Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-15
MURDER TRIAL.
CONVICTION OF MANLEf

CORPORATION ChERT -.kM.lm E. a. Lo~r
pr~i,lny The following is the erasAuSion Of
the evidence and the verdict Of the, jury in the
case Of the Commonwealth VS.. CHI rlcs ManIcy,
| inhint-A 70, the ,Duslcr OF John Monroe: re-
port olwhch appeared in yesterdays G.; :ttc
Charlotte Bel testified: Know Charles
Maney when see him the night the old
man was beaten went to Mr. Gray's to get Il
piece OF ice in coming saw two men lying
down; Lewis Payne brought VIM. Plyn.
home drunk; afterwards Lewis Payne went t.,
look tor Samuel Payne; Manlcy came home to
Bill Payuc's house with Lewis Payne then
Lewis and Samuel Payne and Charles Manlcy
went away and came back !; ManIcy then went
away and returned and said he held his head
up; did not know what he meant after tha,
Lewis and Samuel Payne and Charles Manlry
went together 10 the spring, and soon after
heard blows and cries, and then they all came
running back and went into Payne house;
then went into my house; the two men | first
saw were lying upon the bank one had on
light and the other dark cInths; after they
went III the house it was NOT long before they
came oct and went to the spring; saw Manlry
and the Payne 5 leave the house aud 20 To the
house; could see the spring from where
was , 1t was no time after they left the house
before heard the blows and cries; all this
occurred after The 4;h dav OF Juy--On Fri lay;
90 not know how long knew Manley before
this OCCURRENCE; 1t was starlight night; was
so frightened that | threw my bed first in the
house and then out again was frightened be-
cause | feared they might do lie injury; | do
not know whether the two men lying down
were white or black know they were not hug
ging each other; know VIM. Payne and his
wife; VIM Payne Was brought home drunk
that night; from the time Manlcy and tho.
Paynes left the house to the time heard ,,.
cr:es was from five to ten minutes; | ncr !,
was Charles Manley, because he was w;iLiu
live feet OF me from the time | saw TWO. mem
on the hill to the time Marley eaur and
pushed Payne door open was not B,or.. tl,r,
bali an hour; 90 not know what became Of the
payncs; Nlanley went to the house after ta..
blows and cries were over; only SAW thv.,u
make one trip to the spring Nlanlcy could hny
gone to the house by two ways: Eiid not see u
hit the old man, but heard the blows and u"
and DO not know who it was that vas , ,.''
and cried murder, but saw Maney> / ou; s' .'I
oamuel Iayne run; they went Into rho L,'n "n
and afterwards came out and went ,, .I '' L
back part OF the house, aud To- 1t is the Inst IL
aof fieIe the Commonwealth rested; and the
gument Was closed by a. W r III u' f., s"e at
ssut'on, and D. i Smr ct for the de ic,
Inc !, jury then took the. papers and retired TO
their room; and ater being there abont twcn.
y minutes returned with verdict of guilty Of
murder in the first degree The nrs n Lv
his counsel, moved for new trial and the
argument ~ OF the motion was left open.
The next case called was that Of tho Gam
monWeath VS.; VIM. barley, on an indictment
TOT assault and battery, which was tried but,
Tue jury beng unable to agree, Juror was
"ithdraWp' the jury discharged, and the case
continued,
GENERAL TocuMAN's CAsE-We have be.
lore US the prloted speech of General G.. Toch
man, delivered in his own case before the fl
nance committee of the House Of Delegates,
yesterday. The General claims reimbursement
TO the amount of$2, 80, 9s, expended by him
III promoting lmmi grafton to Virginia during
inc thee or four years succeeding the war and
PRIOR 70 the restoration of the state Ia
the Union, and compensation for services
rendered by him as commissioner of immigra-
ton during that period. Richmond .JouHui
1t is stated that au arrangement has gone
into effect whereby live stock from Southwest
Virginia IS transported to Baltimore via Rich
nond. 1ustead oft by the Orange, Alexandria
and Manassas Railroad, az formerly
Large Carlist bands have bcen dispersed in
Blscay, Spain, by the royal troops.