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page 6 COURT I; SIDELIGHTS J Judge Barnhill's ruling that every I body be kept out of the bar except I attorneys, officers and the press} brought about a condition that is a | striking contrast to t he usual scene | of spectators jamming against one | another up nearly l-o the Judge'* | bench. Although the sheriff ha* J been kept busy chasing various one* I out from within the rail, people j have not expressed any criticism but | rather seem to agree with the wis- j dom in the judge's ruling. Tuesday when several member I of the feminine sex were standing | in the door, some man standing | nearby warned them that they hac J better get back if they did not want I to be fined five dollars. One of th( | young ladies replied that she onh | had a foot inside and it should onl; | - ?Info' I cost her $1.50. A lev mxaui/co iu W | Mr. John S. Davis stepped insid( I the bar and speculation began a: I to how much he should be taxec I according to the ladies' reasoning I The figures were pretty high. Questioning of Ed Baldwin by thf I judge about being drunk in cour I brought to mind this story fron I some gentleman, Mr. W. C. Bur-1 roughs I think, when several of u; | were standing just outside of thi I court room smoking;. The narrato: I said that before the present cour I house was built seme man canv I into court whom the Judge hac I thought drunk. The judge callec I this man before the bench anc I asked if he was not drunk. The mar I denied that he was. Alright, sale I the judge, let's see you toe tha? I line running to the back of thf I building. With a great deal of ef- I fort, the accused man managed tc I stick on the line until he got to thf I end of the building. Reaching therr I he shouted. "Whoopee, I made it.' I A few minutes later he was on hi* I way to Jail to sober up. "So you thought you would takr I the law in your hand," Solicito* I Burgwyn asked a defendant whe I had admitted that he sprang on an I other man with a club. "Nor, suh," replied the negro. "II I had had the money I would have 'lawed' him up to court." < A witness becoming confusec* while on the stand Tuesday stopped in the middle of his testimon; to remark: "Gentlemen, I done balled up." The glare from the windows ir the court room led Judge Barnhil to order shades for two of thenearly in the week. Evidently suitable shades could not be found ir town, for "Ditty" Weaver, of Allen. Son and Co., and Commissionei Burroughs were in the building pronto trying shades and taking measurements. No doubt the jurors and the Jurist will not be annoyec by the glare at the next term of court. John Kerr Jr. and the Fields negroes were kicking np their heels in court on Wednesday. The attor ney was endeavoring to convince the jury that the defendants were not the only ones with heels worn on one side. It was rather a coincident that Frank Newell's dog should trot before the judge's bench just as lawyers and witnesses were testifying about Mr. Allen's bloodhounds and the chase to the home of the Fields negroes. Although the weather has been . rather cold of late, Otis Powell was a hot negro when he left the wit- v ness chair. He, the evidence re- , vealed, had been at the Fields' home after some oil on the night Mr. ( Fleming was assaulted. Although ] there was no charge against him. , when he left the witness chair he , had a handkerchief mopping his , brow. j CRIMINAL SESSION \ (Continued from page 1) prised to see the saw in the court ] room. Sheriff Pinnell explained its , presence there with the information that he had found it at Coleman's ] home. ^ 4 fHaf If Viari t V/. A. iuvaui vuoiiiicu V**?w *v *** been reported to him that some of his wood had been cut and an investigation revealed that Coleman had felled about $5 worth of his timber. Mr. Tucker said that when he approached Coleman about the matter the negro admitted the deed but said he had been given permission to cut the wood by Junius Alston, negro. Junius Alston, a tenant on a different farm, denied having given Coleman the right to cut wood at any place. James Alston, negro farmer, said that Coleman was attempting to steal his cow when he came to the house and caught him in the act. The Jury was out about three minutes in reaching a verdict of guilty. Tom Thornton did not see the man that was crouched behind the tree along the route he was fol9 Warren ton, North Carolina lowing as he rode his roan down the plantation path homeward 011 the afternoon of December 31, but when he reached the spot where his rival had secreted himself lie aw the figure spring forward and ;hen felt the impact of blows from a club which left him on the ?round with a busted head hollering murder. In giving the details to the lourt of the assault, Thornton, a legro of 57 years, said that he wasj iding down the plantation path ibout 4 o'clock in the afternoon when Meredith Stewart, a negro of I ^proximately the same age, leapedl "rom behind a tree with a stick "our or five feet long and bogan an xttack which left him on the ground with his head bursted and his hand rut. Thornton's shouts of murder eached the ears of Katie Smith, aegress, who was working at her lome some five hundred yards dis;ance. She hurried to the scene of he assault and found Thornton on ;he ground suffering from his inuries. She testified that when she :arried Thornton home that Stevart came along behind them and :aid that he was going to finish vhat he started out to do. On cross examination, Thornton .dmitted he and Stewart Had Deer >aylng court to the