The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-05
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,rRv SAYS SIZE DID NOT KILL
MARIA HILL.

the Trial TeolouS one'
u..odicsory Evidence - DR.. Cox
C'.,rrs Neglect Was Responsible for
tSaCnld's Death-rhe Jury an Hour
80 Half in Arriving at Its Verdict
The Bicyole Thief Convicted.
~ r,overs. the colored woman charged
rbinning little Maria Hill to death,
was acquitted in the superior court last
- faw minutes before II O'Clock.
w St w ease was started about O'Clock yes
I'D was a stubbornly contested one
uSy beglpping to end by the state and de-
10, George W. Owens, ESQ.,, defended
49,. 49,. prisoner and handled bis side well. A
go, mass Of evidence was introduced, but
e. very contradictory all around. DR..
~ r.- who attended the child when she
~, brought into the city, testified that
- she bore evidence Of having
WI" nll0 ;nbnmaulv whipped he did not
DesI the wounds fatal, and In his
C Conion the little girls death was due more
~ The neglect of her parents than any one
else. ... Co. 49, ..o.o
...,Ssed n having seen Ella Flowers cruelty
'TS;nning the child, and Seymour Hill, the
t.tbar Who is awaiting trial for killing
ITsab Floyd. the paramour Of the Flowers
o,oo1 swore that when he went TO
nD,obtown after his daughter he found her
LING in A corn crib on an old blanket, euf-
fsripg greatly from the wounds upon her
frai body.
tnet they had seen the mother OF the little
girl whipping her Win o"Sn s~o p aio
twisted rope.
Mr.. Owens made strong speech for his
o,ient basine his defense entirely on the
nhvsician's statement that neglecs Was the
cause of the childs death. Solicitor General
Fraser argued equally as strong from the
states standpoint with the exception that he
told the Jury that the case was one either
Of murder or involuntary manslaughter.
He left the impression on the spectators
that he expected verdict for the latter
crime.
Judge Falligants charge was extended
and very impartial. The jury dehberated
an hour and half before deciding to give
the prisoner her freedom. On the first bal
lot eight voted for ecquittal and four for
involuntary manslaughter. One of the
four went over to the majority on the
second ballot another on the third and fin
ally on the fourth there was a unanimous
vote for not guilty.
The Fnlvey damage suit against the Sa-
vaunah, Florida and Western railway
again occupied the attention of the city
court all of yesterday. The jury retired at
So'clock and returned with sealed verdict
shortly before 10 O'Clock. 1t will be opened
this morning at 10 clock.
Michael A. Connolly was yesterday ap-
pointed commissioner of the circuit court
Of the United States, in and for the eastern
~ he ~
by Judge 0peer.
w. J. Whaley, the young white man who
stole Gus Kayton's bicycle last month from
Richmond's institute and shipped 1t to
Jacksonville, Fla, was tried in the superior
court yesterday on charge of larceny from
the house of goods over the value of $50.
The trial consumed the morning session Of
the court and was attended by a number of
blcYcsts.
The state made out a strong case against
Whdley, who had no witnesses, but claimed
in his statement to the jury that he had
purchased the machine from an unknown
party and had no idea that it was stolen
property.
L. S. Morgan, Jr., Esq. defended Whaley
and pleaded earnestly with the jury to ac-
cept the prisoners statement and acquit
him, but the jurymen evidently considered
his story too tlimsy. as they convicted him
after two hours elaboration, with a recon-
mendation to extreme mercy.
At o'clock last night Judge FalIigant
sentenced Whaley TO two years at hard
labor in the penitentiary. The prisoner
was neatly dressed, and, while he looked
quite genteel, he didn't seem to mind very
much his condemnation to stripes.
j. W. Bryan, a colored boy, charged with
assault with intent to murder, pleaded
guilty yesterday in the superior court to the
charge OF stAbbing another not in his own
defense. Twelve months on the chain gang
was the sentence imposed by Judge Falli-
giant.
William NJ. Davant was yesterday ap-
pointed commercial notary public by
Judge Falligant.