The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-06-29
COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS
DISPOSES OF MANY CASES

The June term of Court of General
Sessions convened Monday. morning,
with c. l.. Prince, Esq of Cheraw,
presiding, Solicitor j. Monroe Spears
and Stenographer Kilgoe in atten-
dance.
Mr.. Prince, who was appointed t6
preside at this term of court to fill the
vacancy of Judge McIver, deceased,
proved himself to possess remarkable
judicial ability. The work of the court
was conducted with dispatch and with
to all concerned.
A number of cases were continued
because of the absence of Senator G.
X. Laney, the death of Mr.. Pollock
and the fact that Mr.. Prince was pre-
siding in court. All cases in which
these men were interested as counsel
were continued.
jeff Grant, colored, charged with
the larcency of two hogs from negro
in the Ousleydale section two years
ago. Pied guilty. Sentenced to / year
on the gang.
Tom Steen and Sam Woodard, MUIR
der. Continued.
John Roscoe, prohibition. Continu-
ed.
Greenwall and Mac Huntley, prohi-
bition. Continued.
Dave Hammond, Vesta Hammond
Murphy Garner and Andrew Rushing,
prohibition, continued.
Harvey johnson, prohibition, con-
tinued.
Ed. Campbell, an old liquor case,
pied guilty. Thirty days or $1OO fine.
Baxter Melton, colored, accused of
killing his young wife near McFarlan,
last fall. Continued.
Doc, Clayton and w. T. Hendrix,
prohibition. Continued.
Hardy Melton, prohibition. Con-
tinued.
7. A. Sellers, assault and battery,
with intent to kill. Continued
John Williams, prohibition. Pied
guilty. Fined $1OO, seventy-fve of
which was suspended on good behav-
ior.
David and Charley Jackson, two
white boys, charged with stealing
meat from the Tolbert smokehouse.
Pied guilty. Eighteen months on the
gang.
William Crawford, abduction. Pied
uilty. Sentenced to two years on the
chain gang.
A Record Maker
The case of John Wall is a record
for Chesterfield County. Last Sunday
John killed Sandy Judy in the Guess
section. Sandy was buried the same
day. John was tried and sentenced on
Tuesday. There had been bad
blood between these two ne
groes for some time and
when hostilities were resumed on Sun
day, John claims Sandy was attack
ing him with a plank when he drew
his pistol and fired. Even after being
seriously wounded Sandy bit John on
the lip. After which John claims to
have fired the fatal shot. John was
sentenced to two years on the gang.
Sanford E. Grigs, assault and rob-
berry. Griggs was dismissed on good
behavior.
Wesley Funderburk, housebreaking
and larcency in Dudley section. Pied
guilty. Eighteen months on the gang.
Delco Morrison, abduction. Green
Hill section. Suspended prison SEN
tence and $1OO fine.
Robert Temple, killing James
Rynes, both colored, in Cheraw re-
Gently. Continued.
The case that attracted the most at
tention was that of James Shannon,
colored, charged with attempted as
sault on lone woman, who was trav-
cling along the highway two weeks
ago. This story has recently been told
IN this paper. Shannon was convicted
on circumstantial evidence, and sem
fenced to 20 years on the public
works. The verdict contained a recon-
mendation to mercy. Though the wom-
an was positive in her identification of
the defendant and though there was