Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1841-10-30
CARRoLLroN, Oct. llth, ls4l.

;, NARRpLLTON, VIZ. llIli lCtl'
o "Wheneyer the interests of the Banks
e ana the people were 10 be weighed Judg
Shatluck threw his official weight inc
The scale win he banks and the peopI
= we're Llundcrcd. We wall not charg'
+ linn with corruption 10 Office, bnt when W
= ind hlA throwing his oficIa! shield a
, round swiniers on every occasion we ar
led TO scruHnize his conduct with som'
degree Of suspicion.
r " Sent, Sept. IA.
Dr. HACAN--
Sir, it is denied by the bond payers lha
Judge Shattuck ever has thrown his OH
cial shield around the banks. Ii is SAID
by them, if this were fact, ho would
be unworthy the support of the great boad
party Of the State. Believing that he
has, and that the facts which has induced
his conclusion should be known 10 the
people, | have thought proper to address
you this plain and unvarnished letter.
| You reCOIlect, no doubt that at the time
he Grenada Bank was making her illegal
issues and Imposing them on the country
that Col Besancon and yourself as Bank
commissioners attempted to project the
laborIng class Of the community by ap-
plying to Judge Shauuck for an iniuuc-
ZION against her. You showed that tae
Bank had violated her charter in many
particulars, aud .nat she never could re-.
Gee N her issues. Notwithstanding this,
however, Shdtuck refused TO grant the
! injunction, determined to sustain the bank
but the people being in possession Of the
facts, ffoWned her down without an IN
junction. Judge Shaituck excused him,
self by saying a judge did not have the
right. Yet when the Legislature assumed
the control Of the Banks of the state, he,
Shattuck denied it to them, and sad 1t
ueIougud IA the Judiciary. This is one
Instance that the swlndlers were shielded
| by his official ermine. The fact that the
Judge is indebted 10 the T.. Bank three
Thousand seven hundred dollars, is mat
Ter with which have nothing to do, hu,
have remark to make connected with it.
Ii is this that Shatmck left Carrollton to
90 down 30 the Bank on Monday of his
court. He had ordered the court.-,he
witnesses were in attendance, the Jurors
alse, and on eSpence. Sunday mail bro'
intelligence that Judge Adams would no,
be here,yet Judge Shattuck had made h;,
a arrangements 10 60 down and the one
o thing needfu he was bound to have--lhu!
q. disappointed the business of the court ant
many persons in attendance.
: ! will mex! allude to his connection will
n the Holly Springs Bank, McEwen, King
e Il Co.; 1t shown by the recent pubIica
lions that Judge Shattuck was a sutscri
n Der for stock in that Bank 1t is said
e however, by some Of his friends that b
< did not sign the articles for that purpose
d eXceptto give influence to the Back, anC
c that he was promised release at any
m times which, if admitted would only show
10 a deep and settled design to dupe The more
n ignorant g. credalous part of the commu
. ulIy, who couhded in him as lawyer, &
IF secure their heads IN the moose, while h,
If would have the liberty of Withdrawing a
IS pleasure. | have charity to suppose, sucl
~ was not his design, and that he still re-
n. CARDS bimselEas one Of The concern. Acc
y ns one OF them, shall review his conduct
u Sometime in the year 1888, borrowed
Us sum OF money from The Bank and exc
OF cured my note to her for The amount. /,
lie 80 was applied to, by the agent Of tina
Bank TO give my note payable in the u
i Bank, 10 take up this note, WHICH | did
II with the understanding that my old mott
le which was given 10 the Bank, should be
returned. 1t was not however, and vet
was sued on the note gave payable ia
e the Union Bank. The facts we're all sta
e ted to the Jury and they, with one accord
awarded me nonsuit. For the reason
5, no doubt, that the consideration failed &
T. that lnever had received anything for the
n,'e IN suit, It was given to take up the
old note and II was given 10 evidence that
y il also had been retained. With the facts
d before him, although it may appear very
a strange, Judge Shatuck unhesi,atCoIy
set aside the verdict Of the jury, and the
g case stands continued. But this Is not the
!, most extraordinary parl;-(or he did it
g without motion from Plaintiffs Attorney.
= which many of the jury and Plaintiffs
Attorney recollec,ed, and which the mo.
lion docket will establish should the Cir.
cult Clerk have observed the usual folm
10 his entry. As to this ! know nothing {;
but know the verdict was set aside and
the case continued without motion, which
think proves another case of his
I"lhrowing his Official shield around the
swindlers."
J The above facts can all DO substantial.