Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-11-13
DISTRICT COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Hon. C. E. WILLIAMS, Presiding.

Court met pursuant to adjournment.
The jury in the Clpfell case came into
Court and returned a verdict of murder in
the second degree. The Court set Saturdy
the 14th inst. as the time for sentence At
torneys for defendant gave notice of motion
for new trial.
The case OF Hess & Larcomb vs.. Samuel
Bliler, was by consent, stricken from the
calendar.
In the case of the people vs.. Charles Jones,
indicted for murder, the following persons
were empanneled as trial jurors:
j. II. Anderson, James 7. Russell, N
Hartland, Robert Gains, John Titus, 5 p
Mott, c. Moore. W. W. Bordwell, G.. II.
Lynch, John Boucher, f. Strong, +. Curtis.
The following evidence Of Mr.. Kleine sets
forth the merits of the case more fully than
we can otherwise detail them, he being the
District Attorney at the date of the alleged
murder, and having interested himself to
learn the facts. Mr.. Kleine being sworn,
said
Invent to Bangor on or about the 10Th of
March last | went there with Mr.. Freer
aud deputy sheriff Mclaughlin. | saw de-
defendant there. He came over from there
to Oroville in a buggy with myself and MIR
Freer He talked with us about the hang
ing of the three men on the previous night
lie told us that he had gone to Bangor in
company with the men hung They arrived
there late in the afternoon, and stopped at a
cabin on the outskirts Of the town One of
the party went into town for provisions,
after which proposition was made to rob
Chinese camp. They planned the attack,
and about 8 o'clock they went to the camp
1t was arranged that defendant should stand
guard while the others committed the
robbery. The three then went toward the
cabin one of them knocked at the door; it
was opened by a Chinamhn; soon after the
door was opened n shot was fired, (probably
by the Chinaman) after which two othsr
other shots followed, (these we're fired by the
robbers) Immediately after the firing they
all retreated One of the party remarked
shots. They all started for the Oregon
House, from where they went to the Yuba
river, in the vicinity of which the party was
arrested, and taken to Bangor, where, pend
ing an examination before magistrate they
were all taken out by the mob to be hung
When at the tree, the other robbers had told
the crowd that defendant was innocent of
murder, whereupon he was released.
William King being sworn, said;
reside at Marysville; known defendant 3
years. know him well previous to his going
to the penitentiary | considered him boy of
ordinary sense; he went to penitentiary in
1855. | saw him in State prison and after
he was reprieved He was then very low
spirited He 1fterward returned to Marys-
Vile. The first time met him, | thought he
had lost his mind altogether. lie came up be-
hind me and said he had discovered gang
of counterteiters. | asked him who they
were. He replied that he was afraid to re-
veal, but finally said they were the Califor-
MIA Stage Company, John c. Fall and others.
This was some two or three weeks before the
Bangor affair. 1t was the opinion Of all
who knew him, that he was deranged
Court had a recess until u o'clock in the
evening
The attention of the Court was occupied
until 10 o'clock last evening. in listening to
the arguments of counsel upon the admissi-
bility of the confession related by Mr..
Kleine as evidence A decision will be made
upon the point this morning.