Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-06-18

roonv, EulItS VI =,
and therefore was entitled TO the PRIV
gLio. Of bail; that tie facts elected
i ii9 the testimony clearly established
-, f,,rQr GrCris that Jreclnd"d IT,
nv. ;ISo Of malice which was OF the es-
ecnce of murder.
st NJ Holmes followed Mr.. Empie 70!
n,r acrused. who IN turn, was followed
W. City Attorney Guitar for the prose
CUT" sf+ar argument the Mayor refused
ariscner bail and committed him
! tl,C to await the action of the Grand
INV at the approaching term of the
Superior Court.
preliminary tiNaI:iinary OF Caleb
snow ncsore @-ssihi Moorc,'
co,oredl Justice OF the Peace, so
called.
05a of the prisoners accused Oh
,onrI4ring tua coIorei man, Charles,
Inrksoa. having undergone a p:elimi
',s,y elimination on Monday before
Nor Ctnuadv, the other, Caleb y
C.1w nIias ". I. Jackson, was, Oh
Tuesday, brought before this tri-
buuai,
seat.
This lank specimen of African sU
,,arstitiOu. who believes that the blood
II tine victim will tiow out airesh wilrIs
t,nched by the murderer, took his
sat Oh the bench in the Superior Court
Room. After sitting III "bISsfuI ig
: =. = no TT
in the examination, for several min
utes, relieving the duil monOtOny oj
the ,ceue by u continuous mCpplng Ci
hi. ebony head with white hs'ndker-
rJief, he was urged by MIR. Empie 10
proceed. The justice said he was not
ready to proceed. He wanted "all de
witnesses here. Some Ov dem haint
cot here VT; and de otferser have g
some of dem stupcatjaS Ill his pocket
till ylt.
MIR. Enpie further explained 10 this
son of DcnightedneoS that II there
were any important witnesses absent,
an adjournment could be taken from
day to day, and from hour to hour,
until they could be brought III, and II
wa3 altogether proper to proceed with
coIrt room, and thereby Save a great
deal of valuable time.
Tie court then called round him a
great number Of witnesses, white and
colored, male and female, and admin
istered TO them the following, social
ed, oath, which was taken down Ucl'-
Latila, upon the spot: You and each
OBJ yer solumiy swar dat you will tell
de truth and de whole truth between
the State and ". Jackson.
Albert Thompson, one OF the cOlOreu
band Of which the deceased WAS &
member, whose testimony IL another
branch of this case, IDvC stlgated be-
fore Mayor Cannady on Monday last,
WIS reported i'll the Journal OF yes
trrday was the first witness examined
Not long after he had commenced
Iii, narrative break in the proceed
Ings commenced, and without any APP
parent reason or object IN view, for
silence upon the bench; the crowd
stood in listless silence behind
the bar and nothing was done
apparently. We say apparent
y, for those who believed that
no hing was being done were grossly
mistaken. The justiSS looked straight
forward at ms "otllcer of court" in
front OF him; his officer looked at him,
and sir they both looked at each
ether"
After this Entertainment had pro-
ceeded for a little more than two
hours, the witness on the stand,
Thompson, resumed his narrative,
which he gave III almost the identical
words that were reported IN yesterdays
JOURNAL. as his testimony before tie
Mayor. He must have been diligeut
student Of the columns Of the JGURNAL,
from It's first appearance Oh yesterday
mornlng up to the hour Of the trial,
10 have been enabled to follow the
Identical tcOr{s 40 accurately.
Dung the examination Of this wit
Ness, little OF the wonderful wisdom
OF ills wonderfully wise court would
accidentally crop ont. Mr.. Emple.
Deing necessarily compelled to retire
!" MS olllce tor few minutes. Oh
business Of Importance, the .jcsTSS
stopped the witness until Mr.. Emp,e
should return. The prisoner told the
court there was no necessity for wait
lg and asked him to proceed. "Ah,
na' san, replied the sable Judge, yer
can brlbe me.
And again it TRANSFERRED from the
mouth OF THIS witness that the priso-
nef$ mad been taken to view and touch
tlle body OF the deceased, by the or
uer Oh TINS wonderful .jeStj88. 1t Is
siiu that Moore Is a diligent reader OF
slg FoCtcc G07ctte, and from this never
-1llIDg NINE OF legal lore, together
WIN The traditions that have come
uO"u 20 hlm from the head waters Of
Ine Nile, he mostly gets his supply Of
me testimony of Albert Thompson
WAS was nothing more than repetition OF
us testimony III tn Mayors Court, as
"@s mat OF the with, SIS Mcmillan,
"uq VIII not be reproduced hele.
III addition to these witnesses as to
"a" cag Facts connected with the hCmi-
MIR. JAMES NJ. COwAE
""S examined, and stated that he was
'Llcess street, hear Water. heard
piS'0l hre, walked down Water ac-
s,ar7. MARKET street; met a cOlored man
vd hung at the gun. He asked me
abo~. u d 1t was; 1 told him it was
to TUuS 81 o'clock. [ proceeded on
tI@ an Gllbert's Bar; on the end Of
AH any met Ransom Mcmillan and
Son" ~, thompson coming ont. Ran
fro 70. .t aShed Inc if [ heard that pistol
w. w. 'old him L did aud thought il
p,a ' ,r rSeEoss the river; he also asked
wbeth uo was that standing at the post.
him , - 1t was q policeman. I told
ioo IL ~ was colorea man nov stand
ever ' aLIe lie observed to me. WHO.
bsr-Lnn' t4at pistol, SHOT Jackson the
Iinrno!5"' "a the finger somewhere
lnr tt-i4ie slI asked Jackson if he was
asks3 ' aY. He told me not bad, bur
IS 4s9 me to take that man ont there
and iT 4S So Going out | met Ransom
that thompson coming back who saif
toI3 charley jackson was deod