Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-08-31

$762, as the Gazette admits Mr.. PAT
TERsoN has done.
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SOME silly soul signing himself
Record" in the last Gazette, by work
ing himself into an agony of amuse.
ment attempts to inform the readers of
that paper upon the official record of
"our worthy Prosecutor" as he calls
him.
The article has the long car marks
Of NJ. J. w. GREELEY GLOVER, and as is
usual with that silly soul, he so far dis
torts the Record that even the Gazette
man will not allow the article to ap-
pear as his own.
But the Record is so falsifed in all
its material parts that justice to Mr..
COCHRAN demands brief notice of the
article. But in reviewing it we shall
not drag before the public, as GLOVER
has so maliciously done, the names of
persons, charging them as guilty, who
have been decided otguiity, by Juries
composed of sensible men of all par
ties. Ten Of the cases which GLOVER
says were prosecuted in 1864, were
pending cases when Mr.. COCHRAN en-
tered upon the duties of the Office
or these Mr.. WORK advised the nolle
prosequi of three. OF another, Mr..
COCHRAN was advised by Mr.. WORK,
who heard the case before the Grand
Jury, and by others, that it would
amount to nothing but assault Some
of the parties were in the army, Mr..
G. permitted the one ut home to plead
guilty to assault, and why put the
County TO heavy costs to effect the
same result? OF another, the injured
parties came to Mr.. c.. and asked that
the case be dismissed.
In anothcr-this same GLOVER in
sinuated himself as assistant Prosecu-
tor, and he should be the last man to
insult that Jury for its verdict.
In another-Mr. COCHRAN was as
sisted by the present Democratic
nominee for Judge, and by Mr.. COL
LINs, also "Dcmocrat." 1t was one
of the most exciting cases ever tried
in our Court, Messrs. KENSoN and
COLLINS had civil suit against the
defendant, their success in which de,
pended to some extent npon the de-
fendants conviction. Every Legitimate
effort possible, was made to convict, but
some of tho guilty parties came forward
themselves and proved tho innocence of the
party charged. The Jury disagreed, and
Mr.. COCHRAN evinced good sense and judg
ment in entering nole proseQua, in which
ho was sustained by the judgment of the
Court and entire Bar, And yet this forty
sevea yearling would have this long and te
dious case tried and re tried against limo
cent parties to the very great expense o.
the County.
pdi'y was
only with assault and battery, but whom
GLOVER publishes to the world as charged
with assault 0ith intent 10 murder" wa
tried to Jury and acquitted, very improp
erly, as Mr.. GLOVER would have everybod.
believe.
The remaining t,co Of these ten were sim
ply surety Tor peace cases, and stand con
tinued, as is usually the practice where thu
complaining "partes do not urge any othc
disposition of them.
} Now Of the cases which have come VI
since Mr., COCHRAN has been Prosecutor
: BRooKs "was induced to plead gRity,
GLOVER says, by his counsel we suppose,
gentleman of Mr. GLovER's own politica
faith. And yet GLOVER would have tn
, Cohnty put to heavy expense of proving
fact which the party is willing to admit
"and was sentenced by the Cou,t," GLOVE
says, as if the Prosecutor should attend t
: that matter.
PIcKERINa-In this case everything wa
Q proven that could be, but the Jury were Q
D opinion that the poor soul was too silly t
q form the intent required by the law.
Lucas etal was dismissed upon the pai
, ties paying Cue costs, some $40 or $50
y which was saved to the County.
c Fox & MEDLEY plead guilty and wer
+, fined each $40 and costs.
1t -Four others plead guilty and were oacl
1t fined $5 and costs, and yet this gentlema
e who wishes to become Prosecutor would b.
10 all these parties, and put the County t
hundreds Of dollars Of unnecessary costs 70
the only reason that he loves to show hi
p ears on every OCCASION to disgusted Coul
10 and jury.