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

bv her on this occasion. As the
Isdy was without counsel Mr.:
Wills so informed the court, anc
Judge Gilmore directed hfm TO
conduct the defence.
The case was put upon fria! oe'
forethe court, q jury being wsived
DR.. George A. Moore and his two
assistants then gave their evidence.
The physicians who attended DR..
Moore followed, and testified as:to
the extent of the wound inflicted
by the pistol ball, which passed
through Dr.. Moore's. wrist, doing
injury to the muscles which will
last through life. n....-I 2. .....
Mr.. Wills cross-questioned the
witnesses, and then, by ypermission
of the court, took the stand and
detailed his former professional
connection with Mrs. Pollard, Civ
ing it IS his deliberate judgment
that at the time Of the commission
of the alleged assault the accused
was not of sound mind. -.
The, counsel for, the, prisoner
then asked Judge Gilmore if he
would listen to q statement from
the accused, which request the
Judge said he -would grant, only
provided Mr.. Knott, the States at
torney, and Mr.. Milton Whitney,
counsel for DR.. Moore, did not ob-
iect. These gentlemen having sig
nified their willingness, Mrs. Pol
lard was led to the witness stand
by Mr.. Wills, and, after removing
the thick green veil that envcl-
oped her face, she proceeded to
detail to the conrt the history OF
the wrongs she claimed to have
received ut the hands of E. A. Pol
lard, led on and encouraged, as she
! alleged, by DR.. Moore. She con
cluded q rather lengthy story by
stating that inch by inch she had
been deprived by these men Of oil
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 q character as
ta cenpel her 20 apply fer a;ds.
yorce, which was now pending
She did not deny the assault
charged but claimed that DR.. Moore
had denied having had any knowi-
edge of the whereabouts of Pol,
lard, that he had told her he had
not seen him for months. although
she had seen him enter and depart
from Mooee's house only the night
previous, and his constant inter
ference between her husband and
herself had driven her to frenzy.
@ Judge Gilmore then reviewed
tie case, and finally. concluded by
declaring the witness guilty .ot
common assault, as charged,in the
indictment, andesenteneed her to
be confined in Jail for thirty days.
Upon this announcement d scene
followed not often witnessed in a
court of Justice. Mrs Pollard
arose with outstretched hands,
and in a trenzied manner cried
out: ''Oh, Judge, do not send me
to prison" She then fell on her
knees, and again appealed TO the the
Judge, saying. "s.For the sake, oi
my more than orphaned children,
do not deprive them Of The protec'
ton of a. mother. ". She thensank
with her head on the knees of Mr.
Wills, her counsel, 'uttering hys:
terrical sobs, until Messrs. irwin and
Cartel. Deputy Wardens Of the
iaiI appeared and as delicately 3as
possible, removed her to the Office
ofthe Clerk of the Court sMrs.
Pollard went on with her excited
outcries in the Clerks Office, and
s. succeeded in attracting a consid
| cradle crowd. When the court ad
! iourned she was conveyed to jail
where shenow remains. , s-:.i..;,
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