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

the WAoisye>ter3ay. although i came o..
That re lad been il jail before for hight
.ng He has only been IN Raleigh abo4t
eileen months. and his been engage,
during that time IN various kinds 81
work.
AEain il court yesterday Mr. WINSTON
identified NlnaIy a the man ~ had seen
leaving tie Office OF tie STANDARD OIL
Company lust after TIE alleged robbery
took place.
The defense consisted III the establish
meut q an aHbi Ar SorrelI. ot Johnson
au! S@orrell- Wood yard. testified THAT tie
defendant was III hI- office .ot some time
between the hours Of FIVE and TX on tie
afternoon Of Saturday. June 18th. the urae
when EuHally was alleged 10 have taken
the money from the safe IN the Office 81,
the Standard OIL Company.
Mr.. Dardcn. an insurance agent 81 this
city, WAS ia the office OF Mi. Sorrell be
tween five and Fix O'Clock ana found de-
PENDANT there and lett INN there. charlie
spence also saw NunalIy there that even.
ing.
Then there We're witnes-eS TO account
for ali the money that Nunally had in his
possession at the time OF MS arrest.
SIR Taylor, who is connected with the
office OF the STANDARD ord Company, testl
fled that on the evening of Saturday, June
27th, he WAS called INTO the office by the
ringing q tie phone bell. and that as he
Went III the door, he ran against 4 man
coming out.
A boy named ackson, vino knew Nun.
ally, met hlm on the railroad track that
evening ana spoke 10 him.
~ uras pa.,l,- So. .,,l-.1- lar,ra tho ~
animation ot witnesses was concluded, and
the argument OF counsel begun. Col. J
G. L. Harris first addressed the jury III be
halt Of the defendant. He opened by
speaking OF his general good character, =
far as shown. He dWelt upon the terribly
damaging effect OF conyicting a young
white man Of larceny almost IT the outset
Of his career, unless the evidence was sC
very convincing that they were Obliged t
do so IN order to act under their oaths.
Col. Harris then took up the evidence
and claimed that Mr.. Winston was simply
mistaken IN the identity OF the man, anc
this he said was shown by the evidence d
other witnesses as We'll. Moreover. the De.
tendant's conduct was not that OF a thief
after the time when the robbery was al
legged to have been committed, and no al
tempt was made to arrest him until the at
ternoon OF the following day, Sunday, as i
shown by the warrant. This IS another
porof that it was not known who hac
stolen the money.
Then Mr.. Virgins, when told Of the af
fair by Winston, had pursued some mar
up the railroad track. This also showed
that they did not know Nunally was tn,
man.
Col. Harris spoke for nearly an hour
and made an earnest, powerful, moving
plea for his client.
Solicitor Jones followed Col. Harris. an;
began to review briefly the evidence 70
the State, but had only been speaking
short time when the our for adjournment
six o'clock, arrived, and he suspended un
til half past nine this morning.
"HOLLERING ANNIE DISTURBS
COURT.
While Solicitor Jones was speaking a col
ored woman IN the jail was passing ava,
the edium of her incarceration by testing
the power OF her lungs and the variou
quality OF the tones she could produce.
Judge PEBBLES listened attentively 70
some minutes, both to Mr.. Jones argu
ment and the Woman's vocal demonstra
tions, when he finally told the sheriff t
have the woman brought into court, an
he would see if he could not stop her.
After a little time, two deputies cam
over the bridge into the court room, a.
most dragging 'Hollering Annie Sh
was quite drunk and very fearful, bu
quiet.
Judge PEBBLES informed her that h
would see to it that she did not Interrupt
the proceedings of the court, ever if h
had to give her thirty days IN jail eac
time until she had to stay there severa
years.