Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-07-24

,b,, ;,.,nneareG to be disguised hand, out he
.ou,d not ,ay by whom it was written; was not
IN The habit Of examining manuscripts critical
iy and would no, hazard even guess as to the
writer Of this, les, he might be mistaken.
M Co,oon, for the Commonwealth, request
cd TO be informed as to the object OF the IN
quiry. .,,a
avow this anonymous letter, the counsel would
be a, TO loss 10 perceive the use that might be
made of i; as IL was. he might imagine al least
one object: If, for example, it could be proved
% be thu production at a witness, as II was ne
lie we'd 10 be, the ohjeci might be 10 discreait
that witness; tina, object was suhe'en' Tor
the inquiry.
The letter was handed to the Court, and the
Judge decided tina, the question might oe ask'
ed; bu, the inquiry was pushed no further.
Mr.. Clay inquired Of the Attorney Tor the
Commonwe allh whether he intended TO pro-
duce Benning's coat?
1sr. Co,oaa replied, thai the coat was not IN
his possession, and that no Information respect
ing i, had been Communicated to him.
W A Leapy-While eonversing with MIR.
r Wickllffr, who was On horseback IN the
Stree, near witnesses store, Mayor Wooley and
Charles Wickllffe passed on The foot pavement,
from coward, the Gazette "ffice; L. w. APP
pearrG 10 be in state of high excitement, and
Woolry enGeavoring TO calm HIM. Wines
thought &. w. had Deen in scrape, ano his
brothe rim law was endeavorinB 10 take him
home r. W. inquired what was the matter
with Charles! but continued the conversation,
and 6nally took leave vi witness vi hou' learn
ing What had Yct urred; witness did not know;
heard the repur, of pistol while conversing
with Nj. w bu, at TIE moment 1t attracted ne
attention Of neither; The conversation was not
interrupted by it; MIR w. when witness hailed
HIM to give him letter, had bern converslng
with another person, and had started UP Mill
street in The direc ion Of his residence.
Cross eramined-W When G. w. passed. he was
going up street; wilnrss meant, when he said
! lie thou Oh, w. had been in srrape, that,
from his character for spirn, he would moi take
an insul', aud might have ben provoked 10
some act Of esentment
Cant Gerard AfRinney Had beenfrequent-
| ly a, the Gazrrte office, and had often passed
| through ,he inidCle room, and always saw The
muske, in that room; could rot well avoid see
ing i, coming from the back Office, bu, going
II was not so prominent an object, as il stood
against the wall mex, to the front room; there
were no articles Of furniture in the middle
room which attracted nuticei it contained lum'
! Der m. rely.
Cross eramined-Don't recollec, how long
before BIS death he saw the musket in he
middle room, but il was not long; perhaps two
weeks; had not gone SD often 10 he Office since
Me,iwethrr left il; fequently went to laugh al
NJ about The statements in his paper; was bu'
! slightly acquainted with b.; he musket was
rusty, bur witness knows nothing about its be-
| ing unfi, for u,e; he door Of the middle room
opened in The from, room, and the gun s;ond to
the right Of the door-ope2ing, against tn" wall
does not believe he ever saw il in the back
printing room.
| BIZ Mr.. Chinn-Was present at the Examin-
ing Cour,; heard the testimony Of Taylor then
and again on this trial. thinks his latest state
men, difIeren, from ,he first; Taylor did moi say
in The frs, ms ancc, that w. advanced upon b.
but he said they were close together, and wher
b. raised the stick w. caugh, il in his hand
witness was astonished al this difference, and
rrmat ked i, when L. was last examined; vii,
ness ard no person depose before the Exa
mining Court that w. advanced upon 3, and
thinks if they had so Geposed he would have
remembered The fact; all The witnesses agreed
as 10 the relative position OF Inc parties; wit
ness had observed another variation in the tes
limony OIL this trial, as TO WIS raising his hand
before The stick was raised; this was nos ,at
testimony before the Examining Couri; dom
| ecollcct that the witnesses were in,crrogaled
| as to the advance of w.
James E Dauis. Esq Presided as one Of The
magistrates at he Examining Court, and paid
attention 10 all the Witnesses if any one # the nj
:eposed that W. advanced before the stick wa:
raised, lie did no, hear him. At the sugges'
ton Of Major Barry, question was put 10 al
he witnesses, to ascertain by which party The
assault had been made: aud there was no dis
crepancy in the testimony on this point. Tsy'
lor and ali of them said B. first raised his STICK
before W. raised his hand; nett her Of the wi,
nesses was positive as to the distance between
the parties or their relative positions when 'hs
pistol was fred; the fact tina, w. advanced
when he replied to BIS insult, was not PROVED
before the Examining Court.
Cross examined By Burneh-The inquiry was
to ascertain the amount ofbail, and whether ,ht
case was bailab|e; bu' 1t was pushed much far
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