The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-11-06
MISCELLANY.
Pickens Court.

We returned from Pickeus Court last Friday
evening, and left the Court still sitting There
was an unusual amount Of business in Court
All the docsets were heavy. Two hundred and
fifty were returned to the last Court We
heard it stated that one hundred cases in the
session hud been returned to the Solicitor. The
Court was occupid with the session business
till Thursday nvcning. A han 10y the name of
Watson was conTicted Of having more wives
than the law alolws, except in Utah. amongst
NorInons- 1t was a case, however, Of no grc,.:.
atrocity, as he and his first wife had parted by
mutual consent in Lecklemburg North Caro-
lima, and his second wife still. adhered to him
whilst in Jail. 2There was also case ef violence
to 4 female, in which the Eramd jury returned
a true till and the-dcfcndant fled the country
The other cases were assaults and battery,
retailing without license, larceny. DC. Never
have we seen so-mnny cases Of retailing before
brought into Court. There seems to be de-
termination on the part of the people to put
stop to this wee. There were about twenty
cases on the traverse docket and many new
ones on the calendar. The most of them or
iginated at Tunnel Hill The crooked case of
the sessions was an assault and battery from
Pickensville, which occupied the Court one dny
and half and resulted in the acquittal Of one
defendant and the conviction OF the other
There was riot growing out of the same case
which was trayefsed by the State. The whole
ofPickensville were interested, either as de.
AcAuahIS, prosecutors or Witnesses lncrc were
noeleft athome enough men to defend the city.
On the issue docket there were several slan.
der eases, ai,u in one, We understood there were
sixty witnesses in attendancei There were
three craes Of tfsspass to try titles depending
onsslngnlar question. The plaintiff was n lwo
man who. during the lifetime of her husband,
had united viii. him in conveying her land
She afterwards re)inquished her estate of inhe
ritance, declaring that she had, at least seven
days before freely and voluntarily Joined her
said husband 10 executing the deed. But it
sppeared'tfYat the deed was dated on the 18th
Of August. 1928, and the release of inheritance
bore date the 10th OF the same month. 1t was
contended by plaintiffs counsel that the seven
days had not elapsed. For defendants, it was
contended that the plaintiff had herself confided
apd admitted OH the record that at least sepc,
Hdys had expired, and she was barred by her
own admission. 1t was also contended that
there was error in the date of the relinqush-
ment: Ihe jury 80 found. in opposition to the
opinion of the Court, and the case goes up to
the Court Of Appeals 1t would have been
case of extreme hardship to the defendants to
have been disposed of their lands under the
circumstances. ,.,y--
His Honor Judge Munro presided with great
and was very indulgent to the bar and suitors.
lie had, however, to send some of the witness.
IS to jailtp sober: them.
Greeus;its Patriot
The Buffalo Republic tells the following
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, dressed in very
ihommon clothes, was studying human nature as
exhibited In the. highways and bye.ways Of
New York. In the course of his philosophic
psyigrinatiops he went into q mock auction
nepted doiBtless how any one could BE SO lost
TO- all sense Of truth and honesty as the auction.
eer in question; endeavoriDg 70 palm off his
Worthless trnsf 70 the INEXPERIENCED in city