Court docket items show numerous sentences and trials
Week in superior court features numerous dispositions including six months for Lee Lawson and George Mitchell, various larceny and assault with deadly weapon verdicts, many cases continued or suspended on costs, and a high profile life case against Lewis Williams as jurors are seated and testimony proceeds. Other entries note whiskey sales, fornication charges, embezzlement, and numerous not guilty or continuing outcomes.
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Lee Lawson
John Callahan
George Mitchell Larceny
Ben Mance
Morse Burnett
Duncan Hart
Gilmer Riley
Hart
Riley
Burnett
Mance
Frank Lewis
Vernon Jordan
John Freeman
Duke Battle
Dallas Baily
Alex Edward
Junie Cash
John Horton
Dag Rogers
Gaston King
Magnolia Amey
A. G. Blackwell
Clarence Turrentine
Henry Baker
Charles Crab
Harvey Williams
Harrison Garland
Roonce Patterson
Fletcher Cunningham
Fannie Johnson
Cunningham
Johnson
Albert East
Bob Chisenhall
Chisenhall
Fred Lyon
Minnie Cole
Hillard Hackney
Jack Kelly
James Banks
Pegram Davis
George 8. Shepherd
Wavy Pool
John Mannum
Arthur Goss
Mary Jones
George §. Shepherd
Jerry Markham
James Ray
W. A. Dezern
Sandy Shepherd
M. Fromme
Tom Blackwell
Lon Dezern
Wash Riley
Charles Riley
Robert Love
Shirley Jones
Luther Ray
Jasper Phipps
Thomas Morgan
Cody Page
Buck Addison
William Morris
C. J. Byrd
H. C. Byrd
Robert Weaver
Lacy Wilson
Ed George
Fred George
J. R. Dezern
Bud Dezern
Tillett Vaughan
Sandy Biddie
Lonnie Low
Nora Edwards
Lonnie Biddle
Dock Green
James McLean
Mark Crabtree
James Eilis
Walker Almond
Nol Pros
W. W. Woods
George Burton
G. W. Ellis
W. C. Stone
F. D. Fanning
Ben Ellis
R. D. Linthicum
S. R. Gulley
Ed. Roberts
Hillsboro Notes and Local Socials Reflect Community Ties
Rev. M M McFarland leaves Hillsboro for North Carolina Conference in New Bern. Miss Mary Exum Mearers and Thomas Correll wed in Davidson County. Hobbs Crossroads school praised by Superintendent Hocutt for community support. County Commissioners meet. quarterly settlement with Treasurer Parrish recorded. Deaths include Mrs W B Gordon in Hillsboro area. funeral held with Rev M M McFarland officiating.
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M. M. McFarland
Hillsboro
New Bern
North Carolina
Mary Exum Mearers
Wm. B. Mearers
Linwood
N. C
McAdams
Pickett and
Browning
Harry L. Parrish
James E. Gay
Mary Douglas
Henry N. Brown
Queen Street
Methodists
Spencer
Lincolnton
W. B. Gordon
W. Brown Gordon
Charles L. Smith
Gordon
H. N. Brown
Julia Lynch
Leigh Brown
Jumped His Bond In Shoe Scheme Case
J P Black, known for a 15 cent shoe scheme, fled after posting 100 bond for Durham Superior Court. He failed to appear at the next term, a capias was issued for his arrest and the bond forfeited amid ongoing proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Black
Durham
Black
Supreme Court Rules Against $30,000 Rail fine
The Supreme Court holds the Southern Railway cannot be fined $30,000 for charging 21 2 cents per mile under the 1907 rate law. It declines federal interference in criminal prosecutions and limits civil penalties to $5 per sale. Chief Justice Clark dissents urging a higher fine and legislative action.
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Supreme Court
Long
Southern Railway
Clark
Justice Walker
Justice Connor
Justice Brown
Justice Hoke
Southern Railway Company
Superior Court of
Wake County
Thomas E. Green
General Assembly
B. F. Long
Superior Court
Railroad Company
Circuit
Court of the United States
Pritchard
Green
United States
Squires Takes Management of Bio Lab Building on Campus
John Squires of Durham moves into a Smith house on Mallett street and will oversee the construction of Chapel Hill campus Biological Laboratory. W Re Lloyd returned from Burlington to be with his ill daughter Mrs Claude Cates whose condition improved. Rumor circulated that T F Lloyd sold his cotton mill, but no sale occurred. parties in Chapel Hill and Gibsonville show interest in negotiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Squires
Durham
Mallett Street
Squires
W. Re Lloyd
Burlington
Claude Cates
T. F. Lloyd
Chapel Hill
Gibsonville
Lloyd
Reams Recalled Over Contempt Charge in Civil Case
In superior court H. A. Reams was summoned to show cause why he should not be held in contempt for failing to settle a prior case. After discussion a satisfactory settlement was reached in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Reams
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Lewis Williams
Mary Briggs
McClure’s
New York
Orange County
The
Chapel Hill News
Citizens National Bank OF Durham
B. N. Duke, Pres
Jb A
J. S. Manning
J. B. Mason
Duke
American Tobacco Company
Smith
Durham Cotton Mfg. Company
Haywood
Haywood & King
Sourucate
Southgate & Son
Rigsbee
E. Rawls
American Tobacco Co
N. M. Johnson
J. R. Mason
Citizens National Bank
Depository OF the People
County OF Durham
CIT
United States OF Erica
Sabilities
U. S
Home Savings Bank
Durham, North Carolina
George W. Watts
John Sprunt Hill
W. W. Whitted
T. B. Peirce, Jr
Reade Bros. Ge
Reade Bros. Co