N.T.
- Title
- N.T.
- Source Type
- Newspaper
- Publisher
- The Weekly Advertiser
- Publication Place
- Montgomery, Alabama
- Publication Date
- 05/12/1868
- Transcript
- The Judge Advocate's reply was brief, and owing to the rapidity with which he read; it was impossible for us to distinctly each much he said. He insisted that the pistol was fired at Eddins; that Eddins turned on Ruldolph when thus attacked; that Eddins was ent by Randolph; that the firing of the pistol and the cutting were sufficient evidence of malice and intent to kill; that Eddin's self-contradictions grew out of his confused recollection of Thots occurring under the circumstances of the difficulty; that Eddin's partner was sustained by the testimony of the negro Hatter, who had known him for tiro years; and that it was necessary for the protection of society, that the accused (to whom are alluded as a 'condemned felon) should be found guilty and punished. He cited a number of local authorities to sustain his assumptions of the law. The case is closed. We understand the decision of the Court is made up; but of course, until it shall have been acted upon by General Meade, it will not be made public, The charge is, that Ryland Randolph unlawfully and with malice 'aforethought did assault que Balus Eddins, a freedman of color, with intent felony and with malice aforethought to murder him the said Balus Eddins. There was 110 other charge, no other specification, against the accused. For this the s.been tried; and of this, he has been acquitted, or for this he has been condemned. The trial has been a tedious one. Before all military. courts, all evidence is reduced to writing, and all the pleas and arguments of counsel are read and put on record. The court is cleared whenever it becomes necessary for it to decide any point arising in the progress of the case.
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