Tuesday was another busy day in Cabarrus County Superior Court, a number of cases being disposed of before Judge James L. Webb.
The grand jury was also busy Tuesday. True bills charging murder were returned against Maurice C. Howie of Monroe, who is alleged to have run down a small girl here with his auto; and Will Bray, negro, charged with killing another negro.
C.S. Smith, Clarence Shuping and Charles Dees, charged with carrying concealed weapons and with assault with deadly weapons, were tried Tuesday and all found guilty. Sentence has not been passed. The men were charged with firing at Mr. and Mrs. B.W. Means and daughter and threatening several other Concord men on the Kannapolis road several weeks ago. E.W. Cailes, the fourth man in the party, did not show up for trial, he having been released recently on a $100 bond, which he forfeited. The jury recommended mercy for Dees.
John Barbee plead guilty to a charge of carrying a concealed weapon. He was fined $50 and the costs. He was cleared by a jury on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon.
John Staton was freed by a jury on a charge of robbery.
Tom Madison, colored, and Charles Wilson, charged with larceny, were sentenced to the chain gang. The former will serve 60 days and the latter four months.
Most of the jurymen that were called Monday were discharged by Judge Webb. Most of them were farmers and were excused so they could continue their farm work.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, April 25, 1923
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