same girl, but lenied that he had put any whiskey n Stewarts barn In order to trap lim and thereby get him out of he way. Prank Banzet, who represented Stewart, did not put his client on he stand. When he carried his ase before the jury he informed hat body that he was going to do iomething that he had never done lefore?he was going to ask that lis man be found guilty, but guity )f simple assault rather than as;ault with a deadly weapon. After the jury had returned its 'erdict of guilty of assault with a leadly weapon. Judge Bamhill uestioned Stewart in regard to the rime. The defendant gave a rather engthy explanation in getting m he questions that were asked him le said in part that the trouble between himself and Thornton was rought about by Thornton planting iquor on his place. He said that it vas a small stick, more of a switch han a club, that he used in attacking Thornton, and that after he lad more or less shoved him from lis horse the fight took place iround a tree, with Thornton on me side and he on the other, each lolding on to the stick, sawing back \nd forth. Stewart said that he ried to cut the stick and cut Thornon's hand. The injuries that Thornton suf'ered as a result of the attack required fourteen or fifteen stitches, t was testified. The defendant was -.entenced to six months in jail and issigned to work the roads. Blacknell Found Not Guilty Jack Blacknell, negro charged vith highway robbery, was found lot guilty by a jury which heard 3. W. Wynn, white man, testify hat Blacknell had held him up yith a gun and taken from him a pair of shoes, four dollar bills and ;ome silver. Wynn said that he was going iown the road when Blacknell took lis bag from him, carried it into learby woods, and took what ne vanted. He said that the negro hen came back and took his pockitbook which contained four one lollar bills and some silver. He had i gun on me, right at my head, he ;xplained to Judge Barnhill when \sked by the jurist how did the legro manage to take the things rom him. Wynn admitted that he lad had a couple of drinks. Fred Bobbitt, a deputy sheriff, said that vhen he arrested Blacknell he ound two one dollar bills and that le later found the shoes alleged to ie Wynn's beside his car after he lad arrested the suspect. Blacknell testified that he was at Vfr. Hayes cutting wood with Nat licks when Mr. Wynn came by md asked Hicks to come and walk 3art of the way home with him. 31acknell said that Hicks asked tim to come along. Continuing his estimony, the defendant said that VIr. Wynn pulled out a half gallon )f whiskey and that all three took i drink. The drinking continued, Blacknell said, until he and Mr. Wynn were good drunk. After the whiskey had been consumed, the aegro testified, Mr. Wynn wanted some more of the liquid and gave tiim two dollars to buy the fluid. He said that was the two dollars ;hat he had when arrested. The shoes he knew nothing of, he told, saying that he was barefooted at she time that he was with Mr. Wynn and at the time he was aken into custody by Mr. Bobbitt Nick Valentine testified that Mr. Wynn gave him a drink and that Blacknell was shoeless when he lolned the party. The jury was with the case only i few minutes before returning a verdict of not guilty. John Towns Freed A nol pros was taken In the case igainst John Towns, negro charged with larceny, after the court hac heard the evidence. Coley Carne. testified that on the 9th of January he came to his home, after bein jailed by his sister, and found that his mule and cart had been taken. n THE W. He began tracing his cart and muh and found them in the custody of John Towns. Towns, a brother-in-law of Coley Carnes, admitted that he took Carnes' property, but said that he just wanted to use the mule and cart to go down the road a piece. He said that he had a mule of his own and was not trying to steal his brother-:in-)aw's property. He also testified that he had no objections to Carnes using his mule and cart. Games Found Guilty of Murder Walter Games, negro found guilty of murder in the second degree, received a sentence of from seven to ten j'ears in the state penitentiary. He was convicted for the shooting of William Long, negro. According: to the evidence in the case, Long was fatally shot while in the home of Games on the evening of November 12. Games testified that he was lying on his bed and hes.rd Long insisting on debauching his wife. ''I got up off my bed and asked 'Snag' what the hell he meant and ordered him out of my house. He made a break at me, with his right hand in his hip oocket and his left arm out reaching for me. That's when I shot him," the defendant testified. ' r?r> crosss examination. Games admitted that he and Long were friends and that they had been to- j tether drinking on the afternoon of the shooting. He said that his wife did not do anything until he had shot Long and then she grabbed the gun for fear that I might shoot her. Games stated that after the shooting he went to the home of his father-in-law to tell him what he had done. He said that his wife had hold of part of the| gun and he had hold of the other part as they went to her father's home. James Palmer, Games' father-inlaw, testified that Games and his daughter were both holding on to the gun when they reached his househouse and at that time Games was under the influence of whiskey. Palmer said that the way it was related to him Long offered his daughter $1.50 to open the door, and that his daughter did not tell hi manything abou' Long advancing on Games or about Long having his hand in