The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-11-15

SUPERIOR COURT.

Verdict of Man.laughter Agreed
Upon in Murder Case Azains,
Young Croat a ans-Murd e,
Case Wednesday-D Davis Sub
mits to Burglary in Second
| Desree-Ch -Chain-Cang Keepe.
lndicted-Many Citizens In.
dicted for Failing to List Tax
| es.
The second week of a two
weeks criminal term of Robson
Superior Court convened this
morning at II o'clock, Judge C.
C. Lyon Of Elizabethtown pre-
siding and Solicitor N. A. Sin
clair of Fayetteville being pres
ent to represent the State. Judge
Lyon and Solicitor Sinclair spent
yesterday at their respec t i've
homes, returning this morning.
Boss Locklear (alias Davis
and Willie Brooks, young Croa-
tans about 18 years old, were put
on trial Friday for the murder
of Nolan Bryant,a a Croatan about
20 years old, at Pembroke on the
1st of August last. Before the
trial began Messrs. Mcintyre,
Lawrence & Proctor, attorneys
for the defendant, offered to SUBJ
NIT Locklear for manslaughter
without condition as to sentence
if the solicitor would agree to
the minimum sentence of 4
months on the roads for Brooks.
This Solicitor Sinclair declined to
agree to and after the evidence
was all in Saturday afternoon
both sides agreed to verdict OF
manslaughter for both defend
ants, leaving the sentence abso-
lutely with the judge, which So
licitor Sinclair had agreed to do
before the trial was entered up
on. It was in evidence thatLock-
lear and Brooks were loaded up
on cider, one of them cut the
coat of the deceased in the back,
and when they started away and
Bryant started to his wheelLock-
lear turned and shot three times,
two balls taking effect. Bryant
died a week later. Sentence has
net yet tean passed.
Henry Davis, colored, who en-
tered the home of Policeman Dix.
on at Pembroke some time age
at night and was shot and wound,
ed by Mr.. Dixon, submitted this
morning to burglary in the sec.
ond degree through his attor-
neys, Messrs. Mcintyre, Law
renee & Proctor and Woodberry
Lennon, who made the plea Of
imbecility for their client. Judge
Lyon heard a few witnesses bu1
has not yet passed sentence.
The grand jury Saturday re-
turned a true bill for malfeas
ance against w. D. P evatt,
keeper of the chain-gang, having
on it's visit to the chain-gans
found Prevatt drunk and un
able to answer questions. AM
Solicitor Sinclair has drawn {
bill of indictment against him
Something of a rattling Of DIR,
) bones is likely to be caused b.
the fact that the grand jury ha
, found true bills against some 40
: citizens of the county for failur
to list their polls. Solicitor Sir
, clair has drawn bills of in1lct
ment against them. The gran
jury was excused Saturday unit
tomorrow.
A case against Alex. and Care
line E. Morrison for f. and a. i
: on trial at the time Of going t
press.
D. B. Mckee. larceny of woot
/, the case on trial Thursday whe
The Robesonian went to pres
= not guilty.
T! John Davis, larceny; plead gui
T ty of trespass on property {
Q VIM. Macks; 4 months on road
e Marshall Austin, larceny; plea
; guilty; 4 months on roads.
> Fred McCallum, house breal
g ing and larceny; plead guilty
: larceny from dwelling; mol. pro
e as to housebreaking; 2 years o
= roads.
) Chas. and Lena Norton, retai
Il i ing; not guilty.
q Saturday afternoon the graz
Al jury returned a true bill again
r Rafe Graham, Will Brown, Sa
'e Malloy (alias Green, alias Ne'
At tom and Press Wade. all colore
u for the murder of VIM. Ross, al
ID colored, on July 80 last, at Ma
a. ton. Ross was the negro who
n dead body was found on the Sc