The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-06

WAeHINGToN, y. G., Jan. 81, '9G.
SIXTEENTH DAY, WEDNESDAY, JAN. %.
Mr.. Moore continued his speech I'M
til 3 80 y. m, when Mr.. Simmons
spoke for defendant Brantley until 5 30
y. m. At the close Of Mr.. Simmons
speech Mr.. Warren began the closing
speech for the State. He spoke thirty
minutes when Court adjourned.
SEVENTEENTH DAY, THURSDAY, JAN. 80.
At the opening Of the court at 80
Mr.. Warren continued his speech, and
closed at 8 40 p. N.
THE CHARGE TO TIE JURY.
At the conclusion Of Mr. Warreps
speech. Judge IEoke turned full on the
Jury and delivered q clear and most
mastery charge He SAID IN part:
"Gentlemen Of the jury The de-
PENDANTS Triah Bell, Sheriff. Bell and
William Brantley are under indictment
charged With the murder Of John 3.
Bonner, late a citizen Of the county OF
Beaufort. You have heard the evil
dence and the arguments in the case,
and the question OF their guilt or lnno-
cence is before YOU. Murder IS killing
with malice aforethought; the inten-
tional taking Of human lie unlaWfully.
It has been divided into two degrees,
first and second The law leaves the
power in the jury, if they convict, to
say of which degree they find guilty
Here lie quoted the statute defining
the degrees OF murder.
Continuing Judge Hol,e said
'sThc law directs that If the jury con
Wet they shall say in what degree the
defendants are guilty.
I'm all considerations of the kind all
conspirators are individually RESPONSE
bic and il present are classed accessories
before the fact To be present does not
require that one should be on the spot
where the killing is done i one Is
near enough to give signal he is prin-
cipal to the crime.
In this case at bar # you are salts
fed that three persons attended the
killing and that Jriah Bell was . or
80 yards away even, lie is responsible
and one OF the principals, though he
fled 10 the distance Of go yards.
IF William Brantley attended and
took part and one Of his comrades shot
down the victim, he is principal to the
crime and responsible, though fleeing
when the fatal shot was fired.
IF Sheriff. Bell was a confederate
there to rob by violence whether be Or
another shot and killed Bonner, he is
principal and is responsible
If you are satisfied that the confed-
Grafton existed as to al the acts or any
one of the acts of any one of them, 1t
is evidence against all the others.
You are to consider Credle's evidence
with care. II YOU are satisfied that it
is true, though it be unsupported, it is
sufficient to convict. Also YOU are to
consider the evidence of Uriah Bell and
Sheriff. Bell with care. They stand
charged with the crime OF murder and
their evidence is to he weighed careful
~. According TO the rules in this case,
YOU are to answer whether they are
guilty or innocent.
THE STATES CLAIMS.
The State claims that Credle's testi-
mony bears the evidence OF truth on
its face, because OF the qualifications Of
the man. That his evidence is corrob-
GRATED and does not require the jury to
act on his evidence alone That his
statement was made soon after the
crime was committed The State ar
CUES that Credie made his statement
when he had no reason to believe that
it would help him That circumstance
after circumstance has been laid before
the jury to prove that Credles state
ment is true That they corroborated
Credle's statement as to Brantley's first
conference with Creole in the woods.
That the condition Of the body corrob-
GRATED Credle's statement. That the ev-
ldence OF dlslnterested witnesses shows
. his statement to be true. That circum-
stances about the James book and the
James band Uriah Bell having Brant-
ley's pistol; the Idalia incident; the
Cherry incident; the Mayo incident ;