Litchfield enquirer., 1837-01-05

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 been concerned with counterfeiters. Fisk'E
 evidence was also rendered somewhat suspi
 cious.
 Mir. Hays, of New York, in answer to ques
 tions by Mir. Brent, stated that the prisoner White, was living in New-York without con
 cealment or disguise; he was travelling oIen'
 ly about the country, ands on one occSI:Uo H,;oo" travelled with him in the steamboat 70 E Sa . beth Point, in New-Jersey, from New- N.s. 1t,,s that prisoner called upon witness ss,ed him
 high constable of New York; ana a.. %,No o-ainst } if it was true that he had any w.rrender him. ; him, saying he was Ee%'"1
 self II requllso nson,;nat;on it appeared that the ns .n White. had some time acte0 Sn .nc PrIsol;e' ot a n;oeon" for old Hays; wnicn } caPa;GGg that he gave information to the P0, i;l:.. concerning his associates. Witness co9Io
 rot o cav if this was the cause of any preJuolce
 aSainst him. It was necessary sometimes O
 employ pige0s pGrt,caIar 0"sssss req,%i red searching the house in Courtland street, where White boarded; his mother-in-law kept the house he searched it for counterfeit money and to arrest the Drews, great counterteisers'
 Testimony of Harry White.
 On the appearance of this witness at the stand. Mrs. White, the prisoners wife, was so much affected us to faint away, and was car.
 ried out of Court. It was understood that
 +here had been some expectation that Harry
 White would have become United States evl"
 dence. and his appearance at the WltnesS.co1
 was viewed by Mrs. w. in that llght, "nlc" l
 naturally produced her agitation. nap.
 pened, however, that the witness nao ot.en ss'.
 called by MT. Brent for the ae.encs, o"'
 White,s evidence did not amount to much.
 The counsel for the prisoner here made law point. that three years had now elapsed since the commission of the offence charged in the indictment, and the time of limitation bv the act of Congress is two years, therefore the prisoner cannot be tried for the offence. By the proviso of this statute, the prisoner could make no claim to it's benefit It he hao been, during the two years. fugitive from justice.
 MT. Key, sen. argued that the prisoner was clearly a fugitive from justice, seeking to a- void detection, when he departed from W ash. ington on the Saturday evening of the 69rn- ing of the Treasury, and that this act of flight brought him under the proviso of the statute; therefore being, by that sudden departure, fug;tiue, he could not claim the benefit of the statute of limitation. ,s,.
 The Court having given it's opinion, the case stood so that the prisoner, by the ingenuity ot his counsel, gained the good chance of es- cape: list. The common chance, that the evidence on the trial may not be strong e. nough to convict him. 2d. Should the evil dence be strong enough to convict hlm, yet he must be convicted under the statute of lim- itation, if he proved that he was not fugitive | from justice when he showed himself openly | in Washington. Sd. fboth the above chances l should fail, then, if there is no direct evil dence that he was actually present, aiding | and abetting at the fire, he is then to be ac- | quilted, being only an accessary after the fact.
 Mir. Brent for the prisoner, and MT. Key, l sen. then made the argument to the Jury. 1 The National Intelligencer of Monday says, 4 The Jury had not agreed upon a verdict | when the Court adjourned on Saturday night. 1
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 [The jury, after being out two or three days, | could not agree, and new trial is ordered. Eleven of them were for convicting, and one for acquitting.l ..,. ..
 Contempt of Court-An affray occurred a few days ago between two lawyers in the County Court at New Haven which has been enormously stated in several papers. The New-Haven Herald gives the annexed ver- sion of the affair:
 The occurrence took place between Henry | c. Flagg and Silas Mix, Esqs. counsellors at law. Some preliminary questions having a. risen in regard to one of the Jury, whom MT. Mix had opposed, MT. Flagg was addressing the Court in his behalf, when he was assailed by Mir. Mix in an under tone, with insulting | which were reiterated, until he appealed to the Court for protection. The Court not interfering, (probably from an in1- perfect knowledge of the facts,) on another repetition of the insult, MT. Flagg assailed Mix, pugnis ct calcibus. A scuff1e ensued, in which Mir. Mix's client joined, who was se- verely handled by Mir. F. before order could be restored. The Court immediately took up the subject, and on consultation fined MT. Flagg 35 dollars on the spot The Court sub- suspended both the gentlemen from the bar of the County for three months. This rule was afterwards suspended, for cause, the fine remitted, and the parties permitted to ap. pear as usual, though we understand they are still subject to the final action of the Court. Mir. Mix's client was sent to jail for ten days days imprisonment in consequence of the 1 necessitous situation of his family.
 A young man named Horace Petts was kill. l led in a Scythe Factory at Chelmsford, Mass. on Thursday last, by the breaking in two of Q large grindstone, propelled py water. One half the stone weighing 1000 pounds, broke the young mans back, and he lived but a few hours This is the fourth person that has been killed by the same cause at that factory with in year past. [The last part of this story is contradicted-only one person having been previously injured.
 The Washington correspondent of the Chronicle states, that in the course of debate, BAYLIE PEYToN related an anecdote which created considerable laughter, both in the