The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-12

Will convene tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
The entire session will probably be de-
voted to the criminal docket. 1t prom
isses to be the most important session
since the court received it's charter.
The number of cases continued, those
recently indicted, and those to como
before the grand jury, will swell tho
record of crime to hugo proportions.
Ten men will be tried for their lives
and many others on serious charges
The following is the criminal docket
set for the first several days of the ses-
sion:
Dallas Cuford, colored, forgery, two
cases new trial in this case was
granted at the last term of the court.
Edmund Hall, colored, petit larceny.
This is an Indictment for the third
offcnse.
John L. Boyd will again be tried on
the charge of blowing up tho house of
Mrs. Sarah Worten with dynamite This
prisoner has already had two trials. In
December he was convicted and sent
enced to ten years in the penitentiary.
HIS counsel, IIansbrough t& Williams,
obtained new trial on the allegation
that Mrs. Pauline Morris was an eye
witness to the deed and had not been
summoned. At tho January term of
court Boyd was given new hearing.
The testimony of Mrs. Morris was intro.
duced. She swOre that she saw Il man
light q fuse and throw it on Mrs Wor-
tens porch, and that the man was not
John L. Boyd. Despite this evidence
there was hung jury. Two of tho
number were for acquittal and the rest
for sending him to the penitentiary for
| ten years.
George Robinson, a young eolored
man, Will be tried for the murder of
Daniel Burger. About two months ago
Robinson, who lives at the West End
Furnace, went to the Red House and
took his wife home. Robinson was en-
ragged because she had left home and
was living at questionable place. He
threatened to beat her, when her uncle,
Daniel Burger, interfered, and attacked
Robinson in his own house. Robinson
shot at him twice. Burger then forced
him over on bed. Then Robinson
fired again and sent n ball through
Burgers brain. Robinson made his
escape to tho mountains of Franklin
county, but firing as fugitive, he sur
rendered himself the next day to JUS
tlce OF tho peace near Boone's Mill.
Roblnson mad preliminary cxamina-
ton, was sent on TO the grand Jury and
indicted. Robinson has wife and
little child. He claims that it was on
their account he gave himself up Rob.
inson will probably be acquitted.
The greatest case will be that OF Ed
ward Daniel lie is charged with tho
murder of Thomas G.. Massie. The
prisoner has been in the city Jail since
February ID. IIo had been locked up in
police headquarters for month prior
TO this. Notwiths landing his close con
iinement the prisoner is hale and hearty
as ever. lilo has the appearance of a
tough of the worst typo. A long array
OF evidence has been secured against
the prisoner. Some of it is damaging
in the extreme, but many arc of the
opinion that he will be cleared. Those
who are familiar with the evidence,
however, claim that is sufficient to CON
vict him. This case will be heard
next Thursday.
Sam Wright will be tried for petit
larceny, and Edward Nelson for forgery
in two cases. Both men are colorcd.
Nelson is an ignorant looking negro,
but appears to be an adept in handling
n pen.
The grand jury will have 4 long array
OF evidence to examine into. Deputy
Sergeant Wright summoned tho follow
ing gentlemen yesterday who will com
pose the grand jury: NJ. C. Thomas,
Noah Partee, n. Il. Niningcr, r. Nc
Clelland, William Lind, Il. X. Rice, Il.
ID. Cardwcll, Robert Johns and l.. l.
n 1oct
They will meet at tho courthouse at
10 o'clock to morrow morning. Tho fol-
lowing is full list of the cases to BIO
examined:
Edward Wright will be arraigned for
felonious attack on Charles Casey at
the Grocer furnace about six weeks ago.
For some time it was thought Casey
would die, but he finally recovered and
is now entirely we'll.
George Colvin was sent on on two
charges. The first was for receiving
and disposing of n largo quantity Of
hardware, consisting mostly of guns
and pistols stolen frcm Evans Il Chal-
meIs. The second case is for breaking
open w. II. Huddleston's saloon on
Railroad avenue about two weeks ago
and stealing quantity of brandy and
whiskoy. George Colvin is an old resi-
dent and used to steal in this locality
before Roanoke was heard Of.
George Hairston. Saint Shafer and
Dudley Lee were also implicated in the
robbery OF the saloon and will DO ar
raigned with Uncle George"
Walter Leftwich will be UP on the
charge of stealing several fine Smith e.
| Wesson rcvolvers from Evans & Chal-
mers.
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