Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1845-10-25
Mr. tiARMANsON-Tuo3E AFFG.

him d call ana Judge m Yourselves
Mr. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AFTI.
DAVifg
THE friends If Nj. FlarntaHson have tried
10 pufsuatls the public that the ease NJ Cope
land rs. Migkic. as published in the Chf1ai-
eIs, wins a WhiF fabrication. ailig lies &c. 80.
but suth dahnneiattub can only satisfy The
hiyntrd ~ ignorant, Fur II ID matter If record.
| and requires more than ordinary means aud
er paris afidapilR u ahnu1 II, % The %safisfae-
tion If rrdecttuH men. What proofs has Mf
]ttarnansoD brought forward to ezellpate him
rolf against The recorded s]titaase IN The case.
The affidavit II Messfs Hicks q White, they
declare ttthat it Ia the FIRST time they have
heard That John N Hafmanean lYnthei Cupp-
land 6n the night when said Cppell1d cbu.
veypl his property to MitEie, they think il
impossible that he could have committed The
acts he IL charged with. without their having
heard II, and that they have always heard
Mr. II was there by accident and did not para
tiaIpatu in It." Thus the whole Of The testi=
mony Of these gentlemen mounts to The fact,
that They do not believe tta charge, we'll What
dors that prove I dors thai Annal the existence
Of The fact, such conclusion would be fidior-
Ions
The nest IA Mr.. Francis tlouth, Who rays
"lhat the evidence given IN the case by Mar
gsret and Martha Phillips is false, he Hays
that It IN false that Mr.. lIarmaHBBn was in
dicted for assault and battery aud false i'm
priaonment il this affair r. 1t is very natural
FOR Mr.. Ituuth TO attack the testimony Of Hrs.
Phillips and her daughter, FOR II partially i'm
pli6atps him In the came atFaif. But why did
he not give that evidence before the court du-
ring the trial, was II because his testimony
was not admissible on account Of HE pafliei-
patton Ii The aft H. Moreover the judgement
ofthe supreme court, aaYs that "tbe record
shows that shortly after the inception Of this
Buit, criminal prosecutions were instituted A.
gatnst Make, naea and Htt9nansoh for as
ssuh and baiefg and false imprisonment
The Testimony ofthe nihe gentlemen from
pointo Cuupee declare they have read the ar
tttle inlhu Chronicle, relative to the Copeland
affair aad that after examining The facts Of the
eaHa. they do net think Mr.. II could be guilty
such an act" Well Of what account is
this, are these gentlemen moro competent to
Judge Of tho case than tho respectable jury
who tried it ! II speaks d great deal for the
madeBly Of those gentlemen, to cay nothing
The next testimony is from thirty gentle
mon from Ayoyellos who State that Mr.. liar
"durtng several yeRfs' residence a.
them las enjoyed the reputation Off
rood aud y]irtuous man" This Is very good
u testimonials Of ohartctor but hae no boar
az on the case IN question which took place
he resided In another parish. The
Whole testimony seems To be- directed TO dee-
roy and inyalidate the testimony Of Aira,
aud her daughter, but all this is Of
10 avail, II their character was bad why waB
lot their testimony rcbuttej on the trial Il
have been done, had It been possible.
10 to Mr.. Copeland being an infamous char.
cter, a aeoundrol, 1t proves R1thiag, IL does
lot follow even Il he was all that, that he
nust be fereibly deprived Of HE property; aud
I he was guilty Of any crime, waa there no
emody h law, without reBarttng 10 force.
But tho Pointe Coapto Tribune states that
a his speech at Morgarstas Nr. Harmanson,
Of the Copeland affair said
"As 10 whipping or lynthing Copeland, he
that he had done il, because tnpr.
aud had spoken disreepeetfoliy Of him and
If his relatives. In regard to hiB being
participates with Mtrkio, in compelling
Copeland to sign away hIs property, without
fair equivalent, under threat Of being lynch.
ii, that he was present on that occasion. and
yas prepared 10 write The transfer, that Mel Il
vas about to pay Copeland $4,000 for hia nro.
,erty, which Copeland refused, saying that he
would not take less than $1,000. Ito fllar-
nanson) hen advised MickiG not To pay Cope.
and a cent, bat to drive him from tho coun.
IN, as he had learned from sbme man AZ Nat
.hts, that Copeland was Id seoundreL
ie said thai Copeland had been badly whip.
,cd that night, but no had not seen Il done :
hat il appeared 70 have been done.with club.
IL did net tell US bow they finally settled
ho difficulty"
This alone is sufficient 10 iuvalidate the af
offered, and with this NO leave the
for an impartial public to Judge.
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