The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1841-10-23

I"actualiy running away, or > N"@S
a bout to run away. 50 that the process q
laws could not DC served on him- soo~
not such an oath; nor did the law re-
quire me, rs every one can see ~ fe
ference to section 30, page Loo O. me
Revised Code, and to the oath itself which
is in the Office OF the Clerk OF the CifeaN
Court. | made affidavit that had l3s'
cause to suspect and verify believe tnAs
Mr.. TInnin would remove himself Win
his effects out of this State before me
said debt would become due and payable.
Well, believed il, and Mr.. Tinnin says
himself, in his circular, that If The She
riff had delivered the negroes q htiie
sooner Garrett would not have had al
opportunity TO lay his second attach
ment." He intended TO take them oa' Of
the State, then, for my second attachment
would have run into any part OF the
State
His next step was TO file petition BE-
fore the Chancellor, which he vas eau
tious enough not 10 swear 10 himself, BIZ
to get another man TO Do Tor nan. "a
which he alleged that Mr.. Ham5.en had
not delivered up the property IN oce1h
ence to the Chancelor's order and Vas
therefore guilty of 4 contempt 81 the
tChancelor and that Garrett and Kicker
son aided and assisted him IN H. And
when all three Of Us deRied the truth Of
his cha rye, in which denial we were sup
ported by Mr.. Jesse Brown, who hap
pened TO be then In Jackson, Mr.. Tinnin
found himself al the end of his row, and,
he says, il made him "tremble for the
fate ofiustice.n Ii he had sworn 10 II
himself he would have, probably, = trem-
bled for the fate Of JUSTICE like the
! Irishman who told the court = nav Il
phase your Honor that's Just what don I
want"-he would have found his way TO
the Penitentiary.
Mr.. Tinnin says the property was not
delivered. Messrs. HambIen, Kicker
son, Jesse Brown, John J. Henry, David
Anderson and Henry Hayman say il was
delivered. Are six respectable men 10
be believed, or is Mr.. Tinnini tie would
do we'll then, while ne IS in the way oi
trembling, TO tremble for the fac OF
truth. Read the following affidavit aud
certiicate:-
"Jesse Brown, one of the Deputy Sac
riffs Of Madison county, states that he
was present IN the Sherilf's Office IN tbs
town of Canton, after the order issued b.
the Chancellor to.delIver up the negroes
IN controversy between the said TInnif
andGarreu had been received; That Vii
liamTinnin was also present and demand
ed the property that Chas Hickerson.the
Deputy Sheriff who had them IN his pos
session, brought the negrocs into the Of
fee, and 10 the presence OF this atfianl
and several other persens,sdeligered then
TO the said Tlnnin. He had the name.
of the defendants negroes marked dowr
on piece OF paper, aud said to Tinuil
- here are the negroes, deliver them Il
you; do you receive theml" The depa
ty Sheriff then asked him If he consider
ed them in his possession. Tlnnin re
piled he did. Hickerson then said. :.
again take them into nv possession b,
virtue of this attachment which has bee
handed to me-" and he did retake then
by the authority of a second atiachmen
which had been sued out by said Garret
> against the estate OF said Tinnin. Tht
attachment. was handed 10 SAID deputy
Hickerson, after he had brought the ne
groes into the court house, by a man b.
the name of John j. Henry, and the frs
intimation that affiant had Of another a.
tachment having issued.
JESSE BROWN
;. ''We, the undersigned, do hereby Ger
! tlfy that we were present at the tins
;. mentioned in the above. and that the sub
e stance of the above iscorrect and true L
$ the best of our knowledge and belief.
5 J. J. HENRY,
DAVID ANDERSON.
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