The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-16

tectives left the stand he whispered
to McSwain, who asked another ques
ton as to whether the road had the
bill of lading for the lars. Each de-
PENDANT was sentenced to two years
en- the roads.
Lee Gillian, States witness in this
affair, was discharged.
Pig" Haywood was "'scused" of a
watch, but the prosecuting witness did
not show up and he was discharged.
One Peter Leo Moue, some sort OF
an Eye-talian or other was before the
bar for larceny. Moue was a sailor
and he me-owed pitifully. He is par
alyzed and he has lost the art of
speech, never having learned it. The
court took pity on the prisoner since
he would anywhere prove a problem,
and he was discharged.
Jim Darlington, white, charged
with the theft of a pair of pliers, was
let off with the payment of costs OF
an alternative penalty of four months
the entry having been changed from
larceny to forcible trespass.
Josh Wilder, who "cut up" negro
woman, one Rebecca Strickland, was
sentenced to the roads for two years
Alex Smith received eight months
for larceny.
Will Smith, white removed the
travelling man and was sent to the
roads for twelve months. He claimed
that he was too drunk at the time to
have a felonious intent.
Geo. Perry for assault, was SEN
fenced to ninety days.
Isaac Aston, carrying concealed
weapons, was permitted to pay the
costs, his offense being technical
violation of the law.
hi totn
of obtaining goods under false pre-,
lenses but was not sentenced yester,
day. He bought from a store pre-
tending that he was the son of a man
who was not his father.
Successor Of Maroon the Good"
The case against B. H. Moore. for
retailing liquors brought forth some
rich testimony. Moore keeps the
"resterrant" at the old Duke cor
ner'' in the very deep East, the same
place that was kept by ''Marcum the
good" before mayors court trials were
too greatly on his nerves. Moore test
flied that he bought the liquor for one
Leah Edwards, chunky little denizen
of the East, from ginger cake col
Ored niger, whose name he did not
know, who went off into the bottom
and bought it from somebody--he
knew not whom. Miss Leah Edwards
corroborated Mr.. Moore, although she
was STATES witness. She corrOborato
ed him in every particular. fact
the evidence of Edwards and Moore
was synonymous, and when Miss Mag
Thompson, an ancient and weather.
beaten bit of calico, started to get
little off the track, Miss Leah's black
eyes snapped and her head quivered
in disapproval until Mag got just right
again. Miss Leah was, however. very
much afraid and she fidgeted herself
out of her skin until Miss Mag was off
the stand. Leah seemed to have lit
tie confidence in Mag, which was
strange considering they were lunch
ing together at the time of the alleg-
ed sale and drank up the proceeds.
After Leah had left the room, how
ever, Mr.. Moore went little too far
by putting on colored dame, who
testified that she lived at Miss Bertha
Browns when she was at home. She
happened to be standing in the yard
about o'clock at night (the trans
action took place at midnighD and
saw Mr.. Moore meet his ginger-cake
negro. was a dark night, with heavy
clouds. She saw Mr.. Moore give the
ginger-cake darkey something-she
didn't know what-but it looked like
a bottle. was a white bottle, al
though it was a dark night, she would
swear it was a white bottle. had
something in it-She didn't know just
what-but Il looked like rye whiskey.
The crowd, jury and lawyers laugh
ed but Moore was acquitted, there
being no evidence against him except
that of his last named fool friend.
Clyde FaisOn Case Continued
The case of retailing pending against
Clyde Faison was continued for the
term