The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29

erner Calls on State Bar Association
to Take Co2nizance of the Matter.
News and Observer.
\ new phase has entered into the
criticism OF Judge Robert B. PEBBLES
and without discussion Of the merits
of either the prosecution or defense
in the Haywood-Skfnner trial, the
Tarboro SOutherner takes up and
reiterates various criticisms made by
the State press and calls upon the
North Carolina Bar Association to
take action on the specific charges of
"unfairness punctured with a bias, a
disregard of the judicial proprieties."
The iSOuthe1ner in it's editorial lead
er of Saturday says his reflections
upon Walter Daniel' and "the delib-
crate insult offered DOnnell Gillian
and every attorney that appeared
for the State should receive at the
hands of the State Bar Association
the condemnation it deserves"
y The article from the Tarboro
SOutheIner in full! is as follows:
"a DANGEROUS JUDGE.
"A negro man was tried here Fri
day for assaulting a woman and was
fined five dollars and cost, which
amounted to something over eight
dollars. The defendant, after the
Judgment had been pronounced by
Squire Watson, came out and in
formed his counsel of the sentence.
There were several standing by who
heard it, but one promptly remarked:
"Why didn't you kill her and it
would have cost you nothing?"
This remark was evidently in
spired by the verdicts in the Hay
wood and Tillman trials.
"Surrounded by SO much glass,
criticism of the Tillman verdict does
not become a North Carolinian. AS
to the why's and wherefores of the
acguittal of the slayer of Gonzales we
do not intend to enter, and into the
Haywood case only to draw atten-
ton to evident unfairness, with it's
cOncOmitant dangers to a citizen s
life and liberty, of Judge of the Su-
periOr Court of the good old North
State.
"Whether Ernest Haywood was
criminally guilty OF staying Skinner
quired into. A Jury that violates it's
duty may be trusted to, sooner or
later. receive the condemnation of
their neighbors. The jury in this
case returned the only verdict that
was admissible under the charge of
the presiding Judge, Robert B. Pee
bles
THAT charge was the strongest
plea for the defense il the newspaper
reports are correct. 1t evidenced an
unfairness punctuated with a bias, a
disregard Of the judicial proprieties
that we hope has not been equalled
since George Jeffrys was imprisoned
in the tower of London for the fla
grant injustice he displayed on the
bench.
THE acquittal of a guilty man
amounts to little with the State, be-
cause it is far better that ninety-nine
guilty men escape than one innocent
man be punished. And herein lies
the danger of a man wearing the iu-
| dicial ermine, SO constituted, to take
a charitable view, that he canrot
avoid taking sides, being a partisan
If Haywood were as innocent as the
defense claimed and Judge PEBBLES
declared, how would it have been il
| this Judge had been as unfair to-
wards the defense as he was to those
who represented the State? The
same jury might have placed Hay
wood by it's verdict in a felon's eel
or on the gibbet.
With such inexcusable leanings or
the part of a man whom the people
expect to hold the scales of justice
evenly balanced, who can tell OF
which side his partisan mania will
break out?
"Throughout the entire trial Judge
PEBBLES displayed an unfairness
not animosity towards the cOunse
for the State, that not only grieve'
his friends, but also gives great an(
deep concern to all lovers of law an(
order.
Judge Lynch needs no bette
apostle. Who can respect the law
the deliverances of court, when i
is so patent that the Judge is lost tt
all sense of fairness and, at times
common courtesy?
''Is it any wonder that such dec
laration as is printed in the begin
ming of the article is heard or word
of similar import, about the streets
THE reflections he made upol
Walter Daniel who has been the su
perior ever since Judge PEBBLES LEI
his cradle; the deliberate insult O
fered Donnell Gillian and every at
torney that appeared for the Stat
should receive at the hands of til
State Bar Association the scathin
condemnation it deserves.
This is due to the profession an
even more, for the profession of la
is an honorable one. and no man, b
he the highest Judge in the lanC
should be allowed to go unchallenge
in the course of unfairness and part
sanry.'
A Cure for Dyspepsia.