The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-04-17

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Major Ryan said mat Lor4 DehTa!l
Law mas rot 70 De coH9idstf Dut
that the old Tarheel statutors were
and that these alIo"ea the !u-s.Io..
As = proDaole caus- i oush. ~
be allowed on tesflmC4N - ihsH
whose characters are black al M,
night. but reputable witnessea should
be required. Mr. 9pFu3il n+At sp5nt'
declaring that the only issut psI1,e
the magistrate was M %
cause, not u MOTIFS De s1i4tti LA -
The case was sent up this would be a
matter for the jury. As 70 the chaF-
actcr Of Thomas and Jpchurch he
said. 4 suppose Annanlas ana Juda
Iscarfot sometimes tod the ruth,
i doubt IT, remarked Major
RYAN
"fe5 ! suppoSF you aouDL any 'h,Is
that III the blb4e' iSPi1H MI
SITaLl
NOT 50, Fet3FO+d MeJoI
Ryan, ] pe-IeNe every "oid Al ing
Bible
Mr.. Sprull declared the co4auCL
Of The case was the most r~efnarkable
be had ever heard OF IN criminal pro
cedure. As TO the te.dl
m"nE IL vas corroDorated Dy Mt.
hmlIy "omacK ana the hesLo 20
driver re aeclaFed ina :
cause a peeh SHOWN, ahd II
couid not DE thrown out because the
court does not want 10 belleFe r.
Major Ryan announced that ne De
lleVed the scriptures tntIfeiS, every
word, but that the testimony Of peo-
PIE like Judas lscarlat, Sapphlra ana
Anhamas was not 70 be believed
Here justice Stpark Seltled the mat
ter by saying: / decIlne 10 ask the
question Then Major Ryan asked
1T anyway MS question beng, what
$ his reputation bad for? Objection
was sustained II Dr.. Spence re
tired
Mr.. William Boyl2n, OF RaielSh,
testified that he had known lholnas
all his life, and that his reputation
IS pad. Ut. U. w. Bart was put on
Eext. Do you know what people
say Of the mental condition OF Mrs.
Emily Womack?' he was asked
There was objection 70 this by the
state ana it was sustained, the effort
v~oe Of vreaE roin1 .\vhat ie her char-
actor? was next asked, ana the an
! swer was: 81 think her character is
| good for truthfulnesS." ~Upcnurch's
character. he said. is bad. II. d.
Weathers ana T. o. Marks said Up
church had q bad character. 1t wa
iattemptcd 10 have Marks tell some
thing Of his presence the night Of
the fire, but this was ruled out.
Here Major Ryan had Miss Alice
VIVIAN strong sent fOr ana SllP en-
tered the court room with a friend.
She was brought in as a witness to
testify 20 the visit of join Thomas
to Mr.. Norris home, when he stated
that his former testimony was not
true. The State objected to her ex-
animation as having nothing to do
with character witnesses and as being
not part of the agreement. There
was long argument for and against
Miss Strong ~testifying and finally
Magistrate Separk reiterated hat it
was positively understood that this
hearing was only to examine Thomas
and hear character witnesses. and
for nothing else. SO Miss Strong left
the stand. Colonel Harris asked if
the PENDANT would be allowed to
cross examine Thomas if h was ex-
aInined. The u held that Thomas
would be a witness for the defendant
and could not be cross-examined.
ilioiilaS OF tie otaiid.
But finally the court put Thomas
on the stand to hear from him itself.
Being there the affidavit Of Miss
Strong was read to him and he was
asked if he a made the statements
about the moonshine being seen and
not the fire.
His reply was, mo, sir. I did not.
\ part they made themselves. [ was
a little dissa tisfed about the moon
| light after 7 had testified before and
l went to Mr.. Norris house Sunday
next and said if they could show that
there was a moon at that time the
night of the fire then it was moon
Iight / saw in the house. but if there
was no moon that night then it was
sure fire light I saw in that house"
Col HinsdaIa then onastionad
Thomas who declared that hp hold
to his testimony Given at the first
Il hearing that # VIC firaligbt he CO..
i'm the house vban no naerod on go
ther ax~an1ination he ,aid tbat he bad
;, not talked With one Eyerett Rrva ),
;. about goine to see Mr. Norris bu,
FINALLY said that he baa boan TON
bv Mr. Rr1-an that i wo1Id not ininr.
him as he wol11d not he nndar oath
As to heino awav fror, tho cour,
> whom ,yantea he said ha bod oono =
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