Eastern times., 1856-04-03
Supreme Court.

County, commenced on Tuesday.
Prayer was offered by Rev. Mr.. Metcalf.
The following jurors were then called and
sworn.
Grand Jurors,-Samuel Briery, Charles M.
Brookins, Isaac III. Cotton, John Chadbourne,
Joseph Donelson, Daniel Graves, z. A. Hyde,
Henry f. Palmer, David Purrington. Gilbert
D. Standish, Charles Stevens, Willis Sprague,
Samuel Toothaker, JAMES c. Whitmore,
William White, William Wildes, (absent,
excused.)
Traverse Jurors.-John B. Bailey, Nehe-
miah Baker, Barker Duley, James Drummond,
Samuel flames, Samuel Freeman, James M.
Frost, Moses o. Grant, John b. Hudson,
James P. Hitchcock, George IL. Hatch, Ma
thaniel Morse, Pearson Morrison, James II.
Melcher, Albert Mitchell, Jere. Norris, W il
liam A. Potter, Isaac Rideou,, He,herly Ran
dali, William H. Smith, Consider Smith,
Willis Stinson, Bradley b. Stinson, Horatio
Staples. Charles A. Turner, lothian Trafton,
Nathan Farnham.
Mr.. Gilbert presented the following protest:
To the Hon. Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court,
presiding at The APrH term of the Court, holden
at Bath, clthin and for the County of Sdgdddhoc.
! The undersigned most respectfully represents
that he has commission from the Governor of
the State of Maine, and under the broad seal,
dated March 9th, 1856, and has been duly
qualified, and that he is the legal, constitution
al and rishtful Sheriff of said County of Saga
dahoc, and ever since he was as aforesaid quail
i6ed, and for the year last past and more, has
exercised the functions of that Office, and has
the right to act as Sheriff at the present term
thereof, and as there is no Jail in said County,
there can be no conflict in regard to prisoners,
and that the ends of right and law may be fully
attained without inconvenience, he does there
fore claim his constitnti nal right as Sheriff of
said County, and the right to preside as Sheriff
in said Court, and the said Morrow further says
that one Edwin Noyes has usurped the powers
of said office, and against right and without
law, pretends to be the Sheriff of said County,
claiming the right to break into Jaiis, to serve
precepts and to remove obscure and humble per-
sons from the position Of menia servants of the
Court and the County, to the great confusion
of law and the terror Of The people. And the
said Noyes now holds him, the said Merrow.
out of the place and position due to him as
Sheriff aforesaid. And the said Me=row fur
| ther saws. that the said Noyes is but a mere
usuper, the Instrument Of direfal despotiSm
whose agents are at work to orerthToo the con-
stitution, and by force and intimidation to break
down the judiciary and destroy its constitu-
tonal power and independence as a co.. ordinate
department in the administration of the laws.
The said Merrow does. therefore, most solemn
ly protest in the name of the State and for
himself, well against the power of said Moves
or any one under him. to exercise any official
/ and hat tha ny
be placed on the files of the Court.
JOSIAH MERROW, Sheriff of said Co.
On the subject of the protest, Judge Goode-
now remarked that he did not consider it nec-
essary for him to give decision in the case.
A Judge, sitting at nisi prius, would have a
right TO decide that an act Of the Executive or
the Legislature is unconstitutional, but de-
cision in this case would only be temporary
and tend to embarrass proceedings. The Gov
ernor of the State is under oath, as well as
himself and he considered it his duty 10 recog-
nize the action of the present Executive.
A THoRouGH ARMAMENT.-The United
States steam frigate Merrimack, which recent
ly left Boston, under command of Captain
Pendergrait, and concerning which all the pa
pers' have been gossipng the past few weeks
carries the most terrific armament of any res
sci of her class in the navy. On the msir
each weighing nine thousand pounds. On hel
spar deck she has fourteen eight-inch guns
each weighing seven thousand pounds, ant
two ten-inch guns, one forward and the othel
aft, each weighing twelve Thousand pounds
in all forty shell guns. Her length over al
is three hundred feet breadth 6tty-one fee
six inches; and measurement four thousand
tons. with conveniences for carrying sever
thousand tons of coal. She carries full com.
piment of FIVE hundred and sixty officers anc
crew.
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