The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1839-04-13
A SCENE IN COURT.

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Of trial in one of the Georgia circuits:--
Henry Day was charged with an attempt TO
kill his wife. Day was pale little man,
and his wile,w was present, was perfect
Bohemolh. The Indictment being read the
prisoner was asked to say whether he was
guilty or not guilty. He answered,
'there's mighty chance for lawyers lies
in the papers, but some part Of il is true.
did strike the old lady, but she fit me
powerfully first. She can swear equal to
little of any thing, and her kicks are aw-
full reckon whit you say about the dew
il moving me, is tolerable correct, seeing as
how she moved me. have told YOU all
know bout the circumstances, Mister.
gin Square Jones there Eve dollar bill, and
| allow he'll talk il out for me.
Square Jones thereupon rose aud said he
had law point TO raise in !his case, which
he thought conclusive. 1t was an eslab-
ished rule in law, that man and wife were
but one and he should like TO know how
man could be punished for whipping him
self; he should be glad 10 hear what the So
licitor General would say TO that. The So
licitor General answered, that he thought
| his brother Jones had carried the maxim
trihe too far; men had often been punished
| for beating their wives. If man should
| kill his wife, il would not be suicide. Here
square Jones nierposed, and defed the
Solicitor General to produce any authority
to that effsct.-The Solicitor General look
ed over Green's and Lumpkin's Ga, JUS
tice for some minutes. and then observed
| that he could not find an authority just then;
| he Nas sure he had seen the principle some
where, g. called on the Judge to sustain him.
| He would not decide the question, whether
| if a man killed his wife, it was murder or
suicide. He was not prepared to express
an opinion on that point 1t was very
delicate one, and he had no idea of commit
ting himself
1t seems that the jury chung" over till
the next morning. The Judge, clerk and
sheriff had been up all night, and looked
wolfish and the bailiff was seated on his
white hat at the door of the jury room and
his countenance expressed that lie had swal-
lowed the concentrated venom of thou
sand wild cats. The most awful curses.
oaihs and sounds proceeded from the Jury
room; some CRYING like children-mewing
like cats-neighing like horses--crowing
like roosters, etc.
AZ last consultation was held at the
door OF the jury room, between the baiiff
and foreman, whereupon the former came
into the court room and addressed the Judge:
'Mr. Tom Jakes says the jury can't agree
about this here man and if you keep him
l. e. Tom Jakes, without grOg any more he
will lick you on sight The Judge appealed
to the bar if this was not a contempt of
Court and Green and Lumpkin's Georgia
Justice" having been consulted, it was H.
naIly decided that it was threat addressed
TO the Judge as private individusl, and
was to whip him 'on sight and not on the
bench-it was net (under the free, enight-
ened and democratic principle of Ga. Leg
Islaiion,) contempt of court. This being
settled, the Judge directed the bailif TO say
to Tom Jakes, the foreman, that the jury
shall agree if they stayed through eternity.
And 1t is yet uncertain whether the jury are
not now setting and yelling as they did on
the first night of their incubation.
HAzzzE-5ssrI
The elections in tie several states are
held as follows:
New Hampshire, I'd Tuesday in March
3 Connecticut, lst Monday in April
3 Virginia, Sd Thursday in April
: 4 Louisiana lst Monday in July
8 N. Carolina, lst monday in Aug.
6 Alabama lst do d.
: 7 Kentucky, lst do do
. Indiana, lst do do
Illinois, lst do do
10 Missouri, lst do do
IL Tennessee, lst Thursday do
j l2 r. Island, last Monday do
Y 3 Vermont, lst Tuesday do
IA Maine I'd Monday do
: 10 Maryland, LIST Monday IN October
r lO Georgia, lst do do
d II Arkansas, lst do do
2 iS Michigan, lst do do
u 10 $ Carolina, I'd do do
II 20 New Jersey, 2d Tuesday do
i 81 Pennsylvania, I'd do do
e % Ohio, 2J do do
y % New York lst Monday in Nov.
u "a Mississippi, lst do do
25 Delaware, ID Tuesday in do
= N. B.-The States have been arranged
in the order in which the elections occur
= From the above table, it appears that
G state votes in March, ID in April, in july