Lenoir-Wake County NcArchives News..... W. C. Loftin Under Military Arrest December 31, 1862
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The Raleigh Standard,  31 Dec. 1862 December 31, 1862
The Raleigh Standard,  31 Dec. 1862
  -- We learn that MR. W. C. LOFTIN, of Lenoir County, N. C., was taken 
through this City, on Sunday last, under a Confederate  guard, to be lodged in 
the Bastile at Salisbury.
   The charge against him is that he crossed the lines and went to Newbern, 
and that he gave aid and comfort to the enemy, and probably took the oath. MR. 
LOFTIN, we learn, denies that he took any  oath. He says he went to Newbern to 
endeavor to recover his negroes, and that he was promised them in case he 
would take the oath to Lincoln's government, which he says he refused to do.
   He was arrested by GEN. ROBINSON. MR. BADHAM, of this City, obtained a writ 
of habeus corpus in the case from JUDGE SAUNDERS, on Sunday night, and left on 
Monday evening for Salisbury, to take the necessary steps for investigation.
If MR. LOFTIN is guilty, let him be punished; if innocent, let him go free.

Additional Comments:
 * Note:  The editor of the paper points out in other editions that the 
military had begun making summary arrests, without regard to civil laws. 

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