The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-14
Rogers and SorrelI, Con-
victed, to be Examined.
A FULL INVESTIGATION
Judge Allen Charges Jury and SAYS
that They Should Go 10 the Bot
Tom. All Iune Jurors Summon
ed. Kelley Case Now Being
Tried.

Judge ". r. Allen showed yesterday
that he intended TO go 10 the bottom
OF the embracery business in Wake
county. as illustrated by the attempts
OF ]. Rowan Rogers and j. F. sorreii
Ia influence jurors in the case OF uat-
tis-KiIgo. heard at the June specid'
term of Wake Superior court
Rogers and Sorrell We're both trleo
Yesterday and convicted. the testimony
being practically the same as lhai
heard on the occasion when they were
cited in contempt of the court pre>Ad :
ed over b. Judge Moore and sentenced
TO jail for thirty days
SorreIl was twice convicted on one
. bill for having Jointly with j. Rowan
Rogers having attempted 10 improper
Jy influence Juror r. y hlng, ana
q, another for having approached
I,,r7r Maroon. Rogers was. Of course.
.onvicted on the joint indictment with
So-ren
In each case after the testimony was
IN the attorneys for the defendants,
Nessrs. Holding and Harris, stated 10
The Court that they they would miro
dtc.. no evidence and that they were
willing for the Court to charge the
Jury that II they believed the evidence
m defendants We're guilty Counsei
f1,. ,hs defense stated. however. that
tbara were other matters which they
would desire To bring TO the attention
OF the Court before sentence should DC
passed.
Acting on these statements. Judge
Alien charged the jury and VerdlctS OF
conviction We're brought in IN ootn IN
stances In the first case, however, al
though the Judge charged that II the
iurv believed the evidence they should
return a verdict of guilty, the jury re-
tired and remained in their room Tor
some ten or fifteen minutes before
bringing in verdict The verdict
against Sorrell alone was given with
out the jury leaving the box
Mr.. Holding. after a conference with
The defendant Rogers. then asked thdt
the Court refrain from passing sen
fence until Monday morning, when lne
other matter referred TO would De
taken M. What these matters are.
whether new evidence. statements OF
The defendants or what not is not yet
known.
Judge Aliens Charge.
After the TWO Nerdicts had been rem
5ered Judge Allen sent for the grand
fIry and charged them specifically on
the question of embracery. He stated
that while he had mentioned the crime
i'm his charge. he had referred only
10 the outlines of the offense and had
xefrained from going into particulars
t,e.aust. he knew of the cases pending
at wished the defendants To nave III
every sense- of the word q fair trial
NJ stated that the safety OF the
,,,nr,Ie Wa largely dependent upon
the iurv system, their safety OF life
and safety of property Inc jury sSs-
tenn could be worth nothing uhIess II
vas nronerIy administered Anything
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tration weakened the Government IL
self Unless there was proper ap-
preciation of the jury system. lnere
could he no proper and just admins
traTionk In these cases. he said, IL was
the first time that the matter had
been brought prominently before the
people OF the State II was proper
IN its very inception that the matter
should be investigated ana suplecleu
10 the closest scrutiny He stated Ihdo
he had ordered all the jurors VINO nae
been summoned to the term of court
An which the Jurors who had been ap-
T-oached were summoned. TO come be-
for. the grand jury as witnesses he
wanted each one of these jurors 10 De
taken separately by the jury ana close
ly examined as TO whether they had
been approached and as 10 whether
<hey knew anything whatever aboul
attempts TO lnNueI8tc tAt july "a
there We're other witnesses said ne
the grand jury should summon them
If they wanted other testimony the
court would see that they were gwen
opportunity 10 have it. II would pay
the county. declared Judge Allen. 10
keep the jury as long as might be ne
<pssary il they should succeed in GO
ing 10 the bottom of this matter of at
tempting to corrupt and influence the
juries.
Ii is also understood that both the
defendants. Rogers and Sorrell, viii
b. summoned before the grand jury
AMI questioned as 10 why they went
forth to visit King and Maroon and
who sent them forth.
The defendants might, of course
Complicate matters by refusing 10 an
-zyer on the ground that they would
De testifying as 10 matters tending TO
incr1minate themselves. but the i'm
piled statement of Mr.. Holding that he
would have other and new matters 60
come before the Judge before SEN
r-nct. should be passed seems to indi-
cate that the defendants have decided
to sneak out as TO the source of their
activity i'm behalf of the defendants
Kilgo and Duke.
There may be a sensation here in
coIe' storage for Monday: or the new
matters NAV mean simply some tech
nical Zeal defense.
OF course what goes on before the