The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-08
CRIMINAL COURT
One Hundred and Eight
Cases On the Docket
Next Week.

Superior Court of Wake County for
the trial of criminal cases will con-
vene on Monday next. There are one
hundred and eight cases on the dock
ct. several Of them men indicted for
serious ofTenses. and one or two other
| cases of special interest. AS sisted
yesterday, there is little likelihood
| that the Bynum case win stand for
trial at the term. There are. how
ever two capital cases which Will
probably be tried. These are the case
OF VIII Adams, for murder, Annie
Brown for infanticide, and Arthur
Stewart, for burglary. The Stewart
case will probably be made simple
house-breaking as there was no one
in the house at the time that he is
alleged to have committed the rob-
berry. The magistrate, however. sent
him on to court under n warrant
charging him with the capital offense.
The case of VIII Adams is well re-
membered He it was who is charged
with the killing Of a negro woman
and her children near Milburnie. The
evidence was entirely circumstantlal,
although very strong and the Supreme
Court, on appeal, granted the defen-
dant new trial on the grounds Of
technical errors in the judges charge
Annie Brown is the woman who a
month or so ago killed her newly
born child by choking it to death In
the yard of the house at which she
was employed as a servant The kill
ing was done under the most horri-
BILE circumstances and the case is one
of the most pitiable description.
George Huff, who was granted a
new trial by the Supreme Court aftet
having been convicted of a simple as
sault on Mrs. Will Jones. of Fuquay,
will have another trial unless the In
dictment is uuashed Huff. it will he |
recalled, was indicted and tried for
ATTEMPTED criminal assault. but was
acquitted of the greater offense and |
convicted of simple assault for which |
he was sentenced to thirty days on !
the road. He appealed on the ground |
that a sentence to the roads for q |
misdemeanor was unconstitutional. |
but the Supreme Court did not pass /
on that phase of the case, granting |
him q new trial for the exclusion of |
certain testimony offered in his be- |
half. The evidence in this case was
af sort that did the prosecutrix no /
credit and there was expressed indig-
nation at the time that Huff should |
have failed of complete acquittal 1t
is hardly probable that the case will |
again come up for trial.
Other cases of local interest are
those of the Holderfields, father and /
son, indicted for conspiracy to as
sault Road Supervisor Seagraves,
whom they beat in terrible manner.
There is another case growing out of
the same matter in which both Sea-
graves and the Holderfields are in
dicted for an ARRAY
The strange case of J. 3. Lowery.
who interfered with the running of
road through his land and who per-
threatened the life of Super
Allen will also stand for
trial at tho coming term.
John O'KeIly, under Indictment for
cutting the throat of one William
Mangum, of Durham, on the porch of
a disreputable house in East Raleigh
over a year ago, will possibly be heard,
After several postponements of the
case O'Kelly was to have been tried
at the last term of the court. but the
Indictment was quashed by Judge
Long, in that 1t alleged that O'Keliy
had assaulted with a deadly weapon
W. NJ. Mangum, whereas the injured
mans name was simply William"
It seemed that the attorney who drew
Up the warrant before the mayor had
out the name down 'Wm." as an alb
oreviation for William" but not
that explanation, Judge
Long held that the bill was not good
)ne.
The coming term of the court was to
lave been presided over by Judge
Fred Moore, but owing to an agree
nent it will be held by Judge Walter
Veal. !