Daily Republican., 1882-11-23
COUNTY COURT.
,,.n OF ALOszO GREEN HG :
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- @ GA1I 1sIRDICTED FOK RlOE-
WOOD se Oh ELECTION DAY
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.oor session of Court con-
Tho q : O'Clock yesterday. Lewis
sped at nlsad guilty to charge OF
EOodlsnd = pSentenced TO pay the costs
b and WE Ven Pan and a fine Of $40. Wood.
prosecu S;oted for being concerned
% EaS ,ist louti on election day in the rd Third
tle I,UJd .NS Judge Houston VINO passed !. !,
rd, ana non hin, said that had 1t not
ptepCe upo" ps was sc severely injured,
.su tbsS .s,Os He would have been much
.syi'I, sVs case Of the State 70 ys; a! Alonzo oIn,
lno @ 1oOd, V%, colored, indicted LOT f'ol-
resnsySke ,. taken up for trial ,no
AlexsnS0'A 'Anstin Harrington, Esq,
1 tle laS. GiVudictmsnt be quashed on a the
aS t.uS tbst it did not specify tae LLl tlme
aunoi iav sn" uhcn the offense was COM
the u"I He made . long argument on
ltted, n rhinh was overruled by
1O IIOurt and the trial proGeeasso aso, "''n'
sgu vOu'WS v, Carey testified that
IoIn ,IoO dsy he was at the Ihird " q
ectlon S' N the afternoon q crowd OF
pllS sDu ..an came marching down
ssisop C street two abreast; 9ssa.r 'ney TSsv hsu
lnes NY tSSir way through the crowd,
uaDN .. '. one said "what the HI do
pd 'oIUth n.Ut here" some blows were
~ ' and the colored men went
ruslI H. sD returned again In a short
Y. M rbsp % the leader raised his club
IS ~ sss .ssmed to be the signal for An
..sr alsr n those around the polls. The
Nv Iss ,Su.ed S about ten minutes. On
y. .Tsmination the witness said the
s.or the ..fght ended 80 soon was
..s".s @ the colored men we've over.
a.,"d OauSS hv the white people and had
sV, '"n. tbs witness was not frightened
|, III I.boupht others were; could not
SopDIse the prisoner IS being one OF
S,O T"Uvv W. Witsil, sworn and testified
~ % He vas at the polls on election day
nd saw the riot
VI M All peOple appeared to be frightened
4 Az humber ran into the witness
tOrs in the vicinity could not identify
srssnwOOd IN as being with the party.
Iobn T. Dickey, sworn aud testified
..La 1voo in tha vicinity of the polls,
M heard pistols fired and saw bricks
h,ovp, Gould not recognize the pris-
mar as being one of the men.
william T. Hickman swore that he
Aw the crowd going down to the Third
and polls, and followed them saw
bem engaged in rioting, and identified
6eprisoner as ore Of the party Is &C
Iuaipted with the prisoner.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Harrington.
followed the crowd because / had On
interest in the election ; did not come
bre 10 testify in the hope OF getting any
sWsrd.
After Mr.. Hickman left the stand be
Vas recalled by Mr.. Harrington, who
asked him if he was not intoxicated on
beCtOn day 2 he answered "NO sir, "
yon had been drinking had you not"
borSisted Mr.. Harrington.
"Well / had a couple of drinks, said
VI. Hickman. "Well now on your oath,
bow many drinks had you on that
lH?" mot more than three;" Where
iii you get them?' asked Mr.. Harriug
lol "That's my business" snapped the
htness; "You are q constable are you
aOt?" said the attorney; the witness
answered he was, and was allowed to
depart.
John Allen, COlored, testified that the
Day after the election, the prisoner had
Baid to him he should have been with
them the day before but did not say
where be was.
The State closed here, and the de-
fence called Spencer Greenwood, the
father Of the prisoner, who testified that
Alonzo came home about 2 o'clock in
fhe afternoon very drunk, and did not
30 out again that night.
Jane Greenwood, the mother, testified
mat she was out at work on election
pay, and when she came home in the
evening he was there drunk and did
POI 60 out again that night.
Ihls closed the evidence, and the jury
vas addressed at some length by Mr..
cooper, who reviewed the testimony,
and contended that there was no doubt
q taere being a riot on that day, and
N thought iE had been clearly shown
.nat the prisoner was engaged in that
Mr' harrington followed for tte de-
Ience, and handled Mr.. Hickman, the
principal witness for the State, very
rVvefeiy. He spoke about half an hour
sna closed by saying that he conf
guilty.
MT Cooper closed for the State, and
.ae Jury was charged by Judge Hous.
nl VINO, after reading the law relating
|@ysat constitutes riot, said that it
laa been clearly shown that a riot had
laten .s place, and it was for the jury to
'Sc'efmlne whether or not the prisoner
wa participant. He closed by re
sssslog N the evidence, and at 3 15 O'Clock
neJurV retired. Previous TO retiring
sJator asked the Court If the mere fact
y prisoners being at the place where
,.c ~ roy occurred ould justify them in
|iT.uslerlng q verdict of guilty. The
Suuge replied that it would not, they
auSt SI % satisfied beyond a reasonable
SUuOt Sv that the prisoner was not only
ysSSnE .,0a y, but also participated in the
W o,.i Inc jury did not return until
!, S,IuCk' when they rendered q verdict
Ol not guilty.
OOart adjourned until 10 o'clock this
The Grand Army FAIR.
4. tne Ialr which has been in progress
\. .Vf some time in the lecture room OF