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"Gentlemen of the Jury: You gentlemen are not lawyers, and well it is that you are not. I have been appointed by the court to defend this man and I have done the best I can. The case seems to be conclusive, and I only ask you gentlemen to be merciful. I would put my client on the witness stand in his own defense, but he has already perjured himself and I don't want him to commit perjury again," stated J. Powell
ROYAL, in his closing plea for his client, James HARMAN, charged with forgery, who passed a check on Cleve
JONES, North Tazewell lumberman for $25.00. The jury fixed the man's punishment at three years in the penitentiary.
Tom COMPTON, who shot John Henry MULLINS with a shot gun near Gleburk recently, submitted his case to the court, and was given eight years in the penitentiary. The shooting occurred as a result of a dispute over a pathway leading to Compton's place on Dividing Ridge.
MULLINS was woods foreman for Mullins Lumber Company, and COMPTON thought he was responsible for obstructing the roadway. The details of the shooting are generally known. Observers in the court room were struck with
COMPTON'S apparent indifference to the proceedings, the conclusion being that he was not a normal man.
Arthur NEWMAN accepted a sentence of one year in the penitentiary for breaking into the stores of the Pocahontas Fuel Co. at Bishop.
Robert JOHNSON, appealing from judgment of trail justice court, on a conviction of driving while under the influence of liquor, was convicted in Circuit Court and the fine of $100 imposed, which carried a revocation of driving permit for twelve months.
James L. LESTER, appeal case from Richlands, on warrant charged with using abusive language, was assessed $10 and costs.
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