The Arkansas advocate., 1833-03-06

J :. tient hearing.
 J Ii order to another this inquiry, l will
 pot urge upon your consideration, what |
 might state with great truth. that each
 and all of those charges have already been I oefofe tire President and the Senate. ii
 may perhaps be found, upon investigation, l that one IS corrupt, and the other ohedient
 and seryiie, for permitting tfis individual ] to pass unsettled and unfnark ed through 4their respective ordeais. No, sir, 1 shall l lay no stress upon such a efrcHmsi ance.
 Jndge Johnson has already obtained two ] trinmpi,s over his enemies jn this city, and 8 an !i.sliaca e believe tssai iiss l sat1on will afford him third -siIrp, ! am
 that fourth awaits him in lis own coun- 3trg, among the vlrfHaas, weHtl4y, aud in- 'kIelifgent of all paft9es.
 Sir. otst of a pnInisfson Of about l3 or l i5sGG0. who tsido Ill cilctlit--a peo-
 pie over whom lie kas presided as Judge
 for twelve tears, ard in a country where fparty spiritruns higher perhaps than any i otiisr portion of the giohe-oHe indtcidat3ft
 algae has complained Of his official con- duet and ftu14eeA o3tfg have been brought # f9eward to su8tain those complaints. ] l sofa is!sat! ba II. order, it, briefly stating
 wlfatthe charges are, and wtto are the wit fnsae.s that have been brought forward to I sustain tke.n. know, believe, all the
 charges and aii5tto witncrgra wei.
 Enc first charge made against Judge
 Johnson IS, thai about two CT tl4rec years
 ago,ahe decided erroneo,ialy las tic acct-
 sf r seen.sto suppose in a case Mhcleinsthe l United States was plaintiff, and an indi-
 Y1daal hy lie Haino Of Em5ree. wac de- fink Sir, as at tIfe sAi4is
 trial was lad, was niyec,f, one Of Ern- lhree's attotFeys, and Of caurse, am fully | |apfHized Of all ti circumstances connect
 ed with thai tiial. ssfrtieer know chat
 the accnser Nr. cummins) was nat at that i Court. aud further, thai lse Lad nothing to Ido Witb tlio case. on either one sid ( oI the
 other. willnot dctain tlse Isellse hy ,se- Iiailing all the facts connected with that 1 tFiai nasmuch as have been fafnisiied lby q friend with an Arkansas paper. Tn
 which tle deciSf0a given in this pe1sY eas6 ] has heen pablisiled. This opinion will ] speak for itself, and will, think, appear ] 0 tie Copnittee, as t does toz nc, to bos ! sound and legal one.
 .laldge Johnson IS charged n tie sseeoid place, with not keeping order n and near ] his court. You must know Speaker,
 tlat We ain ArkaBsas arc a set of orderly 1fellows. lNse instaace given ih proof ols
 tbis deFelietion of duty is, that ss tie stln-s #alAraof 1850, while tlse court Was sitting
 aud, h fact. ia the very porch of the court boasP a man by the enaina of Dunlop 1 shot man Ny fie uaAle of Sapp in tke liy= because sapP would Ret staad and let l Dunlop whip linl Aud for tlds offence, that lie, Judge Johnson did not ppn5Sa I Daniepin summary andrigorots manner. i sfshls is the charge sir. Nasvsit so happens Bsthat was at tsis ue9gs eourt also, and that on that account l saisl e4eahied 10 state tliat ttis afairis garhicd and nlisreprssented.. ] And in snpnoTt of m. statement ,spon this sntjeef, Twill beg leave to roterthe Com- Imiitee b Ja1ge Ialion, oHr Secretary, Wi.eais now in tAis city, and who was pro .j seat when this outrage is said 10 ltay been bcomriticd The qod0te truth Of this affair ffer tlse accuscr gisss saeh parts opiy as I.scems to sl.it his pnrpese1 is, Chat Dunlop l and sapp, several ,eantls previous to thc1 Eocourrepce allRaed to, had fight, ia which bualops who was old under size, japd cripple, " as nearly killed by Sapp,
 who vas. young man. of large size, and armed witt.a gun aud knife In this isht, li)anlpp was siabhcd ,by sapp in several places. had his arm broke, aud in short, was so badly beaten that lle was confined sey erai inuiitls tostsis bed. thc first tune Ethey met afterwaftls was at the Conrt in'
 Little Rock, when Dunlop siiat Sc I'D as ! e
 was running fIofnsi.iii.s sssafsp ifot ialis injured by the ball; il penetrafcd only kt!.golgls lis e!etssess =itl meliately ordered into custody, and gave bail for tieir appearance n Conrttie next
 day; and when they met near tho court house, botA JeitAg a,,osed, Duniepdrew and feoetSed lis pistol. Sapp Eat, again, and j8then Dunlop attempted ta atRcock lis pis-s
 tal, and in that attempt 1t went oH He l was brought into ColIu again, the matter ! Y as investigated and in the mean time lstiie Grand Jury, who were tl.en in session, 1 found bill against Dunlop.
 was b0aiop's lawyer, and moved to- fqnash onesof the counls in tile indictment,
 Lon the ground, tlsat to shoot n sean il, fhe
 becf, was not noi9ti5tg' uader our statute. 1 That shooting man in tho back was nei- I ther slittins q nose, lfaocking out tooth, l putting out an eye, or biting of a lip. My 5,notion was sustained, and tue prosecuting
 attorney entered noife praseqai. and my
 clientwas discharged. ~ subsequent. ] term of tho court, the grand Jury found an
 Indictment agains Dunlop for this sanse 9f
 If8ee and ,chiie il was pending and beforc ! it was tried, Dunlop and Sapp netin re- f mote county, had another fight and in Estltat fight Dunlop was killed. After this
 t5app was indicted for the murder of Dun Hop; he was nevertalsen--he ran away
 and notwithstanding tie Governor offered
 "a targe reward for his apprehension, Ire is efa.eee fre,.a tst lee ,s trtIe 2 history of this affair; the records of onr ] courts will show it--and Julge Fulton, to 4 whom have already referred wiIl fully
 prove il, Idonot recollect that the accu- lIsses has fu'ina fault with any other decision
 made by Judge Johnson. The residue of
 the charges, in reference to his judicial
 decisions are too vdgae and general in their
 nature, to be met aud answered. fn con. clusioB, therefore, upon this branch of
 the inquiry in order 10 meet vague and