who pleaded guilty to
obtaining goods under false pretenses,
drew eighteen months on the reads
Milus Tate pleaded guilty to break
ing into land stealing goods from a
store conducted by G. w. Jennings, a
colored preacher Of Yorkville. He was
sentenced to one year.
Bolton Dunlap, Roy Steele and John
Hope pleaded guilty to housebreaking
| and larceny and each was sentenced to
| two years on the chaingang.
Fred Marshall pleaded guilty to vio-
lation of the prohibition law and was
sentenced to serve six months.
Temp Hicklin, alias Jim Moore, who
pleaded guilty to violation Of the pro-
hibition law, was sentenced to serve
four months on the roads.
Walter Reid, Fort Mill negro, plead
ed guilty to shooting a negro woman
cause she done me wrong" He got
six months on the chaingang.
Leonard Smith pleaded guilty to as
sault and battery of high and aggra-
yated nature. He got one year.
Sanders Linney and O'Dell Foster,
| negro boys of Rock Hill, pleaded gull
ty to the charge that they threw open
switch Of the Southern railway in
! Rock Hill on five different occasions.
They said they wanted to turn the en-
CINE over because the engineer had
"scooted" water on their cow. The
boys were sentenced to serve five years
each in the reformatory for colored
youths at Lexington. The sentence
evidently didn't worry them at all, be-
cause they were smiling and apparent
ly happy as they took their seats.
John Kelly, cOlored, was the first de-
fendant tried yesterday morning by
jury. He was charged with disposing
Of property under mortgage to j. F..
Carroll of Yorkville. A verdict Of not
guilty was returned.
Ike Sanders pleaded guilty yester-
day afternoon to using the horse and
buggy of q Bethel township man with
out the owners consent. Joe Banks
who was charged Jointly with Sanders
in the matter pleaded not guilty and
demanded a trial, acting as his own
lawyer. He was convicted and each
negro was sentenced to serve six
months on the chaingang.
w. A. Hunsucker, white of Catawba
township pleaded guilty to violation of
the prohibition law. He paid a $500
fine.
Will Carothers, charged jointly with
Andy Tate for forgery pleaded guilty
Both men are negroes living in the
Ramah section near A. NJ. McGilrs
store. 1t was charged thai they forged
the name of A. NJ. McGill to a check
drawn on the Peoples Bank and Trust
Company of Yorkville. The theory of
the state was that Tate uttered the
forgery and Carothers attempted to
have it cashcd. Tate demanded n trial
and was his own lawyer using Caro-
theirs as his principal witness. The
witness strove valiantly to lie for his
co defendant but all to no avail. The
jury returned a verdict Of guilty in
few minutes. Judge Bowman sentenced
CarotherS to serve three years on the
chaingang and Tate to serve two and
one-half years. Tate is said TO have
been in trouble before this sCrape on
account Of checks.