Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-04-01
PETITION.

/" ne I20"O|HOte the Sc"dfc 0R5 House
Of Rcp" seHtahrcS Of hc L,uted Sf0ics;
Tile Paitjon Of Nanie lErHeWy, Trcas-
Hrcr 2f hc Co""ty Of CuLtD,bia, in the
@,ate Of Ie""ay!c~lta, fe,pecyMy show.
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That he resides in Fishing Creek twp
in said County, that he is merchant
and farmer, and thirty. years of age.
That he was arrested at his home hv n
SQUAD of soldiers, on the 3lst day Of
August last, and taken to Fort Mrfllla in
the Delaware River, the day following,
anC held IN confinement there until few
days before the ST, te elertion in October
tie vas then taken to iGarr,burg and held
there in charge OF the military authorities
until December Both.
That acopy Of the charges against him
was furnished him two or three days af!
his arrival at Harrisburg, aud he was no,
titled that his trial would come on in \
few days, but it was delayed. Finally.
his ca,e was called on before military
commission on the lst Of November or
theroabouts He entered written plea
10 the jur'>dict on of the comm s>ion which
was oycIru!cd. He then entered a D ca Of
no. guilty and the case WAS continued a.
the iastancc ofthe prosecution He had
number Of witnesses in atteudance, who
went home iu consequence Of the adjourn,
mept
Upon second occasion he was brouch,
before the commission AMI one witness cx.
amlred for the prosecution, when the case
was again adjourned beyond Ahc day o.
the Presidential election without his con-
sent and hi, witnesses over twenty in mum.
ber, again sent home unexaminsd. The
care afterwards came up ou the 10th of
November or about that day, when in
consequence of the fact, that the Pre-l-
dent Of the commission had been relieved
from further service upoa it, aud n b r
officer detailed in his stead he entered q
plea of former acqGittal, which was sus
tanned by the commission aud their dccis.
ion reported to the General in command
of the Department. He is informed that
this decision of the commi sion was re-
terred to the Judge Advocate General for
his opinion and was held by him 10 be
erroneous. A new trial was ordered and
your petitioner was again arraigned and
plead as before The case was again part
ly heard, and then adjourned from a Fri
day to the Tuesday following. At the
time iycd, the case was resumed aud con
GUIDED,
Tie wit. -scs for the defence were
brought ouo hundred miles some o. them
in atcadanc5 four times aud mos. Of .hem
three ,imc:; and their repeat attendance
wa, eau ed md rendered necessary by the
con'lnuauce5 on the part OF the pro,ecuion
Tbe Petitioner vas aivays ready and de-
slrous Of trial and .rought > such wit
ness.s az he was instructed and bell
were necessary and proper for his defence,
The whole expense Of their attendance
was borne by him.
Finally, upon the whole case being heard,
the commission promptly and justly found
him "n0t gully" upon all tue charges L.
gain thim,and tNer finding being approve
b. the General in command Of the Dep 1T
ment, the case came to a CONCLUSION, aud
your Petitioner was permitted to proceed
under guard, to report himself to the
Board of Enrolment oil his district, as
he had been drafted during the time of
his imprisonment
Your Petitioner asserts, that there was
no just reason whatever fer his arrest, i'm
prisonment and trial that the charges
against him were wholly false aud ground
less, and that his prolonged Imprisonment
and the proceedings upon his trial, were
hotb mn Ia uful and nnnraes;yo