Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-06-20

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ton of Sheriff Jones, while in the
discharge Of his lawful duty IN town
of Lawrence. This, said he, should
be the earliest of your investigations.
The next. and perhaps the most i'm
| pCrtant, is TO examine into those
cases where men are dubbed Govern
or, dubbed Lieut. Governor, dubbed
Secretary Of State, dubbed Judges,
&c. He then read from the decision
in the case Of Burr, aud from other
decisions to show that these meu 50
" dubbed" had committed overt acts.
But, he said, if they should not he
found guilty of high treason, it could
not be less than constructive irca-
son.
THIS was pretty much all Of his
charge to the Jury. Not one gord
loas said about the murder of Bur
Der and DO,0 : nothing OF the thou
sand and one outrages that have been
perpetrated by Pro-Slavery men up
on the Free state men; while every
act of Free State men against Pro-
Slavery men was minulely examined
by the Jude in his charge doubt
less he would say referred TO-
We retired To the room designated
the Grand-Jury room. After listen
ing to some remarks hy the foreman
upon the importance ol our duty,
we commenced the examination OF
some of th ,se rescue eases.
1t was proved that one ot those
who assisted ia rescuring $ N.
Wood, Mr. Spears (of 1Hc KIM
SaS TTibune) said that he held IA
commission under Gov. Rceder to
keep the peace, aud would have no
street fights and theu suiung the
action to the word, broke the grasp
Of Sheriff Jones, and thereby ena-
bled Wood in escape.
The Jury could not understand
whether a person duug this much
could be indicted for hlsh treason
The opinion of Auurucy-General
I.nac vns cnlled for and he gaye II
as his opinion that he could be IN
dicled for high treason \ man,
said the Attorncy-Gencral, may do
anvtb,nr of that sort and vet comm,
no treason but when he assumes
outho,;tv ,,nder detnnrt oficial
and nsss that antbor,,v npains, n le-
o,lly const,,nted officer IN the dis
cb,,,e Of his dntv be commits an
nvert ac, and is ,ndictable. Such
was The onininn of Attorney -GeDer-
al I.anc. nnon that suhie,l
let me here s,v one word m re-
,arI to the cbnrocier of the Juty-
In this county there are nearly loo
leoal voiers More than 500 of these
are Free-Sla,e men.
+ YET ON that Jury there were sum
moned fourteen Pro-Slayery men.
anu ana on'y '"u, r'ee"0'a'1 ''0,,
"'''ee" rf"'0'a'e,y u,u 'nfge / rec
0'a'e me" appeared " as .nefe no
o"'eu'''''n !" ''''s So'tc'''"
n,'c' ''.c po'"' "o'', "'uuo'' !"
"hu ocV,' u''c"s'e', '''' jury 'es''''
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~ ''o' ""' !" '''''-'''u ''c mem
"e,s !" '"c '''J'''Y ue9'n 10 'laN'
P''',c'' sPrcc"es' cH'cu n'"''S"n'
Noeue,' N'"o''' "'''' ''""u '"0 "'e""-
eS' se.'s ,''' ever "a'' Gu '''e e"''"'
"'" "u"lY l""p"'c,' 10 s"oP"e'a
'n''" an "''0'' '''e "'"'''' -, y ",'"
MAKE 'ne'' co'''c' e'ch o'"et '"o
same rs any o'her c'aSS OF u''''oS
anu u'"oNleeS' S"o' vas "'e" P'"-
Posa, !" '''e' 'ue''''c"' 'ans""s''
IL" VIVA. 'a'e ,"'u l'"' -"
ca" JuuSc 'p' y'"''e'' ~ 'es"'" 70
nc Jus'cu !" oe eAPee'7u ''o"' s"c"
jury =,
might add 'ha' never learned
oi any Indictment beng iolnd IL
Sa'ns' Coleman Tor NlIl,ng Oo" nor
against C'arke Tor N''''hS b',oeL
lhough one o' Tue Jury kne" 'ro'n
D'atNes own mou'n 'ha' nc sh"
barber
'ne jury P'eseiIeu V'e r'ec-o'u'o
dolel at Lawrence as a hu'sance-
ana 'no "h'y eF'ucnce Urey ""u.e"
Ior 'nai was 'hat iaS' ran curing
me investment OF Lawrence oy 'he
M'ssouflans' while The Motel was un-
finished and unfinished, our de-
Iehdefs useu II as ''ei' "eauPn"''e's'
ana II was me properly ., 'no '',e"
England hmlsran' A'd society
iha' was sulhc'en'' 10 'hef "P'n'o"i
TO make II a nuisance
lhey indicted ihe newspaper olil-