The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-13
THE LFORT COUNTY BAR.

lHStpii; WHICH Was tIc longest dII
: most noted Of the kind in the history
Of the State, the ability Of Beaufort
county lawyers was clearly demonstrat-
. ed. All the lawyers engaged in the
case are residents Of Washington, except
Solicitor Leary, Mr.. James f. Moore
: of WILLIAMSON, and Mr. 5. s. Mann. Of
Hyde county. Mr.. Mann took no part
, In the management Of the case other
than 10 be present during the
trial and at the close make some ar
rangements for his client Creole, who
had confessed soon after his arrest
To begin with it was most fortu-
nate appointment in sending Judge
Hoke to hold the court. No one dues-
tons the fact that Judge Hoke is one
Of the ablest, il not the ablest, Judge
now on the bench in North Carolina.
His rulings III the case were always
! prompt and positive and it was gener-
ally remarked during the trial that.
with it many and varied complications.
! 1t would have consumed much more
| time had the court been held by one
! loss oil all I,,1t f-pV I'll,
not word of criticism against him
! throughout the entire trial.
1t would be lnyidlous in us to write
personally of any of the lawyers in the
case and leave the others not mention |
ed Tor the management of the case
was mastery both on the part of the
State and for the defense.
Mr. Moore, Of Williamson, for the
defense, and Mr.. Warren, for the State.
have been longer at the bar than the
others who appeared in the case and so
my "oio iCSdiucu SOMEWHAT as the
leaders of the case on their respective
sides. But the State had good and ef-
ficient assistance in Mess. Rodman and
Small ; and the defense for the Bells /,
also had strong and efficient assistance
IN Mess. Beckwith and Nicholson. {
Mr.. Simmons, Brantlev's counsel.
managed his part of the case well and ;,
Mr.. Braggaw made strong plea for
Creole in asking a short sentence for
him.
Mess. Moore and Warren spoke each 8
about six hours, and their speeches
we're fine efforts indeed. T
Mr.. MCore's speech was perhaps the :,
pest effort of his life before Jury. 4
Mr.. Warren's speech was at times t,
lassic in style, and was one Of the t.
trongest efforts be has ever made be- "
ore jury. :
We heard only part of Mr.. Smalls o.
peech, but what we heard was most 6.
oglcal and at times eloquent. We did &c
OF hear the speeches OF Mess. Rodman .''
and Nicholson. and Solic,to -
cary but they were all highly com til
llmented, especially Mr.. Beckwith,s or
u rhetorical effect. and Mr.. Rodman's TIRE
II It's strength of logic and presenta- WI
on OF the law.
mt
Mr.. Nicholson is Halifax comfy an
an, OF whom our county readers ,na,, er,
I'll be proud. He Is making Hne OF
putatlon IN his adopted county. M
lake i ell in all, 1t would be hard TO 4he
I'd a stronger local bar than in Rean- do,
ct county, and perhaps there is no Der
'ord IN the State OF more ably con-
c'ed trial, both on the part of the ila'
urt and the counsel On either side ~,
" wish to add that the newspaper turf
n ana the lawyers especially, and cou
'rybody generally. were very clever tim
Us during our three weeks stay IN 10 -,
oehghtful town OF Washington i: hest
apart from the sad features ~ own
trial itself, we shall ALWAYS remen- afte
pleasantly the acquaintance made any
the association. enjoyed while N'io
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