his pocket. As to his past record, Games on cross examination admitted that he had shot at William Ellis on one occasion but said that he did not hit him. In returning the verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree, the jury recommended mercy. The defendant was represented by Gilmer Overby and John Kerr Jr. Snipes Given 12 Months Z. L. Snipes, the white man who was taken into custody at Goldsboro and identified by J. A. Pipkin, Warrenton Jeweler, as the man who gave him a check for a watch in December and signed his name as J. E. Rochelle, was brought into the Temple of Justice on Tuesday and through his attorney, John Kerr Jr., plead guilty to a charge of forcible trespass, which charge the state accepted. The defendant, who admitted to the court that he had been a dope addict for twelve years, was sentenced to twelve months on the roads. Hodge Guilty of Assault On Female Toney Hodge, negro charged with] attempted rape, was found guilty of assault upon a female. The defendant admitted that he asked the negress in the case to kiss him but denied that he had attempted to force himself upon her with any I attempt at camal knowledge. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail. Case Against Edwards Continued The case against Robert Edwards, white man who during the September term of court testified against Jesse Stevenson and Slim Stewart in the Ellis robbery case, was continued due to the fact that the states' witness could not be summons at this time. Edwards is charged with robbery and conspiracy to rob. It will be rememberer that Mrs. Ella Ellis was held up at her store in north Warrenton by masked bandits and robbed of $112. Stevenson and Stewart were convicted at the September term and sentenced to prison. The case against W. J. Kersey Jr. and Loyd Campbell, charging them with secret assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill, was continued until the May term due to the fact that the state's witness is in the hospital. Daniel Kearney failing to answer when his name was called in open court by the sheriff, a capias was issued for him and the case against him, charging attempted abortion, was continued. The case against Joe D. Riggan, in which he is charged with assault with a deadly weapon, was remanded to Recorder's court for trial. Typewriter Case Thrown Out A non suit granted by Judge Barnhill prevented the case of the -date against John Davidson, white nan alleged to have stolen type writers from the Littleton High School, from going to the jury for % verdict. The state had concluded its testimony when the jury was removed from the court room and Judge \RREN RECORD 3arnhill discussed phases of the :ase before Solicitor ]3urgwyn and 3. L. Travis, who, with John Kerr Jr.; represented the defendant. Lewis Alston, the negro janitor at the school, testified that Davidson came to the school on the first Saturday afternoon in November and told him that he was a typewriter inspector. Alston said that he called P. W. Cooper, principal of the school, and he was out. Mr. Davidson, Alston testified, told him that he was bound to inspect the typewriters. "I let him in," the negro janitor stated. Continuing his testimony, Alston I stated that Mr. Davidson called him Just before dark and told him to ock-up. He said that he did not miss any typewriters at that time and did not notice a broken lock or window, however, he added, "I did not look for any." On cross exI amination Alston admitted that he I went with Mr. Davidson to the car and that he did not see any typewriters there. Again he added, "I did not look for any." Mr. Cooper said that he was at the building Saturday morning and that not any of the eleven typewriters that belonged to the school were missing at that time. He stated that he did not observe a broken lock or window until Monday morning when he found the latch on a window in the auditorium broken and a lock on the door that separated the typewriter room from the auditorium broken. Pour new typewriters were missing at that time. Mr. Cooper testified that he saw Mr. Davidson in the Halifax jail and that Mr. Davidson told him then that he was in a tight fix and that if he could get on bail he would replace the typewriters with second-hand ones and settle for the difference in cash. Mr. Cooper said that he had seen Mr. Davidson once before and that was when the typewriter man made him some prices on machines and parts. On cross examination Mr. Cooper was asked if he dicl not tell Mr. Davidson that there were four typewriters missing and that if he could get the machines back he would not prosecute him. Mr. ( Cooper said that he did not tell! him that but admitted that he told him the school board was more interested in recovering the stolen property than in prosecuting the case. '<1 told him that we would not push prosecution if we got our property back," the school man said. In discussing the grounds for a non-suit, Judge Banihill commented on the fact that the warrant charged larceny of only three typewriters while the wtiness testified that four had been taken. Solicitor Burgwyn said that he asked Sheriff Pinnell about this phase of the matter and that the sheriff had informed him that the warrant had included only three typewriters due to the fact that they did not have the numbers for but three of the machines. The fact that the window was broken and the lock on the door smashed apparently had some influence in leading the jurist to grant the non-suit. Judge Barnhill said that it did not seem logical to him that a man who war I already in the building would smash the lock and window. "He might have left the door unlocked or the window unlatched but he would not have run the risk of smashing the lock," the jurist reasoned. He also called attention to the fact that Mr. Cooper had subjected himself to ? crime in promising not to prosecute a crimina! action in the event that the stolen property was recovered. After the non-suit had been granted, Solicitor Burgwyn told the sheriff to hold Mr. Davidson, that he was wanted in other counties on similar charges. Robert Boyd Found Guilty Robert Boyd, negro, was convicted of second degree murder and was sentenced to prison for a term of I from twelve to fifteen years. He ; was found guilty of fatally shooting Andrew Lynch, negro, on the 19th day of December. Boyd testified that he went out in search of his two sisters at his mother's request and stopped the car in which they were riding with Lynch and five other negroes. The defendant testified that he shot into the ground, but other witnesses testified that his bullet struck the fender of the car. Lynch, according to testimony, got out of the back seat of the car and took up the argument. Boyd testified that Lynch had a knife at! him. Lynch then got back into the | = i, RHEUMATISM Pain?Agony Starts To Leave in 24 Hour* I Happy Day* Ahead for You Think of it?how tills old world does make progress?now comes a prescription which is known to pharmacists as Allenru and within 48 hours after you start to take this swift acting formula pain, agony and , inflammation caused by excess urio acid has started to depart. Allenru does just what this notice says it will do?it is guaranteed. Yvou can get one generous bottle at leadI ing drugstores everywhere for 85 cents and if it doesn't bring the Joyous results you expect?your money whole hearttdly returned. Warrer car, witnesses said, and Boyd told him if he got back out of the car that he was going to shoot him, that ne had just as soon shoot him as anybody else. When Lynch put his foot on the ground he was fatally shot in the stomach by Boyd. NEGRO SENT TO JAIL (Continued from page 1) larceny. When the solicitor called for Baldwin he was not to be found in the court room. Baldwin made his appearance a little later and when questioned about his tardiness, he stated that Deputy Sheriff Robertson had told him that it was not necessary for him to stay around the court room. Sheriff Robertson denied Baldwin's statement, saying that he had told Baldv/in to stay that he would ( be needed in a short while. At the conclusion of the evidence in the Coleman case, Judge Barnhill called the plumber before him and asked how long did it take V>i'm fr\ im nrV>nr? V?n Vior? Kaon I iiiixi UIS ov/u^i up niivu iiu iiuu wtcu drinking. Baldwin denied that he had been drinking. "Sheriff, do you detect the odor of liquor on this man," Judge Barnhill asked Sheriff Pinnell. "I smell, liquor or some alcoholic drink on him," Sheriff Pinnell replied. "Mr. Solicitor, did you get close enough tc this man to tell whether he had been drinking," Judge Barnhill asked. The solicitor implied that he did. "Take him to jail," Sheriff. When released yesterday afternoon, Judge Barnhill cautioned Baldwin to be on time for the next case he appeared in and ordered him not to come in his court drunk MRS. BROWNING HOSTESS LITTLETON, Jan. 18.?Mrs. Alice Browning was hostess to the members of the Wednesday bridge club and a few additional guests on last Wednesday afternoon. Several progressions of contract were played at three tables. Mrs. L. E. Williams held high score at the end of the games and was awarded an attractive prize. Mrs. Browning served a delicious salad course to the following: Mesdames L. E. Williams, H. A. House, Horace Palmer, L. H. Justis, C. A. Jones, John Leach, J. N. Moseley, J. M. Mohorn, Alice Partin, A. J. May, H. P. Robinson, N. E. Mitchell and Jack Johnston. ENTERTAINS D. A. R'S. Mrs. Katherine P. Arrineton en- ! tertained members of the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution on Wednesday evening. The meeting was opened with the ritual and prayer led by Mrs. J. E. Adams, regent. Mrs. Arrington, Mrs. J. E. Adams, and Mrs. W. R. Basksrvill were appointed delegates to the State Convention to be held in Winston-Salem in March. Miss Louise Allen, Miss Am ma Graham and Mrs. W. GET UP NIGHTS ? Make This 25c Test Lax the bladder as you would the bowels. 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NIGHT CLUB MEETS Mrs. L. B. Beddoe entertained members of her card club and extra guests at bridge on Wednesday night. High score prizes were presented to Mrs. Alpheus Jones and Mr. John Mitchell. A frozen fruit salad course was served later in the day. Extra guests included Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Seaman, Mis. Virginia Pearsall and Miss Mamie Williams. The cotton reduction contract for 1934 will aid growers to get on a cash basis and to make farms more self-supporting from the standpoint of food and feed supplies, says Dean I. O. Schaub of State College. "class ified "ads WANTED A DISTRICT AGENT for Warrentou and vicinity by a strong North Carolina Life Insurance Company. A most attractive contract is available to the right man. Address Insurance, care Warren Record. 2tp. SPECIAL VALUES IN CURTAINS for regular and large size windows?a special purchase at old prices. Allen, Son & Co. TOWEL REMNANTS: ONE DOZEN heavy medium size Towel Ends for 97c?an extra good buy. Allen, Son & Co. 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