Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-10-08
ID Resolutions were then adopted BY

The Preamble and Resolutions were then adopted BY
the meeting.
| On mo"n Of Thomas Richie Esq.
| RcsoireG, That The proceedings OF this meeting DC
published ~ all lie Demncra',c paper, in :!.r State
A-f The prectt.n. Report had been Disposed OF,
Jliues ~ Seldom, Esq GATED urnn ans, addressed
The meeting with great as'li.y ma at .or. length
After which, on Mr. r. L. " .ck.r's rn-.on, III. nee,
ng adjourned. WIN d. WREN, Ca'mn
WIN II AIL.s, Seey.
Eq the EIrr,ss.( ,he f.,, York Sun, Oct s.
COURT ofoYEa Ash 1EEhINGS y" ONEIDA COUNTY.
Ir:et 81 .!rlnnGer nriesd tor the c,nrdsr Fl Dj.e
MoSp.r, Oct. 4, ISsi.-At half r.M . nelask, hi.
Honor Judge Grid'rs took lis SCAT on the Bench 10
yelh,r vita JudS-, White, K,mss snd lsn's of the
Counlv Cart. Ga behalf al In. prosecution appeared
w. G. Hall, Eco Attorney General, Timothy jenkins,
Esq, District Attorney cith's county, IT." D''nes A.
l.. Hawl-y, ED ni nuaa". On tie pat 81 ne pr
soncr appeared Joshua C. Spencer, Esq and g. Gard
nor, and ALVIN c. Bradley, Esqs, Of LncSpnrt.
Alter The court, bar and jurors had issen their seats
the public generally were admitted te the eI"ht o. Inc
capacity of Tie room (Which greater than tia. Of any
court room in your city, and in dong which remark
able degree Of regularity and order were preserved
Judge White briefly stated 10 TIE Auditory ihc ne
ccssty ~ strictly preserving order and silence ana n"
disposition manifested ny the audience To dsoh-J
The Greer then opened the Circuit Court and Court
of Oyer and Tcrmincr for Oneida County; and by d.
recon Of Mr. Hail. Attorney General called the name
Of Theodore Slonc witness Tor the prosecution wh"
not answering, Mr.. Hall moved for an attachment
against him, which Was forthwith ssned.
| The prisoner Mcleod, was then brought in, and
placed BIZ tie side Of his counsel His appearance in
dica,ed man who had lived we'll and felt much At
MIR. Hall then called the trial Of Mcleod, and The
counsel for the prisoner expressing their readiness l
proceed, the prisoner arra'sncd and informed oil
| lbs right IF challenge. The clerk then proceeded 10
call Tho jury. Tie first Juror called was Charles o
Curtis cf Ire town Of Paris, and he not being chai
lcngcd By The prisoners counsel, Mr. Hall asked hla
several questions, as follows:
Mr.. llall-llave you formed or expressed any OPT
mon as 10 tho guilt or innocence Of tie prisoner
/ Wttness-l have not.
MIR. Hall Have yon any conscientious 'crurles Il
fading verdict III a case involving life and DEATH
/ Wltnsss--l have not.
Mr. Hall then proceeded TO nsk the Juror question
relative to his views of the public policy involved in th'
case to which tie witness readily answered that m
only view and wish that justice should he ioac bs
tween the prisoner and the people nothing more
judge Grdiry, however, deemed The QUESTION alto
gcther hcprnd the pale Of necessity or Of regularity II
the challenging Of Jurors; and Mr. Hall Withdrew It.
Mr. Cuf,. va. then juror, and took Ina seat
O;hrr i.ro.s were then called and some were ehai
rnsed and ST aside. Finally tile jury was completed
V"l.sy Elliott. Of Kirkland, accepted and sworn
THIS completed the jury, which was sworn
Mr. isii, Attorney General, then proceeded I" oper
Tie case l,r The prosecution. lie commenced By IL
pressing trciy bu ccngly the dei,cscy Of his si'u'
lion md the duty which had now devolred np'n hun
ant the jury. He next reverted To the greSt excite
mt which prrraded the puslic mind from one eI''e
nifty of the Union the ether, ia .eaiion 10 tho az
,mri.n ;ri, upon which they had neg entered, snd
he evidence Of winch Before the eye. Q! The Jnfy
| in Ii. living which ihiongcd ard sure"ns
ii tic court house 70 this c.ci,emtn, II vas tic
duty ., the jury nnI himself, 10 erse their eyes 10
kno" !, moi ard l.. ,.chew il. influence. Their duty
was plain ], va, to ec,l The truth, - &c governed
~ truth ALONE .nd keep Their minds nd their jad5
uicns free from All c1,rancons inhnencss, pTeJnd'ces
or frGrs. Truth was HI, only pursuit And, # from IL.
nate weakness he fell shnr, # III full performance OF
his duty he prayed the jury 10 redouble their own vgi-
lance and elicit t.utl, throu The channels presented
10 them in a.! in which he ng int DC deemed re.
MICS.
alr llall then read 10 the nry the greater part Of the
indictment found against tho prisoner, al the Si=ar.
circuit. for :c shooting and killing IF Amo, Durcte,
IN the 3Oii December, ISL There .7cre great mum.
| 5cr al counts in the indictment-some charging the
murder to have been done with gun-snre with :
asiosnac CHARGED The murder upon the pr's-nfr ana
other. upon sradty other individuals. H.rard and an
known ;hr prisoner be- present aa 'iGn, ara Assist
NJ therein In these several counts vas Included eveTr
-pcclcs Of murder killing hnosn 10 tie s:.'nt"
and these Mr. Hall briefly glance! over - The Jury.
To sustain Til. Indictment Mr.. Hal s'-''H Hc"d
he proved .fnr- tic ary h,, Oh cr as-rt The 9SiH ~
c.,nhcr. l-ST, :he steamboat Cerntr. h-.t II sorc
- OF ~ tons hnr1rn cf, Buffalo f-r S.;,os--r IN,
iia nans"i rs citizrrs of he I. >, 1as dny en-
rolled 1T ihr Custom llous-, snd wss licensed 10 run
between Buffalo and Scntser Al thu. t,rc band Of
CANADIAN insurgents :h-r. f.u7 hundred in nnTher,
had taken possession e Iary la-nd ard he'd Il IN r
n.:ne of The British Government. A great Ebert -a'
also making, al ih> same .ine. ~ rnl'st the feel.
lncs Of our e;:rrn., this si!- If the lines, II
hcI..f of Tie suffering rc"?ir :. 70 ha seen 6rsren
liz i'si. h.rdsp< nnL sn;T.riurs; ard the we, and
children who had ben iaru'. fr,n Their h'm.cs and
homes in tic n,;a, Of S,'-r.sn ~,n:.r, f,nad 10
difficulty IL ehlsir. AKRON. portion # snr e''I-n',
especially an7".. TIC y'nng, ihr 'y~7.hy Their dt.
plnrahic s,'us:ioa a.,nrailY drew loith.
But with tic haf.d az: Niyy Island III. Csr-!nr ha!
no ccnnrcon n' II would e. u.-!" = aPr-ar before
the u.: that she VA. not a! all IN tseir employ
MIR Hail w,s Proceeding ia c1ra 10 the jury we'll
known circumstances xI.ch p,ccrt.4 ihe destruction
If The C,.o.ns: and lar various circumstances s.nd.
'nu The sSinc, when Obliged 20 despatch our
Express al quarter n one oe'ocs, 7. VI.