Cherokee County AlArchives News.....The Martin Trial November 17, 1899 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Richard Reed Fleming rfleming@whnt.net March 9, 2006, 11:27 am Coosa River News November 17, 1899 The Martin Trial The case of the state vs. Henry C. Martin for the alleged assination of James Reed ia all over but the verdict of the petit jury. The defendent had Messrs. Cardon, Matthews, and Comer in his employ, while the state was represnted by Messrs. Burnett, Bradford, and Solicitor Hunt. The enpaneling of jury and the trial occupied two and one half days. There were about sixty witnesses examined and most exhaustively and ably were the issues tried. The verdict of the public is that Judge Bilbro's charge to the jury in the case was the ablest ever delivered here. Later: The jury returned their verdict of imprisonment for life at 4:00 p.m., after having the case in hand for about 15 hours. The verdict was generally expected. More next week. Although public opinion appeared to favor hanging, every law abiding citizen should accept the result. Additional Comments: Transcribed from a hand written account of the newspaper article, verbatim barring any typos. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cherokee/newspapers/themarti167nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb