The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-12-07
Circuit Court Proceedings.

Tie following Is u memoranda ,
cases disposed of at the Novembt
Term Of our Circuit Court--Ilon. "
!, T. Hiclterson presiding;
y State vs., Alex, Duncan. Carryln
9 pistol Submitted, aud was fined 81
\ and costs.
v W, L, Cherry, Carrying pistol. Dis
. missed by defendant securing costs,
Tom Miller. ARRAY. Found guilty
and fined IS and costs.
Robert Harris, Murder, 81 degree
Acquitted,
sam Gregory, Attempt to commit
adultery, Continued on affidavit OF
defendant until the next term Of the
Court.
W, j. Woods, Carrying pistol.
Acquitted.
A, c. Price and Newton Pless.
True bill found by Grand jury
Charged with murder Of Hardy Smith
Price as principal and Pless AS ac-
ccssory, Continued on anl luyit Of de.
Iendants until next term Of Court.
Thomas Grant, Assault and Bat
terry, Found guilty and fined $3.50,
and bound ovcr to keep the peace for
six months.
Charles Justin, Disturbing Sunday
School, Continued, on affidavit Of dc
rendaut, to the next term.
Gentry Leach, Disturbing Public
Worship. Continued until next term,
upon affidavit OF defendant.
Peter Featherston, col. Petit Lar
ceny, Acquitted.
Mack Fitzpatrick. Carrying pistol.
Guilty, and fined go and costs,
Il. ID, Reed VS., John ID, Lipscomb
ActIon in Trover, Plaintiff dismissed
his suit and pays one half the costs,
Jno, Washburne and wife VS. Geo.
w. Larkn. Action in Debt. Plain
titfs dismiss suit and assumes all costs
except attendance of defendant wit
nesscs.
State VS., W. S. Hopkins, Indict-
ment for keeping dog and bitch with
out paying dog tax. In this ease was
involved the Constitutionality Of the
dog law. Def ndant dcmurred to the
indictment on the ground that the dog
law was unconstitutional, The Court
being Of the opinion that the dog law
was unconstitutional, sustained the de-
murrer, and the Indictment was quash-
ed. 70 which the Attorney General
excepted. and prayed an appeal to the
Supreme Court, which was granted,
State vs.. BrJwn Cobie, col. In
lictment for mur Ter in the lst degree.
and convicted OF murder in the
st degree. The defendant moved for
, new trial, and also an arrest ofiudg
nent, which being ovcrruIed, Judge
lirkerson proceeded to pronounce sen,
ence Of death upon the defendant,
which was substantially as follows:
Brown Coblc, stand up. You are in
.ictcd for the murder OF one Felix Gard I
You have had a fair and impartial +
rial, and the jury have found yOu guilty. :
do not see how they could have found :
thcrWisc. In all of my ruling, ! have II
zen as lenient rs possible. and have given
on the benefit Of all doubt. The counsel ,
appointed to defend you, Mc>srS. Davis !
, Hunt, have done all in their power for !
on. You cannot complain Of them. They :
ave done everything that could be done; !
nd ityou had had all the lawyers in the :
they could not have done more Tor
on. But the blood OF the man is on your Il
ands, and the aScngcr is pursuing you. c
here is some proof here showing that you q
re a preacher, bat you have used the o
loak Of religion to cover our dark deeds.
am sorry to see Christianity SO abused
nd put to such base purposes. We all
ave to die. and if the Supreme Court af-
rms this judgment your time here on .,
nth is short, 50 you had better prepare !,
" Grath. | would have been glad could :,
lejury have found some mitigating cir "
instances, but they could not under the +,
'idencc. And it the Supreme Court re- Il,
.rscs your case there is but one nan who Wv
i'll be gladdGr of it than /, and that is "A,
DurSclf. | I'm glad it is to go before a v
CHER tribunal, for if my Judgment was fl
nal | would not be Circuit Judge an ",
"
" Without saying anything further. the ~
Igmsnt of the Court is. Brown Coble, ~
at the Sheriff Of Franklin county take ",
III to some convenient place, within one "
lie OF the Courthouse, on Friday, the -,
tn day Of January, 1877, and hang you ~
The neck with u rope until you are ~,
nd, dead, dead" ~
TO which ruling of the Court IN Sc
terruling his motions tor Il new trial c'
I'd in arrest Of judgment, defendant ty
iceptcd, and prayed an appeal to the
Court, which was granted. tn
Death-like silence prevailed during -
e delivery of the sentence of death !"
the prisoner at the Bar, and the su
rye asscmblage seemed fully impress
d with the solcmnity of the occasion. N
MY Two pow Nhnnrprv gulps arn