The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-01-16
PLEAD GUILTY Of
SIMPLE ASSAULT
Dockery's Counse! Ask
Suspension of Judgment.
rIkIrn hC0 AND H0CTC
FINED $50 AND COSTS
Ending of First Chapter of Last June
Sensation. Anna Moore. Forced
by Husband 10 Commit Arson,
Sci Free. Other Cases
in Court Yesterday.

Ex-poIiceman Isaac Rogers, who
last June shot and seriously wounded
Deputy Marshal John Dockery by
reason Of an ~cscapade Of the latter
with the daughter Of the defendant,
pleaded guilty TO assault and battery
and was fined fifty dollars and costs
Of the action.
Mr.. Rogers had been under indict-
ment for secret assault. which is =
felony. When the case was called yes
terday. Mr.. j. G.. l.. Harris. of his
counsel. announced that he was ready
to plead guilty to the simpler assault.
I~hereupon Mr.. James II. .Pou, of the
counsel for Mr.. DockerN stated that
not only Was that course satisfactory
to tho prosecution but that, represent
ing Mr., Dockery, he would ask in his
behalf that 10 punishment be inflict-
ed on the defendant.
Upon the statement of the solicitor
that the State was satisfied
with the course suggested. Judge
Ward accepted the plea. and.
stating tina he did not On
slider that q complete suspension Of
Judgment would accord with the dig
nifty Of the court, imposed sentence
as stated of $50 and the costs.
SO determined. there ends the first
chapter of Il scandal that shook the
State. Under the circumstance it was
the best solution that could nave been
arrived at out of a tangled and un-
fortunate affair. There remains as an
aftermath, the pending suit for dam
ages for seduction against ClaudiuS
Bernard, brought by the father of the
yOung Howell girl. who was a COM
panion of Mr.. Dockery and the daugh-
tn. &c +In IaFnnIaDf ID a1nJ on, tho on
casion which gave rise to the shoot
ing.
For the past few months the course
of the Rogers indictment has been
watched with the greatest interest by
Raleigh people. Set for trial at the
September term and continued, the
matter was such as could not be for
gotten and the apparent determina-
ton to prosecute the case caused many
conjectures as to the outcome. The
ending of the affair, however, was
such as to give general satisfaction,
the greatest sympathy having been
felt for Mr.. Rogers whose action in
making the attack in the first flush
Of hrs discovery was generally CON
doned. At the same time, there was
not lacking a feeling of sympathy for
the youthful sufferer at the hands of
Il naturally incensed father. That the
wound received by Mr.. Dockery did
not prove mortal and that no severe
punishment followed upon the action
of his assailant are facts which serve
to put the best face possible upon 4
most regretable occurrence.
Mr.. Pou 70" Mr.. Dockery.
After the plea made by Mr.. Harris.
Mr.. j. H. Pou addressed the court
briefly ana with a quiet and self-suD-
pressed elOqucncc which was the more
effective for it's evident restraint.
After concurrinG in the plea and
asking a suspension OF the judgment
he stated that Mr.. Dockery felt that
he understood the position of Mr..
Rogers ana realized that there were
things which the latter might not
have understood. M Dockcry says
that he has suffered ana that he be
lieves that the suffering he has I'M
dergone may result in his good The
mar who has not suffered is a one
sided man, physically, mentally and
morai1N.' Now ne did not desire that
Mr.. Rogers should suffer any more
than he has done already. He had
come to the conclusion, after consul
tation with his father. With his at
tornevs and his friends that the course
suggested was the best for all concern
ed, "for Mr.. Rogers. for himself, II
for the community. which is also con-
ceTned.' Everything had been told
to Mr.. Docker's discredit. continued
Mr.. Pou. that could be told He a
been widely advertised in the news
papers. He had no impulse to the
course he took except a desire to avoid
further suffering and trouble. He
desired to say that there had been no
secret or harsh terms exacted from
either side in consideration of any
agreement. There had not q dollar
passed, nor had there been the sug-
Gestion of any financial payment what
ever. IT was simply Il case Of two
men "mceting over an abyss of broken
hopes and SORROWS seeking to do
what might be possible to make them
sting the less. They had been two
brave men, who met and fought. Mr..
Rogers had also been shot in the
melee. not dangerously but showing
that there was no flinching on either
side. and no cowardice. Also. it was
suggested that Mr.. Rogers had spent
two months or more i'm iail awaiting
the result of Mr.. DOckery's wounds.
prosecution, as far as Mr.. Dock
cry was concerned, earnestly prayed
the court that no punishment be visit
ed on Mr.. Rogers.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Pou's re-
marks Judge Ward stated that tho
defendant should be grateful that he
was no no" faced with a defense to
q homicide.
That is it.. your honor" i~nterposed
Mi. Dockcry is in the nature Of q
thanks offering for his recovery and
in recognition Of the suffering which
he has undergone and which he be
licveS has operated to his good"
Husband Forced Arson by Wife.
Among the other cases disposed of
was the capital Indictment against
Anna Moore. charged with the burn
ing of the dwelling Of George Lane.
The woman had confessed the arson
and counsel Charles rriS and
William Pace. had been assigned to
her. With the consent Of the solicitor
She was permitted to plead guilty to
an attempt at arson. after which all
the circumstances of the affair We're
gone into.
These disclosed a curious state of
affairs. in effect that the burning was
dan4 Lxz tho va " L hAE thA- CON ct llG--