The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-11-30
FAIRIES CONVICTED;
GETSELECTRICCH CHAIR
YORK COUNTY MONSTER SEN
TENCED TO DIE ON
DECEMBER 90.

fy at York Saturday of the mur-
Ter of Newton Taylor, 13-year-old
yboy, at Clover, S. c., was sentenced
! to die in the electric chair on De-
cember 20, sentence being pronounced
by Judge James E. Peurifoy at $3.50
o'clock, after he had overruled mo-
ton of counsel for the defense for
a new trial.
The case, counsel for FAIRIES an
nounced, will be appealed to the state
supreme court.
The trial of this case was begun
Friday morning and went to the jury
at 1:3s Saturday the verdict was
brought in.
The jury required only one ballot
in the reaching of the vefdict, and
the ballot, ID was announced. was not
taken until the jurors had prayed to
God for guidance in reaching their
decision.
At 3:21 o'clock the verdict was
read. FAIRIES; sitting handcuffed by
his attorneys, showed practically no
emotion. Solid and unperturbed, ne
had lounged in his chair through the
morning session, apparently forget
full of all happening about him. The
afternoon session was reconvened at
3 o'clock, recess having been taken
for dinner, and for 10 minutes FAIRIES
waited the return Of tha jury. AS
the time wore on he grew visibly
more nervous. The handouts appear
ed to worry him and he continuously
readjusted the steel bracelets, finger
ing them in seeming curiosity. He
heard the verdict read, however, with
out a tremor, merely turning his eyes
to the sheriff, who had approached
to remove the handouts.
Counsel for che defense immediate
yly gave notice Of intention to move for
a new trial, and at the request OF
Thomas F. Mellow, Judge Peurifoy
set S o'clock as the hour to hear the
motion. Another recess was taken,
and Faires, surrounded by number
of friends and some of his children,
was taken to a jury room to await
the reopening of the court. The mo-
ton for a new trial was denied, and
at 5:21 o'clock Judge Peurifoy order
ed FAIRIES to stand up to hear his
. sentence.
T have wondered" Judge Peurifoy
told the aged defendant, "f you could
retrace your steps if you would live
YOUR life any differently. Now, l
think, you have come to know what
it means to strike down and kill IN
anger, and possibly you could tell the
young folks of this city something
about the control of the passions.
But YOUR race is run. do not know
what YOUR intentions were in youth,
but if good intentions are not trans
lated into good actions they fall short
of value. You have taken the wrong
angle. You might have made friends
of these people, but instead you fed
the flames of anger. And as a re-
suit stand today, just as the sun is
sinking, almost in the very presence
of YOUR maker. Your attorneys may
get you a new trial, but my advice
to you is not to rely upon this hope
but now, without delay, to make
your preparations to meet your God.
Mr.. Mellow, in arguing for new
trial, based his prayer upon the two
grounds that a change OF venue
should have been allowed and that
n. w. Witherspoon should not have
been allowed 70 sit on the jury. MIR.
Witherspoon, on his voir dire, had
admitted that prior to the trial ne
had stated that FAIRIES SHOULD be
taken out and hung" The fact that
43 out of the As jurors called ad-
mitted that they had formed opln-
ions adverse to his client, MIR. Nc
dow contended, was evidence of the
fact that sentiment in the county
was such that fair trial could not
be had.
MIR. Hart appeared for the state In
aroninp against the motion, holding
that the court had been just both
in refusing the plea for change
of venue and in allowing Mr.. With
erspoon to be sworn.
Had a Fair Trial.
81 have seen nothing in the trial.
Judge Peurifoy said in declining to
allow the motion, "that would indi-
cate that FAIRIES has not had a fail
and impartial trial. Never in my
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