The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-04-14
W. S. Hockaday was held to befair


W. l.. Scott formed and expressed
opinion prisoner was guilty.
W. II. Barnes, ditto.
j. b. Lawler stood aside.
Ambrose Green believed prisoner
guilty.
}. B. Boseman, passed by State.
Defendant dug too deep and lost. Mr..
BOseman was Of opinion that defend
ant is crazy man.
Hugh Bloomer, W. G. Lynch, NJ. J.
! Morris all stood aside in order.
G. W. Medlin could give prisoner a
fair trial. Peremptory challenge by
defendant
}. r. Brake and j. r. Cullom foot
of panel.
b. NJ Pugh passed by State not ac-
cepted by defendant.
| R. A. Rogers passed by State. An
other opportunity lost by defendant
in challenge-Rogers believed defend
ant crazy.
! T. H. lies challenged for cause.
Cause admitted by State.
J. j. Viverette, at foot of panel
I. E. Pully passed by State, chal-
lenged by defendant and accepted as
juror No. 2.
/ c. ?. Bounds, could not give pris-
Onpr fair trial.
- Matthews foot of panel.
f. b. Pair held to be fair aud i'm
partial, rejected by defendant on pc
remptOry challenge.
W. B. Boseman expressed opinion
OF guilty.
J. F. Bachelor passed by the State.
Another Juror lost by defendant.
Batchelor had decided opinion that
Powell is crazy.
w. l.. Dickens, of Aurelian Springs,
accepted as juror No. B.
R. NJ. Purnell challenged for cause.
Cause admitted and excused.
B. d. Hamill, OF Thelma, was fair
and impartial and was accepted as
Juror No 4.
c. b. Bobbitt believed prisoner
guilty.
S. f. Tippet at foot of panel.
Sandy Glasgow was member of
grand jury and excused.
W. NJ. Pepper and R. E. Shell lstood
aside.
E. f. Kennedy, OF ButterwOOd, ac-
cepted as juror No. 5.
w. Y. Gay couldn't give defendant
fair trial.
Jim Taylor, Roanoke Rapids, ac-
cepted as juror No. 5.
W. c. Edwards and Louis Grimmer,
formed and expressed opinion that
prisoner is guilty.
". D. Hux had served on jury in 2
years
T. S. Snipes, OF CASTOR, accepted
as Juror No. Z.
G. w. Hudson and V. NJ. Daut-
ridge failed to pass defendants ex-
animation.
j. D. Neville was held to be fair
and impartial juror. Defendant used
another peremptory.
A. NJ. Inge, w. L. D. Ivey, ]. S.
Turner, W. H. May, T. B. Grant, T.
w. Russell all stood aside in order.
J. P. Leach, Jr., passed by the
State, defendant learned too late
that Leach believed there was some
thing wrong with mind of defendant.
E. c. Dickens, R. E. Merritt not ac-
cepted.
r. E. Hardy and J. E. Rue foot of
panel.
Ed. Woodruff, held to be fair and
impartial. Premptory challenge by
defendant.
W. C. Allsbrook, Mack Shearin, R.
W. Partin stood aside in order.
J. R. Woolett foot of panel.
d. Keeter, stood aside.
S. W. Smith, peremptory challenge
by defendant.
B. L. Shearif, challenged for cause,
cause admitted.
|, F. King, W. Fl. Thorne stood
aside
W. E. Nicholson, of Airlie, accepted
as Juror No. 8.
Judge Ward ordered an additional
venire of % men for Friday and
court at 6 p. m. adjourned till hall
past nine O'Clock Friday morning.
SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Court opened promptly at $50
O'Clock Friday morning. The pris-
oner looked refreshed after nights
rest and the eight jurors accepted
the day before took their seats in the
jury box.
The calling of the veniremen who
were not tendered the first day,
began.
S. Trueblood put at the front oi
the panel.
: E. c. Bobbitt had formed and ex.
pressed the opinion that the prisoner
was guilty.
T. D. Parker. challenged for cause
and cause admitted.
W. B. King, ofThelma, accepted as
Juror No. 9.
W. F. HOrner, of Rosemary, accep-
ted as juror No. 10.
Everything looked bright for a
speedy completion of the panel. Yet
not another juror could be secured in
the rendering of man after man tC
the defendant by the State.
j. L. Cobb, excused.
Stuart Hedgepeth, stood aside.
c. E. Carter stood at foot OF panel
NJ. ". Harrison held to be Impair
tial but not acceptable to the defend
ant.
Gid Aston, J. W. Carlisle, c. j
Masse, J. B. Hudson, Geo. G. Gary
all failed to pass the examinations
satisfactory to defendant.
J. W. Harrington caused a little
diversion and ripple of laughter by
declaring that under oath he could
not try the case by the evidence in
troduced in court but by what he
had previously heard. Judge Ware
said" The juror of conrse does mo-
mean that, he is just little tangled
Z on the question.
VT Parker, E. L. Lee and Henry
johnson next came and not accepted
Richard Morris was held to be fail
; and impartial, but the defendant SCI
j him aside peremptorily.
J. ". Crawley, N. W. Browning, j
W. NOrthinptOn had all expressed