The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-07-21
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY Fl, 1869.

lady was without counseI,y Mr..
Wills so informed the court, and
Judge Gilmore directed him TO
conduct the defence. .y.4~a.!
The case was put upon trial be.
fotethe court a jury being waived.
DR.. George A. Moore end his two
assistants then gave theirevideuce.
The physicians who attended Or.
Moore followed, and testified, as to
the eXtent Of tho wound inflicted
by tho pistol ball, which passed
through DR.. Moore's wrist, doing
injury to tho muscles which will
lust through life. ......
Mr. Wills cross.questioned tho
witnesses, and then, by permission
OF tho court, took the stand and
detailed his former professional
connection with Mrs. Pollard, Civ
ing it rs his deliberate Judgment
that at tho time Of tho commission
OF the alleged assault tho accused
wus not Of sound mind.
The counsel for. tho prisoner
then asked Judge Gilmore if ho
would listen TO statement from
the accused, which request tho
Judge said ho would grant, only
provided Mr.. Knott, tho States at
tornoy, aud Mr.. Milton Whitney,
counsel for DR.. Moore, did not OBJ.
jject. These gentlemen having sig
nitied their willingness, Mrs. Pol
lard was led to tho witness stand
by Mr.. Wills, and, after removing
the thick green veil that cnvcl-
oped her taco, she proceeded to
detail to tho court the history Of
the wrongs she claimed to havo
received ut tho hands Of Il. A. Pol
lard, led on and encouraged, as she
alleged, by DIR. Moore. She con-
cluded \ rather lengthy story by
stating that inch by inch she had
boon deprived by these men Of all
she possessed, except her honor,
and that could only be taken with
her life. She also stated That She
bore no relationship whatever to
Mr.. Pollard. his treatment Of her
having been ,of SUCH u. character an
to compel her to apply for IL d.
vorce, which was now pending,
She did not dony tho assault
charged bat claimed that Dr.. Moore
had denied having had any knowl-
edge Of the whereabouts Of Pol
lard, that he had told hor he had
not seen him for months, although
she had seen him enter and depart
from Moore'a house only the nj yht
previous, and his constant inter
ference between her husband and
herself had driven her to frenzy
Judge Gilmore thon reviewed
the case, and finally concluded hy
declaring the witness guilty oil
common assault, as charged in the
indictment, an1 sentenced her to
be confined in Jail for thirty days.
Upon this announcement Il scene
followed not often witnessed in Il
court Of Justice. Mrs. Pollard
arose with outstretched hands.
and in II trcnzicd manner cried
ont: ooh, Judge, ito not send me
to prison." She then fell on her
knees, and again appealed TO the
Judge, saying. "For the sake Of
my moro than orphaned children,
do not deprive them Of the protec-
tion of a mother" She thon sank
with her head on the knees Of Mr..
Willis, her counsel, uttering hys-
terical sohs, until Messrs. Irwin and
Carter, Deputy Wardens Of the
Jail appeared and ns delicatcly as
possible removed hor to tho Office
Of the Clerk Of tho Court. Mrs.
Pollard went on with her oxcited
outcrios in tho Clerks office, and
succeeded in attracting n consid-
orablo crowd. When The court ad-
journcd she was conveyed to JUL,
where sho now remains.
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