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r-,.. it*fondants were iounaon both counts of.' !' indictment :n the ElizaJrV:;-«-r ev.ction case- Two oth-ersfound guilty on onecountJ. Kter*-er,fxces 30-y;Grainger and two sis-i*:na Grainger Floyd vrretha Grainger Bak-on.victed after trial of to prevent Federal of-evicting Mrs Grainger, widowId bedridden *;lt;e in the Carolina sec-rv County. The secondfmii l*» * *Tlt; • . -ha I and three deputies,re^in-v and use of weapons.y.r, Geneva Grainger Amette, aao'ner sister, and Mrs. Stacia S;V,. Grainger. Homer Grainger's— .arged wilful assault on aof Court Ernest L. Allen of Char-leston.The clternate, or 13th juror, was called to duty when Otis Martin of Timmonsville, only Negro member of the Jury, brought a doctor’s certificate of illness from stomach ulcers. He was excused and Albert R. Mosely of Salters, the alternate took his place.Other jurors were Alfred T. Heath Jr., of Sumter, D. R. Bostick, Marion, Furman E. Cullum, Aiken, W. McD. Jones, Bishopville, C. W. Josey Jr., St. Charles; S. D. Montgomery, Jr., Elloree, H. H. Gray, Blenheim, J. L. Riley, Jr., St. Matthews, M. C. Jenkins, Allendale; Gordon W. Newton, Tatum, and John R. Berry, Dillon.Grainger and two of his sisters were convicted on a count involv-in* rturgfs of assaulting the officer. Each was fined S100. in addition. Grainger drew a two and one-halt year sentence. TinaGranger Floyd was given a two-jear sentence by Federal Judge George Bell Timmerman and her sisier. Dorretha Grainger Baker dreu a three and one half year sentence.Another sister. Mrs. Geneva Grainger Amette. and Mrs. Stacia Dytn Grainger Homer’s wife drew suspended terms of 15 and 18 months, respectively. Eaeh was fined 100 and placed on five-year probation. They were convicted on the consipracy count only.wife. • re convicted on the conspiracy count only.I*. S District Judge George Bell Timmerman set sentencing for 10 i. ~ Thursday. He rejected the pies State Sen. J. Ralph Gasque Marion, defense counsel, to was: T-ee or four days.The Federal officers began efforts .as: Oct. 20 to carry out the eviction order signed by Judge ; Waties Waring (now retired).r another of the Graingers me: them and refused to get out, the indictment and testimony charged. Finally, on Dec. 11, Alfred J. Plowden Jr. of Summerton, U. S. deputy marshal for the Eastern District of the State, took three deputies, Hal H. Harbin, Ray A. Gaddy and Julian M. ?oulr. :. determined to take Mrs^ Grainger to a hospital and clear out the others. Plowden hired an ambulance from Ralph Inman, Tabor City, N. C. funeral director, bur didn't uccessd in his plans.When the rattle of gunfire was over. Homer Grainger and Deputy FOuinot of Charleston lay wounded. The officers, followed as the ambulance in which Inman and his companion Layc Thompson of Chadbourn. N. C., sped from the dangerous scene. Poulnot was taken in it to Mullins Hospital.The property had been subject to a civil suit earlier, brought by still another daughter, Mrs. Mamie Grainger Joyner, and her husband, J. Le- Joyner of Cerro Gordo, N. C. In the case, the Joyners were declared- owners.A family despute centered overargument by the Graingers that the was not on the land on question.Judge Timmerman ruled that, since ..o appeal had been made from the civil decision, that casewas closed and facts set up therein could not be brought up Jn thistrial.The Graingers denied that they had used weapons on Plowden ^d his- deputies.A bullet, which the Government sa: d wag taken from Poulnot’s °°d' a »s exhibited at the triaL It wa* declared a .32 caliber slug. Fhe officers said they carried only 38s.Of th.; Graingers and their kin, | °nly Charlie Amette, apparently, took seriously the eviction order. He h \i departed and was not involved further.Tne .aged woman herself, was ’he first aefense witness Tuesday. She , wheeled into the court-r°0r:- r brief testimony. The de-kadanrs and A. J. Baker, Horry County surveyor, who drew a plat 01 the land, all took the • standQuestioning. The marshals didJ*e*ise; as did Dr. J. T. Cain of'diicj, Lacy TTiompaon Clerk *
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Tabor City, North Carolina, US
Wed, May 07, 1952
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