Toils of Law
A colored man named Sam Smith of West Rockingham was given a
hearing before Squire Guthrie Wednesday night, charged with retailing ginger.
He was bound over to court under $300 bond, which W.A. McDonald gave for him.
Another colored man named George Tender was bound over to
court under $100 bond for carrying a concealed weapon.
A white man named Charlie Warner of Pee Dee No. 2 was given
a hearing Tuesday by Squire Barrett charged with being drunk and disorderly;
fined $5 and costs. He was bound over to court under $100 bond on another
charge of carrying a concealed weapon.
Recorder’s Court,
Hamlet
Murd McSween, colored, was tried before Recorder Austin at
Hamlet Wednesday, charged with trespass. The Recorder fined him $25 and costs.
McSween gave notice of appeal to superior court.
Furman Petty was tried by the Record Thursday morning,
charged with stealing a coat from Ernest Williams, and with gambling. Both
parties are colored. Petty was sentenced to the roads for six months.
Mayor’s Court
Lewis Phipps and “Bud” Henry submitted to the Mayor Monday
to an affray which took place Saturday afternoon in front of W.P. Ingram’s
store. Phipps was fined $5 and costs, $3.15; Henry was merely taxed with the
costs, $1.95.
A man named Hearst of Fayetteville was required to pay a
fine of $10 and costs, $1.95, Monday for breaking the speed limits.
James Henley, fined $2.50 and costs, $3.55; total $6.05.
E.L. Maner submits Tuesday to being disorderly Saturday;
fined $5 and costs, $1.95.
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