The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1889-05-25

--A>. AAe'o UC0A ItuldrkADly success.
full since he took charge of the church
and with the additions that are being
made to the already neat and commodi-
GUS structure he will have church
ecltice of which he, and his flock. NAV
we'll be proud.
About twelve members of the St,
Peters A. M. E. church met in it's base
ment Wednesday evening and after un.
usual devotional exercises were in.
dulgedin, the pastor announced that fur
ther business was before the house, and
after properly presenting it, he pro-
ceeded to appoint a committee of three
to act as jurors in the church trial of F.
l.. Anderson. Messrs. R. Ragan, VIM,
Arnold and R. SPOTS, being the chosen
ones. The attorney TOR the defendant
forgot to investigate and see whether
the jurors were unbiased or not, which
afterwards proved very material in the
case. The charges presented were but
few, but strong and mighty in the eyes
OF the most loving pastor. The charges
were as follows: First, falsehood, which
lnslnuated that the defendant had lied.
Mrs. Z. w. Lee was called and testified
that said defendant had come to the
sewing circle Che being the secretary of
the trustees board), and told them that
he would make and submit a report to
them of all the money paid out by them
1.-THE trustees) belonging to- the sewing
circle, and that the same should not be
paid out only on tile main pressing debts
of the church, viii, h he failed to do at
said time. The defense clearly showed
shat it was not his fault that report
was not read the following Sunday even
ing, and as for the paying out of the
money all ex> ept two or three dollars
which was paid for incidental expenses
at the church was paid on the main and
pressing debts. For sewing dissentlon
was the second charge. Mr.. C. w. Lee
non member said: Anderson had
said something to him about the past,
or like, he Was no preacher and was
pulling down the church. Disobedlence
to the discipline of the church was the
third charge. T.. A. Mitchell acted AS
attorney for the church, and there being
no evidence on this charge he was called
by the loving pastor and asked in re-
gar to Bro. AS. conduct in the board
and was answered that both had said
things unbecoming to gentlemen, (that
is the pastor and Bro. Az this was i'm
mediately stricken out as incompetent
and too immater;al in the case, as it
brought the name of the kind pastor in
to question. For speaking evil of the
minister was the fourth offense. The
evidence as in charge second was used
verbatemley, by G. w. Lee. Attending
theatres was the fifth charge. No one
being present that knew anything about
this, it was left for the jury to: decide.
fhe sixth and last was for not attending
class meeting. This the defendant plead
guilty to and explained that no one bad
told him what class he belonged. to and
ne did not know. and that he was de-
tanned by: work on: Sunday mornings
and could not attend. This the pastor
thought awful that a christian should
work on Sunday. AS far as we were
able to discover for evidence the plain
tiff utterly failed to prove one charge
against the defense. The loving pastor
had more evidence he said, but they
were not present, except some he had
put on the jury and they could not tes-
iify. The Judge then plead his case
and instructed the jury, it is needless
to, say great deal of objections were
raised to the Judges testimony plead
ings and instructions. While the Jury
was out, Mr.. C. G. Carter had q little
something to say and ended by growing
that the kind pastor had LIED about him.
This OF course was not the proper place
to prove such naughty things and nee
essary full grown squabble arose. The
jury returned with verdict of .guilty"
In Pursuance to duty the loving pastor
declared the defendant 4. no longer a
member of the st. Peters A. M. T.,
Church. An appeal was taken by the
defendant. J. L. Neal as council for
Bro. Anderson.