The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-24
SESSIONS COURT
DOES FINE WORK
JUDGE WILSON GOES RIGHT
AFTER BUSINESS
Number of Cases Disposed of and
Court Adjourns Wednesday AT
noon-Grand Jury Report

convened at NeWOerry on MOnQ2y
with Judge J. S. Wilson presiding and
Solicitor Blackwell representing the
state, got right down to business with
out any frills and by Wednesday af-
ternoon the jail had been cleared and
the business of the court completed
and adjournment had.
Quite number Of cases were dis
posed of and with the pleas of guilty
and the convictions a goodly number
were added to the chaingang.
The grand jury made its present
ment on Wednesday and recommend
ed that several roads be given atten-
ton by the highway commission and
they are all important roads and
should have the attention of the work
ing force.
The following cases were disposed
of until Wednesday afternoon:
Ransom Williams and Collie Gary,
murder, not guilty.
H. H. Garmany, disposing of prop
erty under mortgage, mistrial order
ed.
Geo. D. Boland and Harold Bo-
land, violation prohibition law, plead
ed guilty. Harold Boland, six months
on the gang OF pay fine of 500. Geo.
D. Boland, six months on the gang
or pay fine of $40O. On payment
of fine of $500 balance of sentence
suspended during good behavior.
Geo. D. Boland, assault and bat
terry with intent to kill. Guilty. Sen
fenced to six months on the gang or
fine of $500.
jim Green, violation prohibition
law. Pleaded guilty. Sentenced to
six months on gang and pay fine Of
$500. Upon service Of one month
and payment of $500 balance of SEN
tence suspended during good beha-
v:cr.
Whist Johnson and Buford Pray
low, house breaking and larceny.
Pleaded guilty. Sentence one year on
the gang.
Ben Watts, house breaking and
larceny, pleaded guilty, sentence nine
months on gang.
J. P. Young, murder, pleaded gull
ty to masnlaughter, and sentenced to
three years in the penitentiary or
chaingang.
Oliver Kinard, assault and battery
with intent to kill and carrying con-
cealed weapons. Pleaded guilty to
assault and battery of high and ag-
gravated nature. Three months on
the gang or fine of SIS.
Spence Gray, housebreaking. Plead
ed guilty. Sentenced three months
on gang.
Luke Griffin, violation prohibition
law. Pleaded guilty. Sentenced six
months or fine of $500. Upon pay
ment of 5000 or service two months
balance of sentence suspended during
good behavior.
Leroy alias Buddie Rushton, as
sault with intent to rape. No bill BY
grand jury.
Ernest Krepps and Walter Rikard,
bouSebreaking and larceny. Not
guilty.
Luke Griffin and Essie Goodman,
adultery and fornication, bench war
rant issued to arrest to answer to IN
dictment.
Cole Davis, assault and battery
with intent to kill and carrying con-
cealed weapons. Pleaded guilty tc
assault and battery of high and ag-
gravated nature. Sentence six months
and 5000.
Chris Gordon and Willie Suber and
Geo. Wilson, housebreaking and lar
ceny. Not guilty.
Wade Boozer, violation prohibition
law. Pleaded guilty. Sentence S.X
months or fine $500. Service two
months or payment Of 500 balance
sentence suspended during good be-
havior
William Johnston, murder, pleaded
guilty to manslaughter. Two years
on the changing.
Robert Childs and Wesley Rice,
housebreaking and larceny. Guilty.
Robert Childs on account of one arm
one year on gang and such labor as he
can perform. Wesley Rec, one year
on the gang at hard labor.
Notice of appeal was given in the
cases of Geo. D. Boland and he was