Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-10-13
Our Court.

Ind bocn curtailcA somewhot of its nronor
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n;pi'" ~ nol'" r y. .no ooIt' .nu 'no J"r'S''c.
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.noso o1o"o'"'cu 10, was suspended uht'i 'nat
WY 1,'ts'loiu o' ."e er' as 10 'n' }"r's'i,o-
Son =. ,ao o1u't' ,' n,'cehy anu "''sue,
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NJ TT.n .on,c'.u .:' up'" '.o Ds'',o's Soo''s.-
ny Yuos.'on " W ue.ci","eo az 'he outset
.I;, "T; ,s wi, ~. 'oS ~, 1,ct was
.: ,",u :na soos.s'. NV, ",.'on III" gone in'o
~ ops,Suon, so 90 ~ .lsese .nc u''soic''oh OF
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uene',s .ae'" ~. M,'on inu'o,ie"'s u''Sht ~ oe
IN, ~. ~ mn M'Sn ase a'teaay penanS. he
,a, tAce proV'oes, tiat tnese
AZ snou'u D9t
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on ."e p;.o ~ :u ,'i as"o,,es neees-
t;nHs ,yero s,,hn;,,nd ~, III. ITn,or -, ~
s;,1or,to, of to Sn,;n;t IA H., ,on 49,. tnm ,.,
of .ho b"r na ,,,o na,,,, "' 'r .,
latter was. that the Act divcsted ] Immediately liz civ
tho jurisdiction of the Superior Court in the
enumerated cases of " larceny and nlisdcmean-
ors' in so faY as the Act was constitutional,
and was not controlled by the military author
itics. Upon these latter points there was some
difference of opinion Ills Honor reserved
his opinion until the following day. and in thc
meantime abstancd from tho exercise of the
doubtful jurisdiction.
On Tuesday morning his Honor announced
the opinion of the Court. He concurrod full.
ly in the opinion that so far as the Act was
constitutional, it divcstcd the jurisdiction or
the Superior Court Immediately upon lis nos
sage. Whether the jurisdiction had hcen
vested elsewhere by the organization Of the
District Court, immntcrial; since tho onlv on.
quiry for him would be, was the jurisdiction
of his own Court divcstcd by the creation Of
another with exclusive powcrs. Yet concc.
ding all this his Honor pronounced the Act
to be unconstitutional, in so far as it confer
red. upon an inferior G, urt, Jurisdiction in
criminal cases, where whites were partics No
cused The clause of the New Constitution
is as follows:
"The judicial power shall be vested in such
Superior and Inferior Courts of Law and M.
uity as the General Assembly shall from timn
to time direct and establish The Jud,cs or
the Superior Court, shall bc elected. Iy tho
r;no ,.oo3 horon, a aI ,nI ',..'. oi'ices NJ
rcccSn cnn,o,i,a,;nn c'n 49, s'ou : ..n''s
Which shall nc;thnr ho ;ror,.soI soaI s',f'ets
;shnd ,imn;. I '.,.'. ou 'nc''asco nor o'"I'n.
thew Shall receive no fncs ~ norn'; u"i' oas ~
one, nov bolJ ,uv othor on y, pe'fu's.'cs cs o'
trust under tb;s Sf,+e th. T1'';t,J G. ans VI. "
hmar;ca or anu oc thn,, ~ "".'o" o'''tS u
Tho Ccncr,l Assomllv I'm ""9 o."', PoSel
b,r establish rnr na'l, ,' y: ''o'' "s posi-
Tnfcrnr Cnmr, ~ .,.'' T .'','oi =. Tue 'I'atn M
D;str;ot rourt }, .,,n '''1,si 10 nc s'y,So ,hc
resident IN tlo n;str" Hi, "':c'c". n sa, De &c
bc elected hv Tho Couor., M''so ~ pnce' se'a''
years and sholl bo ~ ,',;'<;lIa 'oS .,:S 'or 'our
Shall hovc ;ur;sl;n,;,n of III ,;,,;, WILLY" Io''tt
i"'' nave "' ,s"'ctioil OF all evil causes where.