Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-02-17
From the Raleigh Sentinel
IMPEACHMENT.
NINTH DAY.

Court met at - O'Clock, Chief Justice
Pearson in the chair.
Mr.. Graham-Mr. Chief Justice and
Senators, we beg leave to offer in evidence
certified copies of the records of the Su-
perior Court of Alamance county, showing
that the courts of Justice were regularly
held in the fall term of 1869 and the
spring term of 1870 Immediately anterior
to the invasion of the county by the armed
forces of Kirk.
The Clerk then read certificates setting
forth facts as indicated by Mr.. Graham
Also similar transcripts from the records
of Caswell Superior Court to the same eff
| feet and purpose.
William ]. Murray, witness called on
behalf of the Managers. being duly sworn,
| testified as follows:
now act as Deputy Sheriff. Was high
Sheriff from 1860 to 1868. am we'll ac-
quainted in the county. I have done a
good portion of the principal business OF
the office of Sheriff for the past two years,
or while have been deputy. | have col
lected taxes and served processes in vari-
ous ways. Have been all over the county
in the execution of my duties during the
years 1869 and 1870. The court Of pro-
bate and registration of deeds went on az
usual during these years. The various
townships were supplied with magistrates,
who have held their courts in the differ
ent townships since that system went into
| operation. There were constables in all
the townships.
Q. State whether or not, to your own
knowledge, there had been any resistance
to the law in the execution of any process
or in the execution of any duty of any Of
ticer in the county Of Alamance during
the period of 1869 and 1870?
| A. Not at all, to nv knowledge.
O. Did you find it at all necessary tc
summon assistance to make the arrest O.
A. never did in my life, at any time
O. In the execution of the duties O.
sheriff, while you held it and since yor
have been deputy, you have never found i
necessary to summon possee to aid yot
in making arrests
A. I don't think I summoned anybody
to help me make any arrest during thu
whole time that I have been an officer o
the county. Superior Courts have beer
regularly held at their terms. The JUNE
term of 1870 was held, and the Fall tern
same year, was also; and so was the tern
preceding of 1869. l never did know o
any resistance to the execution of anl
process or to the execution of any law il
the county. never heard of an Officer
being resisted in serving legal precept
am generally acquainted with the officer
of the county, the magistrates and consts-
, bles I never knew of any resistance Il
any of them. 1 have no knowledge o
any resistance to serving any precept il
the county.
BY the Chief Justice You do not be
lieve there was ? A. do not. Q. Don
you believe that there has been any resist
} ance to any one whatever A. No sir
Kirk and his command of troops arrivet
there. think, in June. Am not posltlv'
about dates was either June or July
There had been Federal troops there be
fore Kirk came. The Federal troops cam
in the latter part of February, 1870. :.
think it was full company, though d.
think there were about fifty or sixty
;: though cannot be positive. Q. You sa.
these federal troops arrived there abou
the last of February or first of March
E Did these troops or any other Fedora
= troops continue there from that time on
: ward ? a. I think they were there. wit
= some intervals-one company would g
9 and another would come. There may hav
Been few days they we're not there. Th
r last troops left there since Kinks troop
] were discharged. They were there tn
: whole time Kirk was there. The FEEDERS
: troops came four or FIVE months earle
= than Kirk, and were quartered at the coul
1 house in Graham, and continued ther
from February or March down until afte
4 Kirk left the place. never had oecasio
to call on these Federal troops for aid j
the execution of my duties.
Cross. .eranai,sed By Mr.. Boyden
I was elected principle Sheriff in 1850
Since that, have been acting az Deput