Bladen County NcArchives News.....The Perry-Johnson Murder Trial October 8, 1897
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The Semi-Weekly Messenger (Wilmington NC) October 8, 1897
The Perry-Johnson Murder Trial
(Special to The Messenger)
Elizabethtown, NC, October 5 - The superior court of Bladen county convened here
today, Judge McIver presiding. The case against A. J. J. Perry and C. L. Perry,
charged with the murder of Stephen Johnson, colored, on December 4, 1896, was
set for trial Thursday morning. The defendants were arraigned and a special
venire of 100 drawn from the jury box. The state is represented by C M McLean
with Solicitor Sewell, and the defendants by C C Lyon and R S White, of the
local bar, and C B Aycock, John D Kerr and D B Sutton, visiting attorneys. This
is the only capital case, and it promises to be one of the most important tried
in Bladen county for many years, owing to the prominent and large connections of
the defendants in the county.

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