Wilmington journal., 1875-02-19

convened on MondHy morning. tbe
Stu Inatant, the Hon, A. a. Mckoy on
the bench. As We have bad no Suna-
ri Z CoHrt sitting IN this county fo-
twelve months, we mad much mo-
hu lness than usual.
Judge Mckoy and Capt. Norment
the Solicitor, and other legal gentle
men rrivFd Oh Saturday evening tho
9th inst, and registered at the Ocean
fi"nee. This being the frs. CONT
he'd IN this comfy by Judge McKor
L caused a much larg~r attendan ance
than usual. be judges stay witt. ms
has been an ovation, citizens from
! AT parts If oI;r county have called
UpOn mm. ana seemed more than
! p.eas"d to do him honor: the RepuoG-
cans being a. !oud In their praise Of
! ntm AS Onr Democratic citizens. His
| conduc1 on The bench and off, reminds
! us ot our Judges IN ante 5rltu,,s .ln,es.
, aud Just here We SAY, all y;t'ior tn
| North CarolIna's gallant son, the Hon
| George Davis, for the able CANVASS t..
! made III TINS district, for Judge 4. A.
! alchoT. The people OF this county
/ we'll remember what ne said in yIra:ss
! OF Eln,, aud are grattfed TO say thev
| have not been at all disappointed Il IN
! him
! Tie first three days of court were
/ consumed III tbe trlai of our State
1 cases. Thursday having been thu dav
/ appointed by the court for the trial Of
awyer Bryant, II negro boy from
/ ousiOw county, whose trial was moved
! from hat county to this. He was ID
Gicted tor the staying f Itckaal
L ugiey. Of Ons.ow, on the 4.hssday f
; hiny, 1874 The circumstances w.,,
ti5e.-e; lie had stolen Ii pair of shoes
tom Mr. L4bgiey AID Immediately
thee eater left the store; he returned
~ lew minutes nDd asked Mr..
LarGlry t. e&charg" them. being
accused of Stealing ther1 az oncs
/ b 'c:.ue very angry ami made, some
, t.,rs ats, and sn"rti% after left The,
sure, taking the shoes with him.
/ S anity after he goes 10 his grand
! iafEer. and old ttgro, and bns5,.~s
his musk sG. .,.iso borrnws "A pair of bull t
/ i,.Uutas from a negro boy, AND II CAP.
! H, iuf"rmtd his gIaud father TINT, ,.e
+ = nted the gai To biil az alligator ard
! e.. Iurkey. He went then to all cd mil
! rock near by and picked lhe cumpo-
! -ltlon out q: ssnle, he having previous
! " orioWed some lead from he negro
! boy, AID thus equipped he start, d On
| 5 murderous errand. He crossed
! lie river III company with anotLe er
/ soy. aud went 10 the store and a
| qrlred fer hir. Langley- Being IN
! lUTiued hat he vas at the house, q
| short distance off, he went OF. to the
! house, and called Mr.. L. out, stating
/ hat his mother was sick, and he want
! ed him to go down 20 the store, to get
I some .ne0sciu for her Mr. L. ,r-
! ioImed Tim that Mr.. Armstrong was
{. pm z III the store, and to go to
/ han. ~iter, upon Mr.. l.. turned to go
! hack il the house, and when he lad
/ uttered :Le doorway, and in full
! ght. t1e prisoner leveled his gun, and
lir. L fsli MOI tally wourdt d, and
dad on the following day. TIL pris-
oaer has been confined III the jajl of
/ Gne.cvr since the mui der was commit
d. T Sheriff OF OnSlcw arrive d
with iIm on Wtdnesd d"y night the
! lltil .nat. The prisoner was brought
; i Count at 10 O'Clock. oD Thursday
! NOTHING. and some two or three hours
! were consumed IN obtaining Jury.
/ he prisoner was ably deft nde d by
! AK Justice. VIM. Whitfo1d and
! Stephen d. Pool, Jr., Esauires; the
. $ ate was represented by the solicitor,
! Capt. Norm ut, and John F. Wooten,
! L-q The case was given tc the jury
bout 10 O'Clock on Thursday night,
! after most impartial charge from his
| Honor. The jury returned their verdict
ou the next morning at 10 O'Clock, of
! guilty, being out u hours. Tie pris-
| urer was taken back to Jail, and on
! Saturday morning at tie opening of
! Court, was sentenced TO death by
| Judge McKoy-to be hanged at this
pace on Friday, March 26th, 1875, be-
tween the hours Of Il noon. and 2 in
! the afternoon.
While fhs judge was passing SEN
terce upon him. he was SO moved tuat
tears flied his eyes, and his voice 1al-
tart d. His address was most beauti-
| Iui, he spoke 50 of lis being near the
! Spring time, when the grass would he
! green, the trees IL bud aud blossom.
and the birds singing, but this would
! DO LjIo 40 good, he must die, he told
! him that upon his return to the Jail,
/ 10 q ( the jallor to call In man Of
God, To pray with him. to lose no
/ time, for his davs were numkert d. -
I H. saisi III conclusion. . may the dis
! embodied spirit of Michael Langley.
/ the man yOu murdered, Join this Court
in the humble petition. may God have
IN roy on yoGr soul. The prisoner de-
clinsd to eav anything, when asked il
he had anything to say, why sentence
OF death should not be passed upon
HIM. Immediately after passing sen
t-nce, Judge Mckoy left the Court
/ House for few minutes, his fee!Ir gs
| having OveTcome him.
Cacteret viii send representative
TO tbe Peniten -iarv in the per-
son of Enoch Wallace, ne
gro, who was III the employ of Messrs.
| Davis d Bro. at this place. H brs ke
INTO their store about two months Ego,
Was tried and found guilty. and en-
/ fenced to the Pcnitentiary for 10 years.
! The charge against him was grand lar
caGv. Oar Coart wifi adjourn to-day.
The docket is nearly cleared up, or
will be so to-day.
We notice IN attendance upcn our
Court the following legal gentlemen:
Ez- nudge Manly. G. G.. Hubbard, J.
II. II HtuShton. Alex. Justice, John f.
u oten. At u w Stevenson. VIM.
Whittord, :. D Pool, Jr., and Jen-
nings Pigott. We also had the pleas
ure OF meeting the following geItle-
men from Onslow: Sheriff Murril., A.
= HrgEIns, Clerk of the Court, DR..
Royt, DIR. Armstrong, and Others.
~iierln MurrIll is a genial gentleman.
rather corpulent, and makes good
officer The Sheriff of this county,
Iohu d. Davis, compares fav"-ably
y3Jti What have written about Sheriff
HurTiii, except as to the corpulency.
Oar Clerk, Mr.. james Eumi.y. has
-: his office for years, and is the
right man III the right place; and we
"re pleosed to say the same of Ons-
j"w = gallant soldier, A. G. Higgins,
Esq.
some time ago our County Commis-
sjoners made an appropriation 10 re-
p + our Court House The same waf
tpEe uud-r tbe supervision of Sheriff
Davis, and we take pleasure in saying
tt,at II reflects great credi5 upon him.
During the last wee Judge Mckoy
was or TIE bench, on an average, OF
3 hours dai'v.