Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-10-08

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nesday. Sept. soss. The Cesrt mel. pre-
| cent Jslgss Brsst Ford and Masrudss.
State " Lewis Milbsss. sslsrel. Indie
ted Ger Larceny. Tried By Jury. Not
Guilty. Crane for State. Wilses. and
Combs & Downs for defence.
Judge Nagrudsr leia this evening Sos
home.
John HsseIl " Thomas waklia. No.
108 Trials. Tried BY Jury. This eass
engaged the attention Of the Court the en-
lire day, the Court holding an evening
session. Jury return verdict for plain
tit after being out about four hours
Wilson. and Blackstone 4 Morgan for
plaintiff. Combs q Downs for defsn-
daut.
Motion By defendant for new trial and
reasons fled.
Thursday. Oct 1st. State W George
Washington Bowles. Indicted for the
murder Of Morris Long. Tried BY Jury.
There was some delay in empaunelliug the
jury 10 this case. the jurors being sworn
on their roir dire. The question was
asked BY The Court Of each. If be had
formed or expressed m opinion in regard
to the guilt or innocence Of the prisoner.
or il he was opposed to capital punish
ment. and each juror answered in the neg
alive. with the exception Of j. j. Alvey,
who stated that he had formed and ex.
pressed an opinion. but it was not such an
opinion as to influence him in making uT
q proper verdict in this case. Being upon
the Coroner's Jury. however, he was
challenged for cause. Edwin A Wilson,
called. challenged by the State. Duncan
N. Turner sworn. james A Carberry
challenged by defence. Rich E Vain.
wright sworn. Alexander Combs chal.
lenged by the State. Henry Watts chal.
lcnged BY defence. CT Durant challenged
by defense. John H Wathen sworn
John L. Abel challenged by defence. Z
A Matthews challenged BY defence. Will
liam Dixon challenged by the State. J
J Cough, J Thomas Bronze. John A b
Shermantinc, Albert A Wood, Elkanah
Wise. Philip G Love and Gustavus Green
we'll sworn. VIM H Drury challenged
by defence. Philip T Wilkinson sworn.
L Clarence Neale challenged BY defence.
Geo W Smoot. talesman. sworn.
The following we're the Jurors selected
Duncan NJ. Turner. Richard Z. Vain
wright. John II Wathcn, j j Cough
J Thomas Bronze, John A Il Sherman
tine. Albert A. Wood, EIkauah Wise.
Philip G Love. Gustavus Greeuwell.
Philip T Wilkinson aud Geo. W Smoot
The Jury were then charged by the
Clerk aud the States Attorney proceeded
to make the opening statement for the
prosecution.
Testimony for the S,ate.-Dr John T.
Spalding. sworn. knew Morris Long, at
tended him short time ago. He was
wounded by gun-shot in the left groin
which passed into the scrotum to the RICH,
groin and into the pelvic region. He died
from the wound after nine days. Witness
thought he was dying when he first saw
him. deceased thought SO too, made the
post norton examination.
VIM. A. Drury. sworn. was present at
the difficulty between prisoner and de.
ceased. it occurred about chew of tobac.
CO. prisoner. when asked for tobacco bv
Long, told deceased he Was no barn. As
witness went to Bowles' house after thew
had left the barn. he met Bowles coming
out with Q gun. asked Bowles what be
was going to do with the gun, when
Bowles knocked him down. Bowles then
KEEP. on TO the gate and deceased and pris-
oner quarrellcd. deceased offered to make
friends aud they seemed to do SO, deceased
then took the gun and broke it over the
fence, witness then went to the house.
leaving deceased and prisoner at the gate
After some time. Bowles came in, when
witness went to the road and found Long
there. deceased told witness that he wan
ted to make friends with prisoner before
he left and called him out to do so, when
prisoner came out with another gun, pris.
oner and deceased then commenced daring
each other to come through the gate. at
which time prisoner shot deceased, there
was about the length of the gate between
them. prisoner invited deceased and wit
ness home with him from Parsons, the
first difficulty occurred on the way from
Parsons to prisoners house, witness dill not
see any blows struck on either side, Long
is now dead. the difficulty occurred near
St. JOseph's Church in St. Mary's coun-
ty.
Cross-eramiRed BY Defence Witness
did not hear any difficulty ut the corn
house. the difficulty first occurred going
ou, from Parsons about twilight, the shoot
ing occurred later, the moon was shining,
witness was about 10 yards from priso-
ner and deceased when shooting occur
red. didn't see prisoner strike deceased,
they kept disputing until i, got up high.
deceased had a whip-staff in his hand
which he had brought with him to Par
sons tha, evening. when prisoner came to