Belton Wright was Monday night tried before Squire Alfred Barrett on the charge of enticing Stella Carlisle, 13-year-old girl, away from the home of her father, E.S. Carlisle at Entwistle. It was charged that he carried her last Saturday to the home of his people in Scotland county.
Sedbery & Phillips appeared for Wright, who is 22 years old; and W.R. Jones for the prosecution. The prosecution contended that Wright abducted the girl; while the defense tried to show that the step-mother, brother and father of the young girl treated her so cruelly that the girl went to Wright’s relatives in Scotland county to escape such treatment.
Wright it seems, went with the girl to Scotland Saturday morning, and left her there, returning here that night. Arriving home, the father had him arrested, and now the trial.
Squire Barrett held the decision up until he could hear arguments on Tuesday night. He then bound Wright to Jan. 9th term of Court without any bond—simply on his own recognizance.
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