Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1815-11-15

IN the aftemoon; that some 2 hours afterwards
nc left town with Jackson, the witness, in chair,
that they did mol go by SieUeas' but miles higher
that he overlook the party at the time and place
already stated by Jackson and Rochelle, when
prisoner and Davis had the slave in the woods he
represented the quarrel between prisoner and Hef-
lin at the log be in consequence OF the prisoners
declaring that the Slave in his possession, and
shat he would not suffer any other person to inter-
fere. lest the slave might be killed, injured SO
that his master would not receive him, or that he
Right have him to pay for he stated the travel
ling gait as already stated by Jackson, and also,
that he heard the whipping in the woods where ne
first came up, he also mentioned upon examination,
the falling in the creek and beating before and OPP
posite Gallihon's frequently before they reached
his hol1se and afterwards, and says it was about
dark when they reached at his house, being about
90 miles from Raleigh by the way of Stevens.
Mrs. Stevens seemed to think they might have
staid an hour at her hOuse--no mention was made
by the witness how much time was taken up by the
whipping when Davis and prisoner were out to-
gcther or afterwards when the prisoner and Hef-
lin were al the log and quarrelied Cooke stated
that prisoner and Hehin remained an hoer at his
house. and he thinks gave the negro some spirits
that himself and Davis were then requested and
did 90 on with the prisoner and Helm to preUenf
The negro from getting Gtcdy that he did not APP
near fatigued that the owner, (Baiey,) lived oi-
rectv forward on the road to the teff hand, a.
bout three miles; that on their arrival at his house
he was abed, they called at the gate short dis
lance from the house, he came out and they inform
ell him that they had brought him his negro--that
BaiIy asked what he had to pay? The prisoner
answered only about Is or 20 lashcs, which he
readily granted that it was dark, and Baily the
owner requested that the slave should be whipped
an the uGrd at a tree, which was objected to- as 1T
might disturb the family; that he then proposed a
white oak little back, in the edge ola piece of
newly cleared ground that the company set off
with the slave towards the place pointed out
Baily went off to the house for a light, and that
he staid behind attending something 10 the horses
that when he went up to the company the slave
was crosswise log is inches or feet IN diameter,
and that Davis was stoopug down doing some
thing to his hands, and when he rose up said, that
they were loose enough and would not hurt him -
that the feet were tied together, and so were the
hands andthe slave placed transverseiy the log, and
rail or Chunk passed between his feet under the
log and between bis hands; that the rope was one
end tied around the neck and the other used to
tie the hands but was loose between the neck and
hands that the shirt was turned up to the neck
and breeches taken down that no one whipped
but srisoner and Hefin that prisoner whipped
first and gave between fifteen and thirty stripes,
and Helm neafly-the same number; that Baily
asked If any Others wished to whip, and requested
Davis, who proposed the next day when he might
be brought to his shop to be ironed - that about
this time the slave complained that he was hurt on
the log that he, the witness, united him, when he
settled dotoa 5y The side of the Logs the owner then
said he would whip, and ordered the saveto get
on the log as he intended to whip the belly, that
the slave asked to rest that at this moment witness
said he turned aside few steps, Out for what he
did not in any manner pretend to account) when
he heard an exclamation from prisoner and Davis;
that when he returned the slave was lying on his
back and expired i'm about 10 or 10 minutes; that
he heard no blow or violence of any knd--but lff
and found Bailey with the rope IN his hand and
shortly they all went on except Bailey witness
said that there was light-wood torch which wa
on the stump of the log not far off that the lgh
was occasionally held In the hand out py WHOM h'
did not recollect.
The Coroners ofthi county, and OF Granville
county were sworn for the tate they both deposed
that the neck brok n, and that II was the l0lh
of the month when they took up the body, and that
il was buried in Granville county that the body |
bore the marks of much whipping, though Boyce OF
Granville said he thought he had seen slaves worse
WHIPPED, but the body was so offensive that they |
kent al a distance. Mr. Galihon, one OF the jury |
of inquest. deposed that the jury had the body split
TO the bone from the neck to the hips, and that II
appeared to be bruised in jelly, from one end TO
the other, except small place about as wide as his
two fingers and that he could distinctly see the
depth of the bruises by looking into the incisioh
made by the knife--he also confirmed the neck be- |
ing broken and said that the breast of the deceased
appeared considerably bruised.
Upon this evidence &c. the case was submitted
to the Jury, who without being absent five minutes
returned virdict OF GUILTY.
The two other prisoners, John Davis and Samuel
Bailey were then arraigned at the Bar, and after
few moments conqultation, the Jury returned
verdict of Nor GUILTY.