The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-17

| received the information and the re-
Eports of the unfairness, Partially and
| discourtesy on the part of Judge
| PEBBLES are named and set forth III
| paragraph five of this respondents an
| swer to the affidavit of j. A. Parker.
2. In answer to the second interro-
gatory, this respondent says that the
| specific acts of unfairness and par
| TALLY which he had heard charged
against Judge PEBBLES in the trial OF
| the Haywood case, are contained in
| the stenographic reports of the said
trial, which appeared in The News and
Observer, Charlotte Observer and the
| Morning Post, and are also contained
among the comments upon said trial
which appeared and were published i'll
| the Charlotte Observer, Eastern Re-
| fiector, Madison County Herald, Wind
sor Ledger, RoXboro Courier, States
vile Landmark, Lenoir Topic Tarboro
Southerner Nashville Graphic, Scot
land Neck Commonwealth, Henderson
Gold Leaf, Cleveland Star, Charlotte
News, Monroe Journal, Durham
Morning Herald, Durham Sun, Smith
| field Herald, Carthage Blade, Colds
boro Headlight, Wadesboro Messenger
| Intelligencer Enfield Ledger, Concord
| Times, Kings Weekly, Lumberton
| Robesonian, Raleigh Christian Advo-
! cate, Lumberton Argus, oxford Public
| Ledger, Roanoke Times, Peoples Pa
per, Morganton News-Herald, Will
mington Messenger Warrenton Re
| cord, Union Republican, Durham Her
| aid, Progressive Farmer, Washington
Progress, Times-Mercury, Asheville
Register, Biblical Recorder, Nashville
| Graphic, Fairbrother'S Everything.
Charlotte Chronicle. Copies of said
comments are attached to the answer
of n. A. Mclean as exhibit "a" and
are hereby referred to and made a
part hereof.
Further answering said interroga-
tory two, respondent had heard from
| parties in attendance upon said trial
that the entire conduct, demeanor and
bearing of Judge PEBBLES during said
! trial was extremely unfavorable to
| the State and highly favorable to the
| defendant, to the extent that those in
attendance upon said trial stated that
| the sympathies of Judge PEBBLES We're
clearly with the defense and that such
| sympathy was clearly shown upon
| the trial.
8. That for answer to interrogatory
three, this respondent refers to the
foregoing answer to interrogatory two:
4. In answer to interragatory four,
the reply to the letter of fredell
Meares referred to in said section was
written by N. A. Mclean in the pres
ence of r. G. Lawrence and j. G. Nc
Cormick and in the presence also of a
third gentleman who is not a party
to this proceeding. The said reply
was submitted to the respondents who
We're then present as above stated,
approved and forwarded by them.
5. In answer to interrogatOry five,
this respondent denies that the real
cause Of the action OF this respondent
was "a is stated in said interrogatory,
but that the causes for said action
are truly set forth in paragraph five
of this answer and this respondent
further says that the said interroga-
tory does not contain a true state
ment of the facts in regard to the mat
ter therein referred to.
The respondents have and have al
courts of North Carolina and for the
due and orderly administration by
them of justice to all litigants and by
the action of the respondents in re-
spect to the trial of jury causes at
April Term, 1904, of the Robson Su-
perior Court, they avow they did moth
ing which tended to defeat, impair
impede or prejudice the rights or
remedies of any party to any action
then pending in said Superior Court
or in any Of the courts of North Caro-
lima.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 10th day of May. 1904.
w. H. HUMPHREY,
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