Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-10-28

! loving proceedings were had. The magistrate
| cad from q paper his possession a rlgunaroie
.'nut III assault made on a negro who was Will
I'm TaylOr's wagon ON certalu occasion 81
| !. ART of an affidavit made by one mar es z he
, { olored tut in no way aiiudlng to the g nte
! Lnen then on rial. Col n. A. McLoan, counsel
,aIled The attention of the magistrate u the Iacl
! IT, a. the trial must pToce' Il under the "sfI ant
and upon the ch rye therein specihed. anu oe-
manded the witness on the ART OF ne Lets
should be called The mag strate remarked thae
this was unnecessary, as the Young men were
not there wh-n the oHe Sc WIN "hlcn theS
| were charged Wa committed anu S"5ie s II -.
| Ncr.-an witness summoned by he defence, 10
Droye that tact DIR. aiCLean test!ned
to at on the mig int the crime alleged as albst
vOnnp men was committed, the were Dotn at
ht- house-twanty five miles from the scene arc
remained there the whole night Inc mag lsFate
Immediately pronounce the aeqaittdI OF Inc &C
cUsed aud declared that they were olscn@Fsed
IEI N A Mclean then moved that the nane OF
Charles Ellis, at whose Instance The warrant was
issued aud who had sworn p0snt0esy ina he re,
cognized these young men as par VI a,33 ~,
&c.-be entered as prosecuting witness aHa III u
lie be taxed with the cost on these proceeuLl1k
This motion the magistrate SAID ne WouIu taAo
under advise Inent, and, like the mOhkels Mnott
thew had consumed the last OF the poor cSts
cheese, with great gravity DISMISSED 'ne
court" warrant was suoseqaehuy ls 4is ~ ~
another Justice for the arrest OF the states WAL
ness in this case, Charles Ellis, Is answer
charge of perjury but it was found that ne had
been spirited away. or concealea 80 'nA' INC WEI
rant could not be served upon him. ~,
On Sunday last, Andrew StfCng, d .u1t1t19
stronp Iy implicated 10 many Of the robberles ana
other crimes committed % tne pano 20 emd
who, since the last outbreak, has been known TO
have been consorting with the outlaws, came N
to this town, and filed affidavit before the IN
quisitor, upon which warrant was mmedlately
iseu ed for the arrest OF VIM. q. McHelli, an aged
and highly respectable gentleman residing near
Moss Neck, in this county ordering MN 70 ap-
near on the 18th inst to answer a charge Of
being accessory to the murdev OF MaIcom san
doraan- Mr.. None II is the fathcr-ln,i@w OF M;
0ox Ir1 ztU
and placed under bond to answer the same
charge at the same tim3.
On Tuesday afternoon the Inquistor in person
served on the Editor OF this paper rule Tor con-
tempt, of which the following is copy
robson COUNTY,
JUSTICES CoURr,
I'm. s. AcDia,uoi5, Esq. Editor Robeso;o5an
Ordered that the
above william 8. NcDiarmid, Editor of the above
paper, be and appear before this Court at .
O'Clock, q. M, October 10Th, 1870, to show cause
why he should not be attached for contempt for
publishing in the RObeSOnid1 OF the 18th oct.,
a grossly inaccurate and garbled report OF the
proceedings CT this Court IL the case OF the state
vs.. Ccx and Culbreth, Of Moore county, and Ii
the case of the State We. John Iaylor, contrary
to law made and provided. Laws OF North Caro-
lima, Chap. 1T, Section l, Paragraph Z OF tho
same.
Given undor my hand and seal, this 18Th day
Of Octocer, 1870
JAMES SINCLAIR. J, L. [5eaLl
On Wednesday morning at . O'Clock, the editor
appeared in obedience to the rule with his OOun-
sol, Messrs. Leitch & Rowland and Dol. w. Eos.
ter French. The Inquieitor stated that he was
not read, to hear the answer, as his counsel adj
not arrived. and postponed the hearing Till 4
O'Clock. r. N.
At 10 O'Clock. a. m. on Wednesday, the case OF
the State VS.. John Taylor, as accessory TO tlc
murder of Malcolm 4anderaon, was called. Mr..
Taylor appeared with his counsel, Coi. NJ Il. Mc-
Lean and Leitch Rowland. Tho State $50 cGledJ
consumed almost the entire day in tho exan1iua-
ton of e single Witness-One Andrew Strong,
mulatto, closing the direct examination about
p NJ. The crogs-examin ton OF this Witness was
continued by the defence till about p. H., when
the court djourncd, without closing the cross
examination. There are said to be sonla twenty
other Witnesses summoned by, the State go
called) and it is probable that their examination
will consume several days. The examination
will be resumed to day, at 10 d. IL.
The contempt case against tho editor Ct this
paper is set for this morning at O'Clock.
Mr.. w. O. Mcneil is charged with the Same
offense as his son-in-laW, Mr.. Taylor; but their
cases are to be tried ESQ called) separately.
No new arrests have been made, but there are
0minious whispers among the - Faithful 10 the
effect that large numbers Of our best citlzeLs
are 20 be arrested, tried and HUNG Bah
arzy-sAE T.ya sa8R