The Arkansas advocate., 1837-04-27

| Z. II RH'hertord Saw pris. returning so s.;l .o he had escaped in Feb. Heard him say. .l,s, 3''t his brother thought they would leave ja,l uni; saa butintended 10 stand their trial. 1a'
 .Rf'. AIaasoa--Pfis got the chains of his lesss broke jail in February. saa
 The counsel for ihe State also offered. in e.,a.. an affidavit saorn to by the prisoner to obtain in which he set forth that he could prove m Robert Reed and Lialeberry Robinson. Tb. 0' ms'. Y strenuously opposed by the prisoners sustained by the court, and the affidavit suffered to he jqry. go
 Eeiaeaee for ae Prisoner.
 I5arag R3559soa--sHas at McKee'a house tba !. ths murder. t eas fawianutes after 12 when T there, beeause e inquired the tine Ut tie house - wss thefe. Both were thsfe at work os4 the hopsa
 Lia5s6avy ho5iason--Aas there after D o,.l.., siet dee'a after leaving the house.
 Green .Hckee-Ont nthe day of the murder was..,. all day. Was mostly in tie house the fore n,ft os day. little after 12 o'clock, went touteide. Whoa fFst went out, sat down the doorstep. 5oa half an hour, and tlen about half past 10 sss aad ast upon the door sill Mas in the house passed. After decd passed, pris went to his oxen ed them, and then went to work on the house. prss the afternoon prs- never more than 50 wards fro the house. fwasn't 70 fiae at aI after prs voheaaa his oxen before Ae went to work ganand remained i. work all tle afternoon wtfoat tsrFaissen nntldpsk ' it. vert out to show prs. an1 AIex how to ,,e eF together, they did knew how to ao 50. WI iteafd ore gun fired aboat o'clock willie prs. was Work on the house The gun was fired about the time dce d would have got to the pace where he was killed. ihe gun was taken down in the morning by Alex and loaded for the purpose of killing tarkey It was then put n the rack, and was never taken down aeain t late in tse evening When the negro girl ca1e house n the egening wit heard harsh language used 5g the prisoner. Pfis. ddnet say ..d---n her! blow her through! Prs. never swears. When the negs of the murder came, Mrs Mckee said 1t was very ans thing that prs. and Alex d been there the eyning or they might have been suspected She said this be cause the negro said to pris speaking of klnea who did it-'s9ou know how
 c'oss-ee'd-4,rs, had gun in his hand in the mid de ofthe day The oxen stood all hour before they were anyoked Wit. was on the doorsill when the gun fired Went on the aeofs immediately after dinner-and re. mained there half hour Had dinner at 12 o'clock
 Does not remember that pris. ever told him his life depended on his testimony, after breaking jail.
 Hardy Ro5iason--Called again by State-Left Me- kee's at or minutes after I2 No dinner was prepar ing then, and Green Mckee was in the house sitting by the fire.
 -A: F. Badgeh-Nas at the jail when the pris. was brought back Heard pris. tell Green that his life de pended on him, to get clear and begged him to be at court
 The evidence being gone through with, argument of counsel commenced about o'clock, Friday evening" and the case was given to the jury at o'clock the next morning 1t o'clock, verdict of guilty was return ed into court motion for new trial was afterwards made and oFefraled. A motion in arrest of judgment was then made and on the 18th withdrawn Sentence pronounced on the 26th
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