The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-23
WAKE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
A Number of Cases Disposed Of-Only
One Found Not Guilty"

The March term of Wake Superior
court met yesterday morning at eleven
o'clock, Judge Spencer b. Adams presid-
ing, and Solicitor Edward w. Pou prose-
cutting.
The first business before the court was
the charge to the grand jury by Judge
Adams. 1t was a model charge, full of
advice and instruction, plainly and sim
ply given, for the guidance of the jury
! in the performance of the duties before
it. 1t was a digest of the criminal law
in everyday language.
! With the exception of a number of cases
that were mol prosed, only two cases were
! finally disposed of at the morning ses-
| cion of the court:
! Frank Saunders (white) submitted to
a charge of assault and battery, by set
! ting a dog on q man who was riding a
| bicycle along the road. Judgment was
| suspended on payment of costs.
! Zeb Hamilton (white) submitted to a
| charge of assault with a deadly weapon.
! He was fined So and costs.
! AT the afternoon session of the court
! Mr.. L. l.. Caudle, young attorney who
| received his license in January and who
expects to practice law in Greensboro,
was sworn in, and the following cases
were disposed of by the court:
Nelson Mangum (cOl.). abandoning his
! wife. Guilty; four months on the public
| roads.
| J. q. Johnson (white) carrying con-
| cealed weapons. Guilty; fined SO and
| costs.
! Mary Crudup (col.), fornication and
adultery. Plead guilty; judgment sus-
| pended on payment of costs.
| Chas. Green (cOl.), carrying concealed
weapons Not guilty.
Jim Jeffreys and Dock Locus (col.)
! larceny and receiving. Guilty; four
months on the roads for Jeffreys and
| judgment suspended on payment of costs
as to Locus.
Robert Perry (col), larceny Guilty
| judgment suspended on payment of costs.
Betty Jordan (col), SANDER. Called
and failed; bond of $50 declared forfeited.
John Groves (white), murder of Robert
| Wall. Plead not guilty. Ordered that
a special venire of % men be summoned
for Wednesday.
| The Satterfield case was left open,
| awaiting the certificate of judgment from
| the Supreme court Satterfield was
| pTiicIpdl clerk Oh Tie house OF 1lepre-
| sentatives in 1895, and was convicted of
neglgently and fraudulently securing the
| placing of the Assignment law upon the
| statute books. The case has been APP
pealed TO the Supreme court but has not
| yet been decided.
| THE following persons compose the
grand jury at this term of court: A. d.
| Honeycutt, foreman: W. b. Wilder
Jacob Foster. NJ. +. EddiHs. W. NJ. Pen
| ningtOn. f. l.. Honeycutt. A. S. Wood
| X. +. Nichols. a. j. Simmons. Ben W.
Rhodes, Ruffin Goodwin. r. T. Coffield
n. 7. Upchurch, NJ. II. Hight, S. B.
| Ceily. NJ. w. Lawrence, J. W. Boiling.
| w. G. Lowe.
| The petit jury for the day was: VIM.
| Mangum, G.. y. BroughtOn, Jack Har-
ward. Osborne Branch. Il. II. Rogers, o.
| NJ. Mashburn, e. c. Owens, n. Hole
man, A. L. Moore II. G.. Upehurch, j.
| NJ. Smith, Frank Busbee.
The following jurors were excused for
| the term: L. X. Wilson, ID. II. HILL Sher-
| wood Higgs, Chas. G. Latta, l.. p. Sor-
rell, O. X. Holding. J. II. Crowder.
Mr.. Dudley Peed, of Barton's Creek
| township, was appointed and sworn in
as officer of the grand jury.