The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-10-23
From ,he Gr,en.borough Patriot.
FoRsYruC SUPERIOR COURT.

FoRsYrnE SUPERIOR COURT. !,
The Fail Term Of the Superior Court for r
county was held las, week = Judge P
Manly presiding. There was hu, sne case :
of general importance d'srosed OF, TO Wi = d
:. The STATE VS. Jesse Mcbride and Adam 5
Cracks 90 a charge Of circulating an iueen l
diary opbl,ca,lnn. The defendants were IN.
dicted un.,er the Acl uf $50, being the l7lh
section nf the chapter on Cfimes and Fun.
ishments 10 the Revised Statutes, which is as
fnlnw>:
.lf auy person shall knowingly bring into this
state ni,h am intent 10 rrulat-. OF knowingly cir
cula,e or polish within tins sta,e or shall aid or
ahe HE hrin. ing into this State OF The circulation
OF pua iraiion within the State any written or Fr nj
cd pamph.t or payer. whittier Mfttr" or piin'eo
in ~ ou, &c the state, II evident tendency whereof
" nd he TO excite iusurrec,ion. conspiracy or re-
,s,anre in the slaves free negroes and persons OF
color W, h the State, which shall advise or per-
suade slaves or free persons of color TO nsorrecIon
! conspiracy or resistance, such person so offending
shall he deemed guilty of felony. aud on conviction
thereof IN any court having jurisdiction Their o.
sh4ll tor the rst ofnce be mprson,d mol less than
one veal and DO put IN he plIniy and wHHp'd' a.
the discretion OF the court, anti tor the second "''
lcuee shall sutfr death without benefit OF clergy"
4 IhtS case nad eAciteu Htetse Hitt's' ''
, Fa,s, the and the ndJt'iu,ng counties, and the
T, ,ra WAS attended by large crowd oi anx'
i. lnus spectators. II was taken up ~ F'iday
mofnlr q and occupied the whole dat aud un-
. Ia 9or 10 o'ciuck AT night. Tee State vas
ably represented by John A. G'mrr aud
= Hugh Waddell, E-qs., sud The defendants by
q George {. Mendenhali ard Jlnas I. Wore
), head, Eos. Great latitude ws sllo~ed by
a the Cnurl 10 the Defendants Counsel and e,e
>. {, di-pnsiiim shawn to give th'm ia'r a's'
,e Impartial hearing; and No one Who ~,ress'
e ed the zsal and ability al The counsel t'r tse
I. defendants eau accuse them 81 not dischaIs'
re ,ng their whole du'y towards their c!eh's.
q The pamphlet on The clicnlaii"n 81 ~h,ei
r the charge WAS founded. aud Which vas reat
IN evidence coIirlned Il SOFT at running c. m
meu,ary on the Ten Commandments, couch
ea in the violent and can,ing language "i IN
he abohtiunl,ts, and intended TO shaw that slave
ne holders live ia The hahl'usl si"ls'ton al a
de sad Commandments. The essential p'iti +"
ds evidence was the prouf that McBudr, on ieav
hp 100 the house Of a Nr. Kennedy where he an
IS Cracks had s,aid all nighi, put this pampf
on lie, into tho hands Of NJ. X 5 daughter,
II, lutte g,rl of ten or twelve years old.
Ter After the Arguments Of coui sci, and c'ea
ire and tntelfieeu, charge from The Judge, adn't
- ted on both sides to be impartial, at iat
hour the jury retired and remained toeeihe
all night. Al the opening OF the C"uh
Saturday moruing the jury came IN with The
10. verdict .: chilly a- 10 MeBilde, ard n
We guilty as to Cru Ks We may here renar
d: tha, there was NJ evidence adduced bei"r
q. the Court aga,ns, Crooks, except his assoc
%. alton with McBtide.l
If The Judge proceeded TO pronounce again
,,e Mcbride substantial, the ,en,rnee pte-cf
ne he'd in the statute, VIZ: ,mpsi-onmen, tot Y
,i,. year, IN The piliory for one hour, and ,~ep
,,ss ia.hes. Tire defendant took an appeal
tod the supreme Court.
a. These men have hcen travelling in nfig
ta., h1urg sections for some time, in The chara
i, ier 81 preachers. sent here from some eec
,de sia-'n al bhdy ir Ohio. II is not Tor "
HI. discern the mofires Of their mission butt
he fGtct is evil, noloflnu-ly esli; aud seq
ACE rhis, as they ran hardly fail to perceive
n II they ought nuw to desist from their opel
tons among US. One Of them has been CT
.icied, after as fair a trial as any man -
lie had, Of Ullful yoIaiitn Of our laws IL
IN evidence hat he had publicly declared
Rs' purpose 10 persist III the course he had p
rs II -,ipd III hi. ministry regardless Of the II
n al &c. Nothing hn, hat high sense If 10y a
ient. % the law, " ich happily petvades The CO
field nunity, has saved him from summary p
viii l,hnen and If lie can with lmpunlis vio'
thr Law nf the lapn would he complain #
has ged community do the same thing IN
new gard 10 'it',l
IT, Ii was remarked that these men cooduc
a'eh. themselves win ptoprle'v during their
nina tendance ri Court. VI Bride vas bauat
heavy sum, with surely, not TO circulate
ny more paa phiels Of The same chats'