Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-06-14
ASSOCIATED PRESS AND CENTRAL PRESS
Avscue Gets Three Years
On Confessing Abortion
Suspended Sentence of Ten Years Likewise Imposed;
First Case Tried at June rminal Court; Judge
Grady Presides, Solicit or Tyler Prosecutes

George AyScue, middle-aged white
man charged with an abortion on
Mary E. Fuller, was given peniten-
tiary sentence by Judge Henry A.
Grady in Vance Superior Court today
after hearing testimony following
plea of guilty by the defendant. The
sentence, however, was imposed on
new warrant charging attempted
abortion, and was for three years at
hard labor in States Prison.
The case was the first called for
trial after preliminaries of Organiza-
ton for the term were concluded,
with Solicitor Ernest r. Tyler, of Ber-
tie county, prosecuting the criminal
docket
On completion of the three-year
sentence for attempted abortion,
Ayscue will face a ten-year suspend
ed sentence in the penitentiary on the
actual abortion charge. Suspension of
that Judgment was based on the de-
PENDANTS appearing in the June term
of Vance Superior Court each year
for five years to show good behavior.
Testimony in the case was substan-
tally the same as that at the pre-
liminary hearing several weeks ago.
Mary Fuller said the operation was
done in a room at the new Carolina
Apartments, formerly the Robert
Henry hotel. Louise Ayscue, no rela-
tive of the defendant, testified she
accompanied the girl to the room
and was in the room at the time, but
did not see the operation. AyScue him.
self described the incident, and said
he acted entirely without any re
Enumeration whatever and because OF
the fact that some of those involved
were relatives.
The docket at this term of court is
a heavy one, though there are no
homicide charges to be tried. 1t is ex-
pected most of the week will pe re-
uired for disposal of the cases.
In the absence of ]. E. Kimball,
foreman of the six-months grand jury,
which has served at three terms of
court including those in January and
March and this one, w. B. Hight was
named as assistant foreman and pre-
sided over sessions of that body. Mr..
Kimball is i'll. ]. D. Gupton was nam
ed as officer to the grand jury when
it was found that o. H. Powell, who
has served in that capacity for some
Is or more years, was not able to con-
tinue at this term.
Judge Grady has held all three Of
the terms of court. Solicitor Tyler is
here for the first time in an official
capacity, having been appointed to
the office to succeed Solicitor w. H.
S. Burgwyn, who resigned to be nam
ed a special superior court judge by
Governor Hoey, who also named the
solicitor.
Before actual trial of cases was
started. a number Of defendants at
previous terms, or who had matters
pending, were called for reports as to
compliance with judgments. These in
Guided ]. H. Wynne, w. L. Duke, Mar
win c. Hight, William Norvell, Whit
field Mitchell, d. o. Langston, E. B..
Lancaster and J. w. Thames. Judg-
ment absolute was ordered, together
with a capias for arrest, in the case
of Norvell, who skipped bond. M. G..
Hight was given until the end of the
week, at the close of the present court
term, to comply with a judgment at
the March court
Judge Grady is holding his final
term of court for the first half of the
year in the third district, which he