In Cabarrus County Superior Court, Oct. 19, 1926

Court Matters. . . Number of Cases Continued as Solicitor Announces Trial Docket—Dry Fined

With routine matters out of the way before the noon recess, Cabarrus County Superior Court got down to the business of handling the trial docket.

After the brief charge of Judge A M. Stack at 10 o’clock in the morning, Solicitor Zeb V. Long announced his trial docket and immediately afterward the trial of cases was begun.

The docket of the solicitor shows no cases of unusual importance at the present term of court. A number of cases were continue because defendants could not be found and nol pros with leave was taken in other cases.

It was announced in court Monday that the case of Carl T. Blakeney, charged with burning the Bank of Midland, would not be tried at the present term of court. Judge Stack advised Solicitor Long that because of family connections, he did not want to hear the trial.

C.E. Hopkins, charged with possessing liquor, was found guilty. He was sentenced to serve 90 days on the chain gang, capias not to issue upon payment of the costs in the case and agreement not to handle liquor in any manner for five years.

George Dry submitted to a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. He was given six months on the chain gang, capias not to issue upon payment of $100 to Arthur Flow, whom he is said to have assaulted, payment of the costs in the case, agreement not to handle liquor for five years and agreement to be of good behavior.

Nol pros with leave was entered in the case against the following:

Will Barnhardt, W. B. Oliver, W. L. Johnson, W. B. Spivey and Robert Garland.

The cases against the following were continued: Wiley Freeman, Lee Brooks, Prince Hill, Alonzo Connor Slim Byers, Henry Barber, Martin Boger, Carl T. Blakeney, R. J. Becker, Milas Lowder, Mrs. P. A. Melton and John Hefner.

Editor’s Note: A “capias” is a judicial writ or order — often a type of arrest warrant — directing law enforcement to take a specific person into custody and bring them before a court"Nol pros" is short for nolle prosequi, a legal term indicating that the prosecutor has decided not to pursue the case.

From page 2 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 1926

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