Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-07-27
A busy HALF DAY.
A Court session Full Of Unusual
InCiden's.

Yesterday afternoon was strictly bus
mess" with the Criminal court, and
Judge Jones, Solicitor Carter, Clerk
Young and Deputy Clerk Erwin were
kept busy, interested and sometimes
amused. a couple Of genuinely unusual
Incidents went far toward relieving the
tedium of routine work and causing the
baseball game to be well nigh forgotten.
One of the unusual occurrences came
up when Bud Payne. a darkcy with a
proclivity for getting into the courts,
was put on trial on a charge of assault
with a deadly weapon and beating his
wife. Payne conducted the defence him
self, intcrrogating the witnesses With
the adroitness of an old practitioner at
the bar, and when the testimony was in
he addrt ssed the jury in his own behalf.
He said neither too much nor too little
and took care of his interests so well that
Judge Jones remarked that he ought to
be "A lawyer. The jury returned a YER
dict of not guilty. Everybody in the
court room watched the proceedings,
deeply intcrt sted.
The second case ont of the ordinary
trend OF court program was i'll the mat.
ter of the State against James McCarsorl
and Minta Pritchard, white couple.
Solicitor Garter announced that the case
would be taken out OF court by the mar
riagc of the pair. The court rested while
messenger went to Register Mackcy' S
Office and procured license. When the
paper was brought in udge Zones
called on Justice Frank Carter to per
form the ceremony making McCarson
and Miss Pritchard husband and wifi:
The Ju.ticc responded in words uDon
which the large crowd hung eagerly
and tied the knot tastctully. As he con
cluded the Justice said: Gentlemen
salute he BRIDE" but there was no re.
sponse, probably on account of bashful
ness And the court proc cIcd to the
next case.
State VS.. Chas. Underwood, colorcd
assault with deadly weapon, two Cases
defendant submitted and sentenced 10
six mon:hs on the roads in each case.
State VS. Thos. Simmons, retailing two
cases; defendant submitted and ludS
mont suspend, d on payment of costs.
State V. Luke C"hig and John Allison
colorcd, larceny; five months each on the
roads.
Rufus Hoozer, colorcd, who purloincd
three volumes of Hugo's works from
Solicitor Carter a few days ago, was
sent to the roads for a year.
Clare, &C u les, colored, submitted or
a charge of larceny and was sent to tho
roads for Is months.
State VS.. Henry Moore, colorcd, aifra
submitted and sentenced to four month:
on the roads.
State v. Henry Smith, colorcd, ials'
prct, nc, six months on the roads.
This morning in the case of State VS.
John Whltmirc and Robert Brown. col
orcd, larceny, WLitmirc submitted ant
was given six months on the roads
Brown was found not guilty by the jury
State VS.. Noah Erady. assault witt
deadly weapon, submitted, Judgment
suspended on payment Of costs.
John Henson, colored, tor stealing
chickens from {, T. Whit'on, was SEN
| to the roads tor two years.
State VS.. Henderson Hill. colorcd, en-
| bs szzlcmen,; not guilty.
State VS. Bud Melee, nifray; submitted
judgment suspended on payment q
costs.
State VS. Emory West AMI John Green
ailray; submitted. Judgment suspcndet
on payment ot costs.
State VS.. Dock Bauton, culorcd
| afl'ray; on trial,