Newton, July 15—In superior court here yesterday Judge J. Bis Ray, presiding, sentenced Remus Bryan to the state penitentiary for a period of two years for the killing of Charlie Little in the Catfish section of Catawba county about a month ago. His brother, James, was sentenced to the county jail for 30 days, as he only pleaded guilty to simple assault. Remus Bryan had plead guilty to manslaughter.
Pink Wilson, a farmer, living near Claremont and worth $10,000 to $12,000, and Mrs. Lester Huitt of the same section of the county, were convicted of the charge of fornication and adultery, and Wilson was fined $1,500 and Mrs. Huitt sentenced to jail for a period of 12 months. The brothers of the deceased husband of Mrs. Huitt, having instituted proceedings asking for the four children of Mrs. Huitt.
T.A. Gilbert, convicted of the offense of resisting the officers in the town of Maiden, was discharged upon the payment of costs. Mr. Gilbert was formerly deputy sheriff of this county and chief-of-police of Maiden and also a policeman of Newton.
Tate Hooper pleaded guilty to having more liquor than the law allows, and was fined $100 and the costs.
John Isaacs Jr., who was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon, was fined$250 and costs. The assault was committed on Charles deal.
Dewey Whittier who pleaded guilty to carrying concealed weapons, has not been sentenced but the case has been taken up several times. His attorney, L.F. Klutz, has insisted that the negro bears good reputation and the solicitor insists it is bad and the judge is leaving the matter open.
Worth Bumgarner, young white man, was convicted on the charge of abandoning his wife, whom he married in Belgium during the world war, and Judge Ray’s judgement was that he pay to his wife the sum of $730 and the costs in the case. It was said by every one that the wife of Bumgarner, a beautiful girl only 18 years of age, made the best witness ever heard in the court room.
A case of very much importance was called late yesterday evening where Gordon Rudisill is charged with seducing Miss Georgia Icard under a promise of marriage. Both young people are members of prominent families, being members of Grace church, west of Newton, and their fathers being in the mercantile business together. The defendant is represented by Wilson Warlick, Feimster and Feimster, while the state is represented by Solicitor R.L. Huffman and Loomis F. Klutz.
Judge J. Bish Ray has been running Catawba superior court. Lawyers, witnesses, by-standers and officials of the court, have watched their step as he has fined quite a number for sitting in windows and has given the people to understand that he is presiding over this court. No judge has been held in higher esteem than has the present presiding judge by all of the people.
The attendance upon court has been the largest seen here for a period of 10 years, and the docket has been the largest.
Joe Bradshaw, a white farmer of about 60 years residing near Maiden, drew two years on the roads for immorality, and a Mrs. Francis, with whom he is alleged to have stayed, was sentenced to six months in jail.
Bud Travis, 17 years old, was before Judge Ray yesterday on a charge of storebreaking and was convicted. In order to give the lad a chance, the court held the sentence up until the September term. About 2:30 this morning the boy was found drunk and shooting craps in North Newton, and on being brought into the court was sentenced to a year on the roads.
From the front page of The Hickory Daily Record, July 15, 1922
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In Busy Court, Case of Kelly Jones Continued until September Term
Kelly Jones Case Has Been Continued
Facing the heaviest docket in years, Catawba superior court was unable to reach all the cases set for trial in two weeks, and a number of cases were continued until the September term. Among the cases continued was that of Kelly Jones, charged with shooting little Miss Clarice Whitener, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. H.C. Whitener, in the back of the head with a rifle.
Jones is serving a term on the roads for storebreaking, his parole having been revoked by Governor Morrison.
The grand jury returned between 65 and 70 true bills and the court had an unusually large number of jail cases to dispose of at this term.
From the front page of The Hickory Daily Record, July 15, 1922
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