The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-01-30
BOYER IS. SHERIFF.
That Was the Verdict of the Jury Mon
day Afternoon.

At last the agony is over.
After two pOstpOnements before q
trial could be had, and after days
and days of tiresOme. evidence-tak-
ing, the celebrated contested election
case is at an end and Jack Boyerand
the Democratic party are on top.
The last speech was made on Mon
day by Mr.sC. b. Watson and it was
considered the effort of his life Then
tn. case was closed and the Judges
charge was given to the i1ry.p
On resuming business after. dinner
it was announced that the jury was
ready to report. They found that
John Boyer was rightly entitled to
the office of Sheriff of Forsyth coun-
opponent, Milton E. league.
A motion for new trial was i'm
>mediately made by leagues counsel,
but was not allowed by Judge Brown
who ruled that there was no just rea-
son for it. leagues. lawyers then
gave notice of an appeal to the Sup
RENE court on the rulings of Judge
Brown. The appeal bond of 800
was signed and delivered to the
Clerk of the Court and the case will
come up the last week in March-the
time when all appeals from this judi
eial district will be heard by the Sup
RENE Court at Raleigh.
The SENTINEL has talked with law
yers on both sides and we have also
consulted attorneys who were not
employed on either side and the con-
clusion we have reached is that DR..
league has but q small showing be-
fore the Supreme court. The excep-
tiOns taken to the ruling of Judge
Brown are weak grounds on which
to base an appeal to the Supreme
court. The main exception, as we
understand it, is to Judge Browns
refusal to allow the admission of any
evidence bearing on the case of clal-
lenged voters who failed to. vote.
leagues counsel held that if all had
voted who were legal voters and who
were challenged that league would
have been elected. Judge Brown
ruled that it was not the province OF
the court to consider any cases ext
cept those who did vote, and from
this decision an appeal was made.
The Judge was requested to write
out his charge to the juryand did SO
and leagues counsel hope to find in
this some strength to their cause,
but Judge Brown is an able lawyer,
and there are about nine hundred
and ninety-nine chances to one that
the supreme court will sustain him.
In the meantime-untilt the supreme
court renders it's decisiOn-Dr.
league will have to file bond of
So, 900 to secure the emOluments
arising from the Office. He has only
until next Monday (when the county
commissioners meet) to file it. If he
does file it, he will remain in Office
until the supreme court renders it's
decision. If this decision is against
him, DR.. league will have to surren-
der to Sheriff Boyer all the fees he
has received. If DR.. league does not
file his bond by Monday, then the
County commissioners will have to
appoint a temporary sheriff, which,
of course, is most likely to be Boyer
And SO ends this case-one ofthe
most remarka BILE in the States his
tory. 1t is found that league was
elected by illegal voting. He holds
his office against it's rightful owner,
aided by the Republican party in the
county. The suit has cost Forsyth
county many dollars, and on the Re-
publican party alone must fall the
blame. They seized an office which
rightly belong to Democrat and
then they tried to hold it and in the
effort to do SO have spent the tax
payers money. A jury of our intel
ligent countrymen have said that
Boyer was right and league was
wrong. Now who shall receive the
condemnation of the people for
spending their money, Boyer or
league? -
Let the people answer when they
go to the ballot box next fail.