The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-10-23
CARD.

Our attention hae been called to the
following extract taken from circular
recently distributed In Halifax county,
entitled -
FACTS
Tho True Democratic 1nforIaer OF
Halifax county. n. c.,
Haiifsx, N. c., Oct. IL, 1902.
..Now, Tor j. A. Ho,see, VINO asks Tor
his sixth year az Sheriff OF the
county, after having presented to the
people the extraordinary spectacle eft
High Sheriff he.ng requested by the
Jud go 10 the court room to stand
aside and let the jury be selected b.
another, because the plaintiff in the
case in question was unwilling to leave
to him the summoning OF the jury"
At the May Term, 1902, Of the Su-
perior Court of Halifax county, the
undersigned were the attorneys fer Mr.
f. h. Taylor, thu plaintiff evidently
referred to above, in the action therein
pending entitled, F. HI. Taylor vs A.
Brlnkley and Pattie L. Perkins; Ell
ecutors Of w. N. Perkins, deceased
At the beginning of the trial Mr.. F.
n. Taylor, who is now candidate for
the House OF Representatives ON the
Independent ticket in Halifax county,
made known to his attorneys that be
desired to object to the Sheriff, Mr.. !.
A. House, calling the jury while it
was being selected to try the case, His
attorneys declined to make the motion
to the Cou.t, stating to Mr.. Taylor
that every one Of his counsel had COM
pete confidence in tie fairness, honor
and integrity oi,the Sheriff. Finally
Mr.. Taylor insisting, Mr.. w. A. Dunn,
o! the undersigned counsel, arose
and stated the matter, putting
the whole responsibility upon
Mr. Taylor, nd further stating
that he was entirely satisfied with the
Sheriff, but that Mr.. Taylor objected
to the Sheriff calling the taiismen In
the jury box. At once the others OF
MIR. Taylor's counsel stated to the
Court that they had no connection
with the motion and tba: Mr.. Taylor
was acting upon his own responsibility
The attorneys for the defendants
protested, saying that without reasone
being given, no such reflection should
be cast upon the sheriff
His Honor, Judge George II. Brown
Jr., who was presiding, stated from the
bench that he would not prevent
the Sheriff from calling the jury.
At this juncture the Sheriff, as any
man of deiicacy would have done, said
to the Judge that if for any reason Mr..
Taylor did not wish fer him TO call the
jury. he hoped that the Judge would
excuse him from so doing. The Judge
, then asked the Clerk, Mr.. Gary, to
call the jury from the bystanders. Mr..
Gary had called only a few names,
when the attorneys for the defendants
again protesting, his Honor directed
| the Sheriff to proceed and to perform
the duties of his cffice.
We cannot understand even how
party difference can justify Statement:
from which there might be imputed
official corruption in a faithful officer
by those whe do net know the true
facts, and when those who prepared the
circular from which the quoted ex.
tract was taken by inquiry, could
have ascertained the true facts, even if
they did not know them and we, the
attorneys Tor the plaintiff in the above
eatitled action. mako haste to give the
! facts AZ they actually occurred and to
bear testimony to the high character
and unquestioned integrity # a citizen
who has measured fully up to all the de-
mands that have been made UPON him
in every calling of life, tho presen;
Sheriff OF Halifax county, Joseph A.
House.
w. H. DAY,
DAVID BELL,
w. A. DUNN,
w. e. DANIEL.
October IL, 1902.
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