The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-11-09

sustain AZ the editor of their most in
finential paper. We are charitable
enough to suppose that large
majority Of the residents Of Hen
derson County do not know who
BEN. HARRISON really is. We
cannot reconcile the familiarity
with which some of the most
aristocratic families Of that very
aristocratic town receive and applaud
him, with a knowledge of his ante
cedents. We cannot think that any
of the chivalrous aud heightened
young lawyers Of Henderson would
write editorials for the Neaos, for the
mere qualification Of having them re-
cognized by the world as the utter
ances of an unrepentant. convict from
a State Penitentiary. HARRIsoNmay
continue to be a prominent and rep
resentative man ofnthe rich county Of
Henderson, if the people there so
wish, but we are resolved that the
character Of the representative shall
be known far and wide. If BEN
HARRISON speaks the sentiments OF
Henderson, it is proper and desirable
that the world should know the puri-
ty of the source from whence these
sentiments spring. IF the political
opinions Of. d Tennessee convict are
the opinions of the people Of Hen
derson, andlh is put forward as their
representative man, we have no OBJ
lection, but think so interesting fact
ought to be generally circulated aud /
shall do our best to secure that end
We think the following copy, from
the record OF the Criminal Court OIL
Tennessee, is sufficiently explicit not
to require many words BY way of ex-
PLANTATION. We have no doubt it will
call up some very pleasant reminis-
cences to BEN. Certainly it is con-
vinciug proef ofhis Adaptedness, by |
education and experience, to the work
eoflectuFins ministers of the Gospel |
as to their spiritual and political
duties: E IsKAE ZMA G MI
STATE GIIs OF yTaESSsNEEssEE og% eg1J Court
October Term, 1876, /
November 10, 1916.
49, I'LL. or INDICTMENT. nsE
The Grand Jury came into Court under
charge OF their officers. and returned Bill
of indictment, which is In the words and
figures following, viz.: q srafl
STATE or TENNESSEE, Criminal AL Court
SHELBY COUNTY Oct. Term, Iss5.
The Grand Jurors OF the State OF Tennes-
see eleced and empanelled, sworn and
.chafeedto enquire for the fifth, thirteenth,
and fourteenth, Civil Districts, In which
Memphis, South Memphis, and Fort Pick
ering are situated, In the county aforesaid,
upon their oath present. that BENJAMIN r..
HARRRfsoN, late of the Civil District azores
said, AMI of the county aforesaid, on the
tenth day OF July, in the year of our
Lord eighteen hundred and forty-five, with
force anil arms, In the Civil District, afore-
said, county aforesaid, feloniousSy did steal,
take, ana carry away two promissory
notes, one for the payment OF twenty-six
dollars, and of the value of twenty-six dol
lars. one other forlthe payment OF eleven +
dollars. and of the value of eleven dollars,
OF the goods ard chattels or Jesse II. Nc
Mahon, John b. Mosebyi and David o.
Dooley, then and there. being contrary to
the form of the STATUTES n such case maddt
and provided, and against the peace and
dignity of the state.
[slgnedl JOHN p. CARUTHERs,
zAttorney General, &c
ENDORSED.
State rof Tennesseel Indictment Stealing
a., rs; r,sa Notes no o David - Doc
Witnesses. David b. Dooley. wifliam d.
shuddlclx Eggers, Peter Sudden
Sworn in open Court, and sent TO the Grand
Jury Co give evidence, November 10th, 1915.
SAMUEL r. BROWN, Clerk
By THOMAS s. RRowE, ID. OK. Ii
A True Bill.
WILLIE b. MILLEN, Foreman OF
the Grand Jury OF Criminal
81, ~ Court of Shelby County. T.
CONTINUANCE.
October Term, ls45. November 18th, 1876,
viz:
BENZ BEN R. