Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-09-10

evidence. A large number of spectators
were present during the examination, and
much interest was manifested in the pro
ceedings. Messrs. G. G. Clark, George
Green, Fred. G. Roberts, A. G. Hubbard
and H. X. Bryan appeared for the defence
and Messrs. W. J. Clarke and Il. +. Leh-
man were for the State.
Mr.. A. Munroe, young lawyer OF klns'
ton, was frat called up. lie was arrested
on two varrants-the first for aiding the
release of prisoners from Lenoir county
Jail. and the second that he and others did,
with malice aforethought, kill and murder
Richard Mobiles, and others. confined in
Lenoir county Jail in January last. After
the reading of the warrants for his arrest,
the prisoner pleaded not guilty, and his
counsel, Mr.. Hubbard, requested the ex-
examination to bo deferred until the 9th
instant. 1t was finally decided to defer the
examination to Saturday, tho 4th, the
prisoner in the meantime giving bond OF
$40, 600 for his appearance.
Richard Sutton and VIM. Cocker were the
next defendants called upon to answer,
upon the complaint of Jesse Parrot, ne
gro, for stealing horse and mule from
said Parrot, fonr others Being of the party.
Richard Sutton was called upon to make
any statement he desired. He said he wns
not guilty, and would waive IN eXamlna-
ton. Cocker made the same declaration.
After the examination of tho witness,
Jesse Parrot, theme defendants were ad-
mitted to bail in the sum of $500. to await
trial ut the Superior Court.
The next case called WAS that of Richard
Sutton, one of the defendants in the above
case, charged with tho murder of Lewis
Cogdell, colored, in the month Of Decom-
Der 1867, upon the affidavit of Joseph i.
Parrot, and whose accomplices were said
to be Joseph T Sugg and Thomas Waters
The prisoner plead not guilty" and
Judge Green thcrcupOn asked that further
time be granted to accme necessary wit
noSscs, etc,
Col. Clarke SAID the counsel for the State
felt compelled to enter into the eXamlna-
ton now, and. accordingly, 1t Was pro
ccedcG with.
Thomas Matters wa5 sworn and put upon
the Witness stand lie said
i startod NTH I.cw,s GotsdeI. 10 carry tlm to
SNOW Hin Jail. On the way Ia Whs taken ont and
shot by Richard Sutton. L think It VAS III Greene
county near the line. iin kIlii:t bg the shot
A day or two afterwards l helped to bury hinl--
Lewis Oogdnll tcl NJ the itr" of the pistol 1
never went to sr8 whether hs- dead ur not ,
but Joshua Suggs ter7ards went INTO tho woods
to se> II Ii" dead And on hIa return ho said
ho not dead, and We hai better Z" and finish
tho Id son of bh, / would not 60 with
him , but day or two after waTt!s, SuSGs told M
C0Gdell doad and helped 20 bnly HIM. Sut-
ton did not say anything sitter he shot Cot,dell +,
but:rOde off. CogdcN IL ColCrvd man. / AM
not certain that the man that Wa shot was the
man holpcd bury. az 1t Wa, dara might. can
not Say that It WIS ncAr tic plac" whore tCA dGl
shot that We found the deaf body. li2 was
shot about seven eight O'clock 1T III; hit No
one waa present "hon Co3doli Was shot bat Hut-
ton nI,i my soil. / did not shoot hum Uo Hicit had
boon tobbiuG many people, and wished to make
linn confess Who were his accomplirv.s for that
reason hO WAS, taken to the HOOdH where Hoped
to fri: hton hmm into confession, and whiiu there
Sutton shot him l thiuk he shot the
head aud back. nau named iayI0r to
my hOuse and said that CoSdali had robbed HIM
and that he Was pursuing him. but wa. tired out,
and asked ne to p rSue him. did 80 and found
that he had been captured. He afterwards
turned over to me and l attempted to carry him
to MIR. TaylOrs. lie had threatened to kill
Sutton and Cocker and others and suppose that
was the reason he WAS killed. None of us were
officers, but the Taylor boys had a warrant. |
have head of mon being arrested without war
rant. We also looked for man named BectOn,
but heard he had been captured and carried to
Snow Hill jail. On our way to Snow Hill he War
taken from the buggy and shot as described.
do not know that he made any attempt to es-
cape"
Jos. p. Parrot, another witness. was ex-
amined, but his testimony lhrows little adj
light on the subject.
The counsel for the defense introduced
no witnesses, and the case here rested.
The lateness of the hour prevented any
further investigation. The prisoners were
to Jail, until the next morning,
Mt ten O'Clock, when the remaining cases
were taken up
SECOND DAY,
The case of Richard Sutton was resu-
med
On motion of the counsel for the pris-
soner the case was left open until Saturday
in order to secure the presence of wit
nesaes.
VIM. Pool and VIM. Virgins, charged
by JOS. Parrot with being accessories be
fore the fact to the murder of James
Grant (colorcd), were discharged on mo-
ton of the counsel for the State. Also,
James Virgins, James DAILY and Alex.
Sutton, for horse stealing. there being no
evidence against them. Upon investiga-
ton it was found that Virgins, Sutton
and DAILY were held by no proper authori-
ty, but simply upon telegram received
from the Governor, ordering the Sheriff of
Craven to hold all prisoners charged with
felony, brought to him by special detective
Mowers.
VIM. Is. Nelson was arrested on a War
rant issued by Judge Thomas on the 31st |
lay of August, on the affidavit of Joseph |
P. PARROT. (The prisoner had been in Jail |
/ week previous to the issuance of the war
anti He was charged with burning the
srist mill of Stephen Lassiter on the night
If December 9th, 1868 Being placed on
rial the prisoner pleaded "not guilty"