Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08
HOLLY GRANTED new TRIAL
Noted Poisoning Case-Townships
Can Issue Road Bonds.

al Issue Road Bonds.
Following the delivery of a final
batch of eleven opinions, the North
Carolina supreme court adjourned
sine die with practically a clear dock
ct. The eleven opinions follow:
State VS.. Holly, New Hanover, new
trial; Herring vs.. Warwick, Sampson,
new trial; Smith VS.. Ellington Guy
Timber company, Duplin, reversed;
Forehand VS.. Taylor, Wayne, no err
ror; Stacey Cheese company VS.. Pip
kin, Wayne, reversed; Atlantic Coast
Line VS.. Goldsboro, Wayne, affirmed;
State VS.. Mayhem, Union, error; Cabe
VS.. Southern railway, Buncombe, af-
firmed; Trustees of Youngsville
twonship VS.. Webb, Buncombe, re-
versed; Henry rs. Hilliard, Haywood,
reversed; Ford VS.. Pigeon River
Lumber company, Haywood, affirmed.
In the noted poisoning case of
State VS.. Holly, in which J.. C. Holly
is under sentence to be e~lectrocuted,
the new trial is granted on account
of error in the trial below in the
admission of evidence, notably a
question to a witness who had given
Holly a good character as to whether
he had not heard that Holly pois-
Oned his wife and one in which an
Objectionable hypothetical question
was put.
The case of Atlantic Coast Line VS..
Goldsboro ends in a victory for the
town in that it held that the, railroad
company can be compelled to lower
it's grade tracks laid before the town
was chartered to conform with new
grades established for the streets to
conform to a general scheme of
drainage. 1t settles this issue as to
the right of towns in general to con
troll railroads in this particular.
Another cas- of particular interest
is Youngsville township VS.. Webb &
company, which settles the right Of
townships to issue road bonds without
a vote of the people as necessary ex
pense. The validity of such bonds
was in question and has been an is
sue under similar circumstances il
many parts of the state. The ruling
in this case fixes their validity.
Rocky Mount.-Julia Lewis, the, 10
months-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
D. c.. Lewis, took a swallow of kero
sene left in a cup and died in agony
four hours later.
Raleigh Blind Tiger Gets Punished.
w C. Poland, the news stand an
soft drink proprietor in the academ,
of music building, was sentenced b,
Judge Connor, in the Federal court
to six months in Jail and $500 fine TO
maintaining a blind tiger at his place
The revenue officers came some week
!. ago, raided his place and seized larg
quantities of whiskey. There was
; plea for mercy by Poland's counse
| bet Judge Conner declared that tn
: case "a so fragrant that severe pu1
I. ishment was necessary. His plac
was near the court.
r Work to Begin on College Y. M. C.. 4
. Out at the A.. e M. college th
work is soon to begin on the new $50
900 animal industry building and ais
on a new dining hall for the colleg'
/ The beginning of the work on til
proposed $4,000 Y. M. C. A. buildin
is near at hand, ample funds bein
already available in good pledges an
considerable cash in hand. The amin;
industry building is to cost $1,000
and is to be erected by the stat
board Of agriculture. The legislatul
! made appropriations for the addition
and improvements