The jury in the Sullivan case brought in a verdict of guilty this afternoon at 21 minutes after 4 o’clock, having been out just one hour and one minute. The court pronounced a sentence of five years in the State Prison.
Counsel for the defense immediately made a motion to set aside the verdict, but this motion was denied. The defendant then noted, through counsel, an appeal to the Supreme Court, where the issues will not be fought out.
Sullivan was found guilty under all four counts of the indictment against him. Here are the counts:
First, willful, felonious and wrongful abstraction of McNider’s bonds with intent to injure.
Second, wrongful misapplication of bonds held (page torn) for a note with intent to injure.
Third, felonious dive(page torn) said bonds to the defendants’ use.
Fourth, wrongful misapplication of said bonds with intent to misapply—in other words, to use them in a way to which he had no right.
Judge Bond delivered a characteristic charge. He said that in a case of this kind of effect on the financial life of the community should be given due consideration, but that it should be given no weight in determining the defendant’s guilt or innocence.
The appeal bond was fixed at $100. The appearance bond(?) required is $25,000.
From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, July 1, 1922. The copy of this page is poor. To read the rest of the story, perhaps you can find an original copy or struggle to read it online at newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92074042/1922-07-01/ed-1/seq-1/
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