The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-04-10
Ben Williams Sentenced
to Hang.
AN APPEALMAS TAKEN
Garfield Williams, Slayer of Charles
Burch. Sentenced to Ten Years in
States Prison. Several Minor
Cases Disposed OF Before
Court Adjourned.

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Eurch, alias BUNK bGFcll' c"l''9''
we're ac4uitted yesterday morning IN
.,.-fl. co,,rt nj the charge Of muir
- p,.on
d"T ana Moore WIS "lAeI'"i 9S''
being ~rcnanded 10 jail 10 complete d
term for larceny. The jury returned
~ .,1, ~o,,iIt,t, shortly he
.4.,, ,.,,rb..-
'''" S'''e'' , w.,
having h''ii ~ j 10
the cas-" ali Of the previous "iSi4'
There was wide puJliC interest man
ifcsted in the result, and scores Of
people telephOned to the office OF the
sheriff 10 learn the verdict, and there
was general satisfaction, people cE-
Dressing their feelings without re
-traint.
When Judge Council discharged
Moore he made no statement except
+, saw that uotnjne he might speak
would be beneficial. Frank Moore's
brother. MI. Henry Moore. was with
him when the verdict was rendered.
Burch WAS taken back to jail TO COM
rietn his term ii two years on the
roads r,.. larceny having been CON
gic-e,j ana sentenced on july 10. 1905.
fn vas LIuuehf from The roads for his
trial
Moore ana Purch were prosecuted
f0I. alleged uarticiDation in the muir
der OF Eightwatchman Strickland on
the night of the Duruin" of the stand
ard oil Company's warehouse, May
2Uth last. Moore and Burch were
arrested upon a .c0nfession' made by
Moore. which has been attributed to Il
darangad mind ana hlmcel. for sensa-
tionaIislu.
,,-;u:,o,. contnnco, tn na,,h
rIIr9 49,
Sen NlIla4!S' me neSIo VINO "oo
coilNIcISu Oh filudS ol last ven Io1
the hIuIutr III IhG 1il9t He6loe' d 2i0A
amer Nlllldll7' dnollleI negro Oh
FEBRUARY l9l1 III tnlS city' was sell
fenced Yesterday 70 hahG III ne De
dead on May Z2th oeIWeeh me houlI'
or u m ana + p. III, Ills coull"ti, MI;
mas l. ffafItS iooh an aPpedI, @nd
r ~ co1rr+ I'M coTtnnher ~
Mr.. Harris gave the following
grounds for his motion for q new trial
and notice of appeal:
First because Of newly discovered
evidence bearing ont the contention of
the prisoners INSANITY. It is said that
Williams mother was insane when he
was born. an inmate of the Eastern
Asylum for the insane at Goldsboro.
Second. because the only eye-Wit-
ness to the shooting. Gertrude Patter-
son, did not really see the killing, and
SO stated to Mr.. Len ROySter not
twenty minutes after Clark was shot.
Third. because the method of the
iurv in arriving at its verdict was very
IRREGULAR. The Jury. it was stated,
stood six to six all night, and next
morning decided to take n more
ballot. and if either side got o major
ity the minority should yield. 1t was
said that the Jury stood I to 5 for
murder i'm the first degree. and after
the verdict had been rendered three
Jurors spoke to certain persons that
their consciences disturbed them for
having given in to the raaioritv.
Fourth. because the evidence was
not sufficiently specific to Justify q
verdict in the first degree.
Thirty DAVIS we're allowed to nerfect
the apneaI
r,,.co
Not
Garfield Williams. cOlOred, who "a
convicted last saturday of man
beln& the slayer of Charlle
buren, coIoFed, VINO was killed last
April was sentenced yesterday to Il
years III the p|enltent!ary. The deceased
was the brother of Bunk Burch, who
was tried at this term of court, for
murder in the first degree.
W. %at s'5 from mGn'h Mr. 1or G. the lf Pjke1 OF Th 3