Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-12-15
NOT GUILTY.
william WuHder Acquitted Yesterday
OF the Charge or Numbering
John Norwood.
Names OF the Jurors Who Settled the
Question, Osn q White Man
be Convicted?

1t was all mistake. Bill Wupder d;5
not kill John Norwood at all. The indic,-
| ment OF Wunder arose from a misnnder.
| standing, as he is an es,imable gentlemen
| and oil course would not murder any one. II
is true that Wunder was arrested-tbat sew
erai witnesses testified that he had killed
| Norwood with q butcherskEife: but these
witnesses were in all probability laboring
under visual hsllucInation. They thouoh
| they saw Norwood killed, with bis bowels
| hanging out, but they were deceived, evil
J 6SSnty. II you look at the sun for several
seconds, and then close your eyes, you will
see the sun still, though you are not looking
at IL Thia esi@hli~I>-- 49, r~--iL1lity Of d.
| ception, and is given gratis as a theory 10
| account for the statements of the witnesses.
NOBODY KILLED.
Moreover, it is by no means certain tn
Norwood is dead. Ii Wunder is not guilty
of killing him, it follows, necessarily, that
he was not killed. Probably he fell and
ruptured himself; and il is extremely likely
that Mr.. Wunder had no butcher knife al
all. 1t might have been simply a long
bologna sausage he was carrying home for
his Sunday hash. Is it not more probable
that it was a sausage than a knife when we
regard the circumstances? Wunder b ad lost
to eat the next day. Consequently nobody
was killed.
BEG HIS PARDON.
Yesterday afternoon the jury in requital
Of the eminent services rendered by Mr..
Wander 10 the public, brought in a verdict
of not guilty. This was but proper, as no
doubt Mr.. Wuuder's feelings have been con-
siderably hurt by this prosecution, and of
course the jury owed it to him 10 beg his
pardon for even having sat upon his life.
The defendant has been put to the incon-
0f or lroY Trio for I'd
he has been acquitted by "jury of his
peers" That settles it. The APPEAL sug-
gests now that the graceful thing for Gen.
Turner and Mr.. Moss 10 do would be TO send
a written apology 10 Mr. Wunder, and then
indorse him to the governor for oil inspector.
Gen. Turner requests that the jurors will all
call this morning at his Office and get their
chromos.
The names of the jurors who voted 10
acquit Wander are T. B. Norment, Henry
Hemple, B. I. Lake, P. Y. Pardue, A. Bron-
ley, w. d. Bonner, J. L. Mercer, ]. II. An
derson, P. P. Higgins, J. J. Flora and ii. A.
Field. Mr.. f. F. Belts, very much to mis-
credit, held out until yesterday afternoon,
haus,ed. He had hemorrhage, and was SO
sick from it that he consented to the verdict
desired by the rest OF the jury. To this jury
should be commended the task OF revising
the dictionary. There seems 10 be neces-
sity for an amendment TO the word murder"
Inspired by the verdict rendered Yesterday,
an APPEAL man intends getting up new
primer, of which the following is a sample
extract:
THE NEW PRIMER.
Ques.-What is murder? Ans.-Murder
is the killing of human being by negro.
Ques.-What is murder in the first degree? |
Ans.-The killing of a white man by negro.
Ques.-What is murder in the second de- |
gree? Ans.-The killing OF negro by a
negro: in other words, the killing of the |
second negro.
Ques.-What is justfable homicide2 Ans.
This is a crime of which the white man |
has the fee simple.
Ques.-Can white man commit murder |
in the first degree? Ans.-He cannot; be-
cause all the juries have said it.
Ques.-Can he commit murder in the Sec
ond degree? Ans.-He can; but it is very
rare and difficult feat; in fact, almost as hard
as for camel TO go through the eye Of the
needle.
Ques.-Can he commit ias,ifable hOmi-
eide? Ans.-Well-we should smile.
Ques-What is justice? Ans.-Justice is
4 figure of speech and woman with green
'hade over her eyes.
Ques-Is she blind? Ans.-She is very
blind in one eye.
Ques-Whst made her blind? Ans
The lawyers.
Ques.-In which eye is she blind? Ans
Her white eye. The niger eye is all right.
Ques.-Did anybody ever see justice?
memory fails to respond.
Ques.-Where can one get some points
.bout her? Ans.-From the Wunder jury.
Q1es.-Whai is jury? Ans.-A jury is
body of twelve men fed and hired by the
'a'e TO constitute an audience in court
DOM.
Ques.-What is the duty of jury? Ans
The chief duty of a jury is 10 acquit all the
zig criminals, if white, and to slap it on to
he petty offenders.
Ques.-Why do they do this? Ans.-That
; an improper question.
Ques.-What is hung jury? Ans.-One
hat fails to agree.
Ques--What is the cause of hung jury?
Ins.-Honest men.
Ques. - Are there many hung juries?
they don't believe in hanging.