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the bar, during the prefent term, nor an
liver to their names when called but will
attend without the bar at ali times. when
| the Grand Jury ihall be brought up before
the court, for the purpofes OF affording
iuch council and advice as their circum2
itances may require.
d. B. MITCHELL,
| Chairman.
Copy of the proceedings.
WILLIAM DAVIES.
Secretary.
AT meeting of the citizens of Savannah
publicly convened and held at tbs, TX,
change on the twenty-ffth day of April
1904.
JOSEPH CLAY, Esq. IN THE cg1ye.
RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY, that the ci-
tizenS OF Savannah do highly applaud the
hrm, dlgnified and patriotic conduct oftbe
preient Grand Jury of Chatham county.
lor which they have been committed fo
goal by Judge Bowen, the Judge ofthe ST.
Perlor Court, and that the thanks of the c;-
tizenS pc pretented them for their very nro-
per demeanor on the location, and that 4
committee, committing of John Bolton efo.
EDWARD Ieitair etg. and Samuel Howard
Gig. be appointed for that purpofe.
Nei0'1ea OnHnimoYIly, that committee
be appointed to wait upon the feveraI prin-
tsrS IN this city, to requeft in the name of
the citlzens, that the charge OF his honor
ludge Bowen, TO the Grand Jury of Cha
Edward l.. Davlss,ld. .nnt be printed tbo+
Efqrs. be that committees
RSfofVed Unegni,noMJIy, that fuhicription
be opened for the fupport and maintenance
OF the Grand Jury of Chatham county
while IN Goal, and for furniihing them with
every convenience, and that a committee
be appointed to receive the fubfcriptions
and inveit the money for their benefit while
in Goal, and that Meiirs. Richard M. Sites,
Joieph Arnold, John l. Gray, Norman NJ
Cleod, and Samuel Il Stackhoule, be that
committee.
Reiolved unanimously, That the Repre-
Je,utatiz'e5 Of ibis cotuty.to tie Leg1Rafuye,
be Teq1ejfed and instructed toexerf tbem/eIves
TO procure n LesgJQatipe enquiry into the off,
eial conduit Of the Juage IF tire Superior,
Court f'tbiS circuit, in. committing to goal
the Grand fury cttbe county Of Chatham,
7Vbo are co1fitmionaiLy bound ia bre/sr4,e the
right cftbe People, and zUho in a court of
JndieG.ure are tbeir kazyfH RebreEnfati7e5,
and ,0Jfo into the ofber o17cial mijcondua Of
tie i7id .s1ftsdge.
RejoiG,ed UnanisouAg, that a committee
of ieven be appointed for carrying into eff
feet the foregoing reiolution, that faid COM
mlttee be empowered to procure ijIch tef-
timony as may be necehary to fubftantiatc
the charges, and that General ID. b. Mitch
ell, Charles Harris, William Davies, T. T.
Flyming, John M. Berrien, Morris DIiller
and Thomas T. Williams, efqrs. be that
committee.
Rcloiqed nnanimog,2y. that acommittee be
appointed to confer with the committee of
the bar, upon the mof proper meaiures to
be purified for the difcharge of the Grand
Jury of Chatham county from their prefent
confinement, and to ufe every lawful means
to procure their enlargement, and that the
hon. William Stephens Joteph Clay, Mat
thew M'Alliiter, Joieph Miller and Robert!
Mackay, efqrs. be that committee.
RejoiUcd Unanim04J7y, that the citizens Of
| Savannah view with adherence the con-
, duct of JudgcBowen this day on the bench
Of the Superior Court, and during the Ct
ting of the fame, in drawing and prefent-
ing pihol, againit number of the citi-
zens Of this place, and in uiing the mott in
decent and pTofane language, whereby the
| dignity of his Office and the relpe6fabilty
Of this government are profrituted.
Reioived UnanimoHQy, that the proceed.
ings Of this meeting be fgned by the chai~-
| man and fecretary, and publiihed in the
| newspapers of this city, and that a copy be
/ prefenteo the foreman of the Grand jury,
alto that extra iheets thereof, be pubiiihed
this evening.
| GSrGNEDJ JOSEPH CLAY,
GUAiRSfAN.
| By order of the Meeting,
SAMUEL HOWARD, SECRETARY
A true copy ofthe original proceedings,
SAMUEL HOWARD, SECRETARY
SbVANHRH, April 26, 1904,
4 To Iofcph CLAW. efo. Chairman ofthe meet