The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-03-13
10 Serve Twenty Years
as a FeIon.
SUCH is THE PENALTY
At Haif-Past Nine O'Clock Y~esterda,
Morning the Jury in the Mathews
Case Returned The Verdict lndi-
oated Above and Judgment
Followed al Once.

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.t'AH" MURDER ets. returned to their
room IT the court house aad iii forty
| five minutes Informed -sa -.,-.., g.
| eharo. ,,.. -,
1I"' .H's h"" agreed.
Judge Ferguson ana counsel che
| gagged 81 the eae. wen. summoned p,
phone Tna.- .u a,rf.,4 ..a t
= INC court room M y ah. ihe
= .72htt |'s I"uen IN and shook
ii"IlN= I'm MS eeuhsei ami occupied
Sg'. I'M al5 iaiher. ms other fela-
49, were nor present CONT being
dulS "hehed the jury was brought in
3l'' P9-t'd, ah@ the clerk. INST asking
~ pils"ll"i - Slahd up, p~f"pounGea
'h@ a~oaI gass'lons.
Gentlemen OF the jury. ave YOU
agree
~ nave came the ns"eI
l1r+ot : .2ui EetdI1t
,,fl,, 4"d the prisoner AZ the bar
gree"
so say YOU all?' asked h clerk.
and each man nodded approval.
The prisoner remained standing
durlng this ordeal showing no emotion
whatever. Then Judge Bynum. acting
Tor the solicitor. who had to go 10
AlanlaAce court yesterday, told he
prisoner 70 sit down,
mayor Guthrie then arose and said:
we desire 10 lodge q motion Tor u
new trial in an informal way in order
to protect the prisoners rights, and
supplemented his motion by a few re-
marks, when Judge Ferguson replied
that such motion was denied. his mind
IelD2 fully made m
Major Guthrie then made q motion
IA arrest OF judgment because of Ell
lofS ~ the record, alleging t9at under
toe bill Of indictment it was not COM
petcht TO una the prisoner guilty OF
second degree murder: that 1t was
either murder IN the first degree OF
n"thIne
IS TO what course we shall Il
sue Sad counsel depends upon cir
cumstances and the sentence to be
imposed am frank TO say, and had
the .Nefelct been not guilty, 1t was
the intention 81 Telatlres OF the pFis-
Gn"f 70 nave nun confned IN q Sani-
tariHln and | ask il 4 judgment 80
arrested
Snntcnco or ,,o Cont
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'do2e iiNhaIh representing the
- 1rosc ~ ms JulolGte ala pranr
"a Ju49iiieh., NaJoI 9ledillaH, OF
eounSet ~ ~. NalIieMs' Sdid N
! iiGLsis ~ "tIole9et ~ Ni.1I
nlaJoI 1u'lffe hIH Sdid' aia nc IloPeu
re sentence Noull oe IlefCiiui. JooSe
. 9o o o1,ll- : 4o'o' -"
mysnIf in maonor and sneecb mar
there would be no criticism. have
refrained from expressing anv opinion
or saying ANYTHING that would convey
to the jury or any one what thought
of the case. IN view Of the fact that
errors may have been made in the
Of the case which might cause
a new trial, | shall not now give eX.
preston to any opinion on the result.
| do not think that any good comes
by making remarks intended 10 and
tho effect Of which is to reflect on
any n who cannot help himself, or
to hurt the feelings of friends or rcla-
i've upon whom the blow calls most
leaNllE.'
Turning to the clerk he said: MI.
Clerk. it IS the judgment Of the Court
that the prisoner he confined at hard
iahoF IN state PRISON Tor the term
OF twenty years
MAJOR Guthrie then save formal
lloi1oe OF appear to lhe Supren"
loNfl. Bond was HNed at i've
ll''uSdiI' dolidiS- - was h"I given
- me prisoner fanlIN ana law
]eIs 'nouSn 1t beSl lof Hilh To re-
mann III prison. an efloft b"'hE maze
t. nave Inc Neel"N treatment green
hiAl Whlie IN Jali, but Tor tn. ~alithofl-
ms to -" secured from nc f>eeIel
hei}tId3itefS al i'WiSIll' III.
Extracts from lie Judges Charge
The process Of reasoning by which
he jury arrived at their verdict of
i'm the second degree is made |
hy extracts from The concluding |
olqa-k of Indaa Eurgereon in his (
,hareo 10 tho twelve Amonr other /
he said.