Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-01-27

The special ssssies q tAs s~p-rier Court a
Law Of this eoussy, Which ceac-rsed On the
18th issa (the Hos- RicsAnB z PAaxxn presid-
inx.) terminated On Tuesday iass.
The extreme severity Of the weather rendered
h Impossible 10 procure the attendance Of Wit
ncsscs. exsrps In frv casc,, and the court vas
alsnoss essray oecoped In dispensing or the crini-
nal docket, and In dccidias cases which depend
si upon question: Of ia~, aud did not require ci-
ther witnesses or jurics.
Three criminal eases xcrr tried
JoaS BsowN, free of color, was intiet-
ed Tor the murder az Ncisoo Williams, also free
negro. Thc jury found him guilty Of murder In
che sceosd degree, and axcsi the term Of his i'm
P~isoamcns in The Pcaiscssisry al ~ years. This
sasc furnisAcs snesher warning against the firc
usr u ardent spirisA The accused vas rcprc-
sentcd by all the Witnesses M man Of ,no,s ex.
eeilcni character, and il appe~rri ,has the fatal
sob was Indicted in 6ght oeea.ioacd by is,oxi-
cation. The court considered the verdict severe
one, believing the evidence to have made cat
case u nan,slsasAser oaly; but inasmuch rs the
jury bad even in that case right To FIX his mpri-
s0nment - IL years. the court did not think IL pro-
Per to grant new trial. The Judge, however,
eooearrcd In . Recommendation TO shorten The
term Of his confinement
WILLIAM WuARr0x Was convicted of grand
larceny. He hired himself to the prosecutor N
aw,soacr. and took load Of aoar to Baltimore;
but inssr.d Of dcpositins the -Four .srccably 10 is
dircesioos. he sold il and made use OF the money
He Vas sentenced to the pcnitenti~ry for three
years.
JONATHAN BUasrII. "a free man Of color, y Was
indicted for burglary. and acquitted.
The revolutions on the first page Of to-day pa
per, adopted IT . Convention u the friends Of
Gen. Jackson. st Frankfort, Ky. in December
hast, are inserted st the request OF subscriber.
IL viii be agreeable to US. as managers Of the Of
bee, to obiigc our Jackson friends With an, RIA
sosAsIE requests. This much we believe the
editor Of this paper has uniformly aud willingly
grated: He certainly has never denied them nc
Gees 60 his eolumns-~nd VIC have no assurance
that il is his wish to do nov. In granting these
privileges during the editors absence, therefore,
&c view Il only a continuation Of that cour,c
y and friendship which we couscientiously be-
heve he has always exercised towards those Who
were politically opposed to him. Under present
circumstances, however, doubt the propricty
ot admitting 70 our columns, any articles which
may have tendency to party spirit It
must be borne in mind. that this paper i. now, rs
1t has been for some time past, silent upon the
Presidential question, and all Who fond Of 40
eiai community, cannot wish il to be otherwise.
The friends Of Mr.. Clay have equal right to
make demands Of this sort upon Us; and the prin-
eiPie OF the ono, compelling Us 20 acknowledge
the justice Of the other, are thus made liable
to imposition. We certainly think some di,cre-
ton should be used in regard TO this maticr-par-
ueainriy II this season: Congress and the L~gis-
lAtnre being in full blast, and news Of interest,
both foreign and domestic, almost daily pouring
In upon US