Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-11-01
From the Pontiac Balgns
PONTIAC OUTRAGE.

DeIoW. VIC publish u Clfiulu StitemeHt
l moIo,ity OF the jurors. IN the case OF Iris
VS.. Wisner. II puts rhe sham, the vii :
les as published in the whig papers. u
overs the ballo; box conspiraiers with cor
:ision. What rcliunce nov can the rehec
ing portion ofthe wings, place IN the STATE.
nen's of the whig press? No nan in Mi
onnty will believe that General HoTcp
KISS would misreprcsenf any transarfiou
Nor will any citizen of this county do 4
rhe veracitv ofeirhcr the o,herg ntlem !,
whose names are appended 10 the follov
ing address 20 the public.
To THE PUBLIC. The undersigned cir
acns Of Pontiac and ju,o's in the late Gu
~ Irish vs. Wisnrr. test v aud saw. thit~
we're present AZ the examinaf,oiIof Wiiliau,
:. Hcndersoa, Origcn ID. Richardson. T.
GA w. Barber and Benjamin ISL.
ne corphlInt Instituted By George "
Visner. for enlbracrrv. Tint IN o
slaiemcnt made under oath, on said evan
nation, we agreed, thaton said trial Of H..
v. WSncr. No ATTEMPT Wy
MADE t5Y ffir.iisROgs THE AC;U
ED IMPROPERLY To .lNFLUENC
L IL JUXY.-Tnat Nr. Ju. ic'. iIcndo
son, during said trial, acled The part oc
Upright and impartial magistrate. that h. "A
owed the Declaration, Tnurbcr's doro dtio
aud his mIn't'S 10 90 10 he Jury, as
un 'ers,oo i, a ireeably to an a rangc,ne,
nude by ire part es of their COUNSEL. al III
time the cause was sub.pi Ell to thema rs il.
rors. that the verdict rendered bv us in sal
aiise, was in" wOrls as i;,ovs. 10 wi
TIE JURY FIND OVER TWENTY
u DRIFYFOR CRARY AND FlN!'
'EORPLAINTlFF FIFTY DOLLARS
hat il was read to us by the court and
tGri'ed to nv al III conduct OF D D
Z chardson esq. coanscl Tor Irish, dlng
he trial, was gcntlmanly and fair. thd'
whatever he said Oh bringing ia our verde
,ud before we had ngreed on HE same. ex.
.cpi in his argument to The Jury, was ad
,lressed 20 The court. in the presence AMI
hearing of ,hG parties. or their counsel. thai
when the jury had agreed ou their verdict
they sent the officer to inform the court and
the parties I; the court and plainiif and his
counsel then came in, and the officer said
he had notified the dcfcndent, and he wULld
uoi gel up TINT the jury was asked by The
orr, if they had agreed Oh their verdict
hey replied they hal. Mr.. Richardson
hen asked the court if they had found The
fact vi crary's MAJORITY The court then
,Sked the jury hi same question. They
epled hat they had found il over twenty
md that they found Tor the plaintiff fit,
iollars. The court then read over IN.
verdict to them in these words, The jur,
lind mc' 2 , minority for Crazy. and iiiJ e,
iaintiif So :" aud asked Them it that WI,
ncir verdict? They said it was. We fur
her ATE that no persoi requested tie jur,
octanqe their verdci, nor was il changed
Il any time. Tm Mr. B,rbar thu o Iicer
Who had charge Of the jury, conducted
himself with prnprey during the dcbcra
ions OF tlc jury that he pun mo- qucstlo a
us, o her ,hnn 10 enquire Is We had n
| .recd thar he suffered no person To eDiei
'e jury room. except Mrs. Bucknan, We
anne in 10 warn the jury against supposed
langer from pistols lying, as she said, un
ler the bed clo'ns; that he suffered no ju
lor 10 go out except in case of necessity
aud ia his rompany-and that Mr.. IRISH
,itler said o. did ANYTHING improperly I,
Influence III. jury during their dclibera
I tons.
NH. HowAaD.
SAMUEL BRoTHARroN.
JosErH J. ToDD.
CALVIN HoTcHKIss.