Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-07-14
THE SESSIONS COURT.

where she Will Spenu the SUMMER.
THE SESSIONS COURT.
The last case heard on Tuesday evening, was
that of the State vs.. Thomas II. Allen, at the
prosecution of Elizabeth L.. Bolin and others.
On the converting of Court Wednesday morning,
the Jury returned a verdict Of not guilty.
In the case of the State VS.. Joseph Thornburg,
for retailing spirituous liquor without a license,
and a similar case against VIM. ]. Thornburg,
Mr.. Bell, of the defendants counsel, moved for
a change Of venue, and read atfidavits by the
defendants to the effect that public feeling in
York is so strong against them that they did not
believe they could obtain a fair trial in the
county. TO these affidavits the Solicitor replied
that the -Thornburgs had been frequently tried
in this county, for offences, and had been almost
invariably acquitted. and if that was any evil
dence of fairness, he thought the affidavits of
the defendants were groundless. The motion
for change of venue was refused.
At this point, attention was called to the fact
that by reason Of eXcusing jurors OH account of
sickness and other causes, there was a deficiency
offive in the panel, when, on motion oftheSollci-
tor, it was ordered that five additional names be
drawn. The following were drawn: James l..
Moss, w. +. Adkins, J. E. Lowry, Isom Evans,
colored, John Wagner, colored.
The next case called was the State VS.. Jack
Stewart, a colored boy fourteen or fifteen years
old, charging him with rape. Messrs. j. B. Bell
and John f.. Mason appeared for the defence.
Verdict, not guilty.
The case of the State vs.. VIM. Jordon was
continued.
In the case of the State VS.. Joseph Thornburg,
for carrying concealed weapon, the defendant
pleaded guilty.
In the case of the State VS.. the same, for re-
failing spirituous liquor without a license, the
defendant pleaded guilty.
At the afternoon session the case of the State
VS.. Daniel A. James for the murder of Anthony
Blalock, colored, in the town of Yorkville, was
called. The indictment charged that deceased
came to his death on the 10th of April, 1886, from
the effects of a pistol or gunshot wound inflicted
upon his person by Daniel A.. James, on the
evening of April 3rd, 1886. J.F. Hart appeared
for the defence.
The following jury was empaneled +. A.
Crawford, foreman; w. L. Goforth, John l..
Rainey, w. II. Smith, G. w. Foster, John j.
Hunter, J. f. Moore, John c. Jackson, T. p
Giles, J. Z. Gettys, R. NJ. Steele, NJ. Whit.
TESTIMONY FOR H STATE.
Dr.. w. G. White, sworn: I am a practicing
physician, residing in Yorkville. knew An
thony Blalock, who also lived in Yorkville, and
is now dead. I visited him between s and 9
o'clock in the evening, on the 3rd Of last April,
and found him wounded by a pistol or gunshot
wound, the ball having penetrated the breast
bone, about the medium line and going down.
ward through the left lung. He lived until the
10th of the month. Death was the result of the
wound. ,
Samuel b. Carroll, sworn: On the 3rd of last
April l was in Yorkville. / saw Anthony Bla-
lock a little after dark on that evening. Mr..
James and myself were walking up street, and
coming to a gate, a small colOred boy came out at
it about that time, when Mr.. James said, by
the way, l want to see this man," and asked the
boy if Anthony was in the house. Until then
I did not know who lived in that house.. The
boy ran on by us. Mr.. James called Anthony,
and Anthony came down to the gate where we
were. James asked Anthony, "llas Noah come
back YETI" Anthony replied, No. / then step
ped on a few steps. James was standing on the
outside of the gate; Anthony Just inside. l
suppose | stepped on ten or fifteen steps, ana
did not hear their conversation, further than
I heard James say something about being too
familiar with some woman, or something to that
effect. A short time after he spoke these words
| heard Il pistol fire three or four times. l then
James there. I did not then know that Anthony
had been shot. I did not see Anthony, and ask
ed James what the shooting meant-had he Shot
Anthony. He said he reckoned he had. This
was Il little after dark, not later than s O'Clock:
I heard no loud talking between them. did not
try to hear what was said, and only heard the re-
mark by James about being too familiar with
some woman. When l passed on from where
they were standing at the gate, they were not
far apart. This occurred in York county, on
Saturday evening the Bird of last April.
C~ross-eXamincd: I had been drinking some
that day and felt the effects of it that evening. l
had started home. OF their conversation re-
collect only what I have here stated: James
asked Anthony if Noah had come back yet. L
did not try to hear what he said. When we
started in that direction, | on my way nome.
James did not tell me where he was going. The
gate is Il double gate and was standing open:
/ thought we were about to pass the house, ana
when he said "By the way, | want to see this
man, | thought he spoke OH impulse. lie dld
not say anything about wanting to see An
thony until the little boy came to the gate. The
boy passed on and did not come back while
was there. When James addressed the boy | do
not know whether he said your father. or
"Anthonv." The house is about the width ofthe
street in front of the Court House from the gate,
of from the pavement. / moved OIL from them,
ten or fifteen steps. l heard no angry words be-
tween them. The words about the woman were
not in an angry tone. His tone was as usual,
but | could not hear all that was said. L was
nearer to them than they were to Anthonys
house. After the shooting, we went from the
place to the Jail. We walked rapidly. James
seemed excited after the shooting, but eVlnced
no signs of anger.
Redirect: l was not trying to hear what they
were saying. James was not angry as we went
to AnthOny's house.
Robert Blalock, sworn. This witness was