The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-04-02

and C0uSIN pTDEETUICH IN
choosing the jury and IN asking ques-
tons. r
The following are the jury: {. y.
Guntcr. ]. T. Hobby. l.. W. Jones, \
i. Morris. j. L. Yates. A. {. Powell
K. 9. Pool. c. A. B~eddingfeld. IL.
Rogers G. II. stephens. Joe faflh'
K. G. Bachelor.
Wallace Perry was first called by
the State at 1925. He said that at
the time Of the homicide he was not
well known To the deceased. He gave
some idea of the location Of the fight,
and how the dead man n a crowd
of four or five met n
O'Neal, who came out and said: Mr..
Hall, l want to speak TO you. me
witness said O'Neal asked Mr.. Hall
Lets have a drink" Hall Declined,
saying he had had enough. Then
Hall said: "Mr. O'Eeal, you oughtnt
10 have thrown that ear Of corn at
me when | was just moved into here
and was a stranger" The defendant
said: If you say | threw an ear Of
corr at you, you tell a ID lie. you
black sob" Witness said ONeal
Their ran into his house. dropping his
hat not picking it up. oNeal
then came out with his shotgun.
fred at Hall and struck him in the
leg.
Perry said tina Hall reached down
and caught his bleeding leg and SAID:
Bows. | am shot They sat him
down on the road and went for the
| doctor, walking to Wake Forest. The
doctor finally came. The witness said
he saw Hall once after being shot.
On cross-examination. Mr.. w. B.
Jones brought out the fact that Perry
had been convicted Of larceny. by his
submission. that he had gotten his
throat cut and had beer married. but
his wife had left him. On redirect
this bad record was cleared up
partly. 1t developed that the
bad scar on the throat had been
made by Perry's brother-in-laW and
that their trouble arose over the mis-
treatment of Perry's sister. The wit
ness said he had been assaulted un-
expectedly. The conviction Of larceny
proved trivial He pleaded guilty to
stealing watermelons. "How many
did you steal?" asked Mr.. Norris.
They said I stole all that was 1r
the patch" Perry responded. and he
paid $40 for the job. The theft was
made still more a joke when 1t was
show that the man who prosecuted
him was a brother Of Hall, the deaC
man.
There was an abundance Of testi
mony to pretty nearly the same pur
pose. This was given by Mr.. Hick
man Allen. a mail carrier. who will
Mr.. G.. f. Medin, testified that WheI
they first saw Earle Patrick Hall
O'Neal was standing over him. WheI
they asked what was the matter
O'Neal said Hall had cut his leg wit
an. axe.
Albert Perry, Mrs. Joseph PER-
and Miss Naomi Perry added consid
erably to the gravity Of the charge
Albert Perry had been with the de
fendant and the deceased the nigh
quarreled. Hall said that Clemen
O'Neal, son of the defendant, ha
said that Oscar O'Neal threw the ca
Of corn at Hall. The defendan
called Hall a id liar" Hall sale
Hold up, don't go so fast" Their
was a repetition Of it and pretty 500
Hall had O'Neal covered with a pis
, toll. There was a general mix-ul
2 Later O'Neal fired a pistol and a
. went home. The witness told no
O'Neal threatened three or 70,
times to kill the s-o-b-"
j More Threats Shown. +.
Mrs. Perry told of finding One,
that night at one Of her windows, an
said that he had told her that he WI
y trying to find Hall to shoot his brain
d out. h told him that he oughtn
q 10 40 that, talked rellSlOn TO him ar
- told him that he had to die som
d time and ought to be prepared. Mi
1T Naomi Perry testified to much IL
@ same thing.
r. Mrs. Perry's character was attac'
le ed-and the defense asked here
le Introduce character witnesses. MAJ
Of them declared that the dead m;
r. was one who would fight and that
drank. They said practically Il
l. same thing Of the defendant. Meth
lie was shown to be a very vicious cha
acter.
"a The Defendants Side.
The took the sta,
shortly before supper. He gave t
story in detail and told how the de
man had tried to raise a disturban
with him over the supposed throwi
at Of the ear Of corn at him at a c.
er Ored mans COrn shucking.
nd He said that after the dead m