Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-06-05

quest ion had been decided by the Court.
the prisoner having entirely failed to
make out even a to.erabk ground Of
suspicion. We copy the following ex-
tract from Piiman's RepOr, Of Doris
trial, the only correct and authentic re-
port which was made this shows pre-
cisely what ground Dorr had Tor his
malicious charge against VIZ.
John 1aiimon, sworn. Between six-
aud eight o'clock Oh Saturday morning,
Mr.. How land and Mr.. Cranston were Ht
Mr.. Hedley's store at the time Mr..
Hcdly was taken up as n Juror. Mr..
CransIon did not appear TO have any
other business. | heard no conversa-
ton at the time OF the service. heard
conversation in the store before | went
in, but did not know who was talking.
Mr.. Cransion was in Portsmouth the
day before with Mr.. Hedly and Mr..
Dennis. The Deputy Sheriff, with MIR.
Cransion, left Hedley's for Mfr. Demise
house. am a iTeeholder. There were
Other ireeholders present at Mr.. He'd
lv's when he was taken up. The
Deputy Sheriff did not summon me, or
either Of The others.
Cross Examination. l do not know
that Mr.. Cranston wns talking in Mr..
Headly's store before went In. He
said nolhi lg after | went in.
John H. od'y. was taken up on tho
vcnire ior Jurors, by Mr.. Rowland, be-
tween seven and eight o'clock on Satur-
day morning. Mr.. Cranston was with
the Deputy Sheriff. He had no conver-
sa,;on with me. He was at my store
the day before. He said he was then
looking for evidence relative 10 one Of
the Jurors. He asked me if had ever
heard Abner TaIIman express his opin-
ion concerning the prisoner. He asked
me no question relative TO the trial.
knew nothing Of Mr.. Cranston's business
on Saturday morning. ! did not sup
pose he had anything to do with sum.
naming the Jurors.
Il Juror. by Mr.. Rowland, on Saturday
morning about nine o'clock. Mr.. Gram
ston came with him TO my house. No
conversation passed between us. MIR.
Cranslon was NJ my house the afternoon
before. lie then summoned me as a
win is relauvs to Abner TallAan. !
told him ] knew nothing Of the state
menis Of Iallman. and hs excused me.
| saw him not more than five minutes.
guilt OF the Prisoner. ...'
Borden Chdce. was summoned by
Mr.. Howland, about = o'clock on Satur-
day morning. was in the field at work.
| did not see Mr.. Cranston. ,.... ...
Samuel Heath. | was passing from
my house to my shop, on Saturday
morning about six o'clock, when the
Deputy Sheriff, in carriage, met me,
and having stopped, called me by name,
and ordered me to be at Newport forth
with, TO serve as Juror. Mr. Cranston
was With the Deputy Sheriff. He said
nothing TO me. They were not with ne
more than a minute. s.t
job H. Larfon. reside about nine
mile. from here, on the main road. /
was summoned Saturday morning
about nine o'clock, to serve as n Juror
AT Newport. was in the Geld nj work.
The Sheriff came 10 mo. MIR. CranS-
ton was in the carriage. He was not az
my house the day before.
The question was argued at length
by DORIS counsel, but 50 well convinced
was the Court that the challenge TO
the array was ridiculous and groundless
,ha, they refused to hear the prosecu-
ton. The following Was tho lccision
Of the Court -
By The Cour.-The two points prov
ed by the evidence produced by the
Prisoner TO sustain the challenge to the
array, are, First, That MIR. Cranston
rode with the Sheriff while ne ~as sum-
monng the Jury, and Second That
the return is in the handwriting Of Mr..
Cranston, though signed by the Deputy
Sherf. The evidence does not show
that Mr.. Crans'Un exeIted, or attempted
to exert, any influence u on the Deputy
Sheriff. II is therefore considered that
the proof is not sufiicen, to found tol.
cradle ground OF suspicion upon. The
challenge TO the array is therefore over
ruled.
This is the sum and substance Of the
packing Of the Dorr jury, about which
so much has been said and now, as a
dernier resort, Dorr is attempting to
save himself from everlasting oblivion,
by bringing up this old matter again,
through the columns Of his paper, the
Providence Herald. Since he has un-
derlaken the editorial management Of
the Herald, he certainly is in the most
respectable business he ever undertook
before, but his accession is rather dis
grace to the profession. .....
II il was at all necessary we could
show that instead Of the Dorr jury be-
ing composed entirely oi Wings, it was
made up OF men from both parties, and
that they were about equally divided
The Foreman, Joseph Paddock. Jr., had
been abseut on whaling voyage for
nearly four years previous to the trial
and had only been home n few weeks
at the time OF The trial he knew moth 4
ing about the Dorr troubles, and had
no pr'judices against the prisoner Or
his cause - consequently iaircr man
could no, have been found. And then
n more high-minded and honorable man
does not tcxlst IN any community, than
Capt Paddock. The main charge