The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1830-12-02
From the Providence American.
tcoRREsPoNDENcE.
NEWPORT. Nov. 10, 1890.


B. f. HnHsh. Esq. Sir-When, in con-
sequence Of the application contained in 1
your letter Of the 7th instant, | drew up /
and forwarded In you report Of the trial
in the matter Of Baiemsn Munro; i, Ger. (
'siBly did not enter into my mind that any
onelwould or could think II necessary TO
deny its general correctness, as no motive
existed or wish was felt on my part. to dis 1,
guisc or misrepresen, the facts in the case.
II seems ] was mistaken, and tha, my re-
port has not proved qute satisfactory to
Henry Y. Cranston, Esq. who has deemed
It essentinl Ia his reputation as counsel or
trdaess, (perhaps both to deny it's accura
cy. IN communication made through the
Herald ofihe Tunes. of Wednesday last.
am very sorry for this. but ! cannot help
IL. The circumstances undcr which The
report was drawn up, are slated Ia YOU in
The letter that covered il; and tho part of
that letter which relates to this report. vow
are ncm quite at liberty to publish, if you
choose.
Al that time no desire was felt bv me.
that my name should be- published with il.
u WAS moi necessary. and ! did not deem Il
becoming; but then had and now have no
sort Of fsar, that il should be attached ,o
that report. As was then stated. the re
port was drawn principnily from recollcc
ton: and now affirm II Ia be as To eyeiv
substantial feature OF it. a correct one.
. But with the public. Mr.. Crnns'on's asser
ton is probably worth as much a min" :;
30 be 1t. In this case, however. shall nnr
ely at all on that standard Of correctness.
| md therefore beg leave 10 refer Won 10 the
n r,,Il ~
| 'tanliair the fidelity with which the said
report WAS drawn. You very well know
hat losorh Chlls. Esq. is the Chief Jus.
| tlce at the Court before whom the trial wsa
hnd; and hat WIN. Ennis, jun. Esq is
mcmbcr, ofthc Bar. and the General As
sembly Of the State.
| And ii, any further confirmation is re
! qnircd ,l,snhesitatingly \ and fearessly ap
| peal to- thc recollection of the whole Court,
! the members of the Bar present, the Jurors
sworn. .sB the officers of the Court. md the
! !rcat hody Of spectators who were there
! cannot forbcnr mentioning that one Of
! the grounds Of complaint is, that the report
nnits much that was said by Mr. Cranston.
~ counsel, in tho argument of r motion, 10
( take off a pretended antimason from the
! jury. To this it is sufficient answer TO say.
that it was n distinct motion entirely, and
| hid nothing 10 do with the point at issue.
which was reported. The motion itself
was made after the Court had decided that
| tho masonic Juror did not stand impartial:
and did not, and do no. consider that il
had any necessary conneylon with it what
cvcr--no NOR" than the subsequent trial Of
the facts IN the case before the Jury.
/ Ii mny be added MS an instance Of the
very loose way in which Mr.. C's denial of
the correctness ofny report ls made, that
: the terms the juror thus challenged by him,
"an droirsd and decideR aniinqSoH." No
, mode of expression could have been moro
unhappy for him; ina5much ~ il was on
iirclv gra'ui'ons on his part, and the onty
! proof offered was directly to the contrary;
! 80 decidedly so, that the Juror was directed
I by the Court'o remain on tho panel. and
( the counsel for the defendant ceased, there
after, 10 "bite against Gie."
! When il is remembered that this trial
occurred carly in the week Of our Court
that Mr.. Pcarce and the reporter were en-
| gagged in every jury trial during the session
aud that the report was not drawn ND until
Tuesday or Wednesday Of the next week,
and then from ecollection--when all this.
will not appear very surprising. that the
reporter did not. IN every instance. retain
the precise words Of the several speakers:
or the order in which they were uttered;
nor has he a, any time laid claim to such
perfection Of memory.
In the report il is stated TINT Mr.. Gran.
ston volunteered as a witness In his com.
municstion referred TO, he Mr. c. denies
il. Let him then show tchen, pherc. bv
rhom. nnd, for what purpose he was sum.
moned, or compelled to testify in that trial.
if there be any such evidence, il j. within
his control. ne ,ciiness, counsel, and CLyRK
or THE CoURr. A simple denial Of tho
fact, against the common sense Of all who
were present. will not. in this case, serve
his tnrn. Let us have the written evi.
dence. Ifthere be none tha, he can pro.
duce, thea may safely repeat the asser
ton, tha, he appeared there as n ro'unieer
,citness and if he dors not relish The term,
when applied io himself oil can say is,
let him not again put himself in the same
awkward predicament.
Yours, &c. GEORGE TURNER.
HIM. Enris, Jun. Esg.-You have prob