The March term of Superior court convened Monday with Judge A.M. Stack of Monroe presiding and Solicitor Huffman prosecuting. Capt. J.F. Roberts is foreman of the grand jury with Officer Jerry Runyans in charge. The criminal docket contains a number of important cases, some of which are of great public interest. The civil docket is also one of the largest or contains some of the biggest cases in recent years.
Members of the local bar in discussing the docket Monday morning were of the opinion that court might continue over two weeks with the heavy civil docket taking up the major portion of the time, although there is an important criminal calendar.
Important Cases
Of more interest to the public perhaps will be the announcement that the Philbeck-Francis trial is expected to come up Wednesday unless the docket is shifted by the court in session. In this case Sloan Philbeck, a young married man, is charged with eloping with Jessie Francis, wife of Avery Francis, of Earl. The case will perhaps be one of the largest attended in the history of the county, hundreds having attended the preliminary hearing.
Second to the Philbeck trial from a standpoint of public interest will no doubt be the charge of manslaughter against Frank Lindsay, Kings Mountain taxi driver, whose car several months back struck and killed Edgar Harmon, a Cleveland county farmer. This case is also docketed for Tuesday or Wednesday.
Leo Coleman, well-known Shelby negro, will face the court on the charge of killing Ernest Rudasill, also colored, Coleman alleging that he killed Rudasill after finding him in a compromising situation with his (Coleman’s) wife.
In addition to these and other important cases, Odell Gordon, termed a “bad negro”, will e tried for shooting an operator of a Kings Mountain filling station in what officers say was an attempted hold-up. There are a number of seduction cases on the docket and with the other cases, the criminal docket will likely run through Thursday.
Big Civil Suits.
A number of big civil suits will feature the civil docket, many of them being of public interest, it is said. Among them will be a suit against the Shelby cotton Mills by Mamie Hollifield, administrator of George Hollifield, deceased. Hollifield, an employe of the mill, died in the Shelby hospital in April 1924, of blood poison. O. Max Gardner will appear for the Hollifield interests, while Clyde R. Hoey will represent the defendant.
Another case will be that of Ramsey, administrator for Stewart, against the Southern railway. Stewart, it is understood, was killed on the railroad at Kings Mountain.
A large crowd was in the city for the opening of court and with the many interesting cases coming up, hundreds are expected to attend each day.
From the front page of The Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., Tuesday, March 24, 1925
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