The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-21
Wake Superior Court.

from member OF the Oak City Lodge. No.
4l9, with the intent to detraud the su
pIeme Lodge?
Tins special verdict Wae drawn H.. r,5ao
PEBBLES as follows:
BY consent the Jury returned Al. ia
loving as a special verdict, to-vit.
AT an informal meeting Of \ minority
OF the members Of oak City Lodge, No.
4l9, the defendant, Charles G. Mcdonald
was ~lrregularly appointed financial report
er OF Oak CITY Lodge IN 1885 and assumed
the duties OF said Office and acted a.
such until June, 1901, That j. A. Jones Was
elected treasurer IN the same way as de
iendant was elected financial reporter ana
Tor Il part of 1885 acted as such but
never had any communication directly
Wlth the Supreme Lodge. For several
months defendant came 20 said Jones with
the cash and got checks and forwarded
them to the Supreme Lodge.
This was done for a part of the wear
1895 and alter That time no one acted ~,
treasurer Of SAID Oak City Lodge ana
from them said defendant collected the
assessments made by the members al
Oak City Lodge and RENTED them direct.
~ to the Supreme Lodge until the May,
1900, assessment. After April, 1909, he
continued to collect the assessments made
by the Supreme Lodge by the members
OF Oak CITY Lodge, No. 4l9, up to June,
1901, and placed the same to his indiyid-
uii credit III the Commercial Bank ana
drew It out Tor his Individual seth
amount was about 81 .2JD. Defendant paid
nothing to the Supreme Lodge after the
april assessments for 1906. Defendant was
never initiated INTO the lodge and never
gave bond as finaniial reporter. Abou-
JuIy %, 1901. defendant borrowed the
money from the National Bank OF rial
eigh and paid back 10 the members Of Oak
city Lodge, No. 4l9, the said assessments
collected and not paid to the Supreme
Lodge. without interest. upon orders a
copy of which Is As follows, to-wit:
Raleigh, N. c., Oct. -, 1902.
MIR. G. Fl. Eclvin, Please pay 10 n. p
Broughton thlrty-three dollars being full
amount collected from HIM for Supreme
Lodge, knights of tIonor, not forwarded
to them, this IN full of all claims on So
preme Lodge or on me as Financial Re
porter of Oak City Lodge, No. f1y.
c. G. MCDONALD, +. r., no. 40.
"A letter from N. b. Broughtcn dated
July II, 1901. to defendant marked exhibit
b Is made 4 part OF this verdict
Two payments were on papers marked
exhibit &c and ID. The money was nof
in full. but III bank TO the credit OF Oak
City Lodge, No. 40. lThese are receipts
for money paid to members on order OF
J. a. Jones, signed as Late Acting Die
tator and addressed to c. G. Mcdonald.
paid out on an order on G. H.. BelVin
by McDonaId.l
Any part Of the Constitution, charter,
and general laws contained in exhibit \
! ,,lo.ta; NV 81 ata or NV lhfnnInst NAV no
considered as 4 part of his special verdict.
About twenty member of Oak City
Lodge, No. 419, were ISSUED policies. Il
copy of which is hereto attached marked
exhibit e and the said assessments were
made on these policies monthly up to the
time OF the suspension In June, 1900, by
the Supreme Lodge. Notification of thr
assessments was made by a published jour
nal issued by the Supreme Lodge and a
copy marked to the Dictator. Reporter
and Financial Reporter OF each Suboral-
nate Lodge.
when asked why he did not send tt
E,asSessnents to the Supreme Lodge deterd
ant said he did not remit them because
he got in Il position that he could not
The letter from Mr.. N. b. Broughton
t. Mr.. G. G. Mcdonald referred to as eN-
hibit II" IS rs follows:
MIR. c. c. NcDonal1, Fjnanci;l Repcrtcr,
Oak City lodge, X. OF H, No. 1l9-
My Dear Sir and Brother:-in Wow q
casting conditions With reference to or
lodge, | am requested TO INFORM you that
the lodge in It's meeting held July il,
1901, the following resolution was ABORT
ed:
.Resolved. that c. c. Mcdonald. Finan-
cial Reporter, be requested to place III
some one OF the banks of Raleigh by FRI
dav 10TH, noon. the money collected by
him from members of the lodge and Hot
RENTED to the Supreme Lodge. SAID
money so placed in bank to be subject to
he order of tho Dictator and flnanc!al
Reporter
Yours trlly,
n. B. BROJHTON.
For the Oak City Lodge, X. OF H., No.
419.
The court continued the hearing IN the
Mcdonald case at It's morning session,
wherein Mr.. &. G. Mcdonald was charged
witt collecting assessments from the mem
bers of the Raleigh Lodge knights oil
Honor and failing to remit these TO the
, Supreme Lodge, with fraudulent intent.
f ON "Wednesday afternoon the testimony
of Mayor a. Nj. Powell and Mr.. r. IL
? Bradley had been taken and when the
? court closed it was with the understand
: ing that Mr.. N. b. B%roughton would take
= the stand yesterday morning.
But MIR Broughton was not put on, fol
as soon as the court began It's session
= Judge PEBBLES took a hand. He sent The
, iurv from the room and then said to The
attorneys:
I've gone far enough into this case t
satisfy me that it is Il question OF law t.
he decided. 1t is agreed that Mcl)onaI'
was made the Financial Reporter at an IN
formal meeting, that he accepted ana acte'
and that the assessments Tor some tim
g were not sent to the Supreme Lodge. lie
: yond this IS the dry question OF law II al
can agree on a special verdict. | throw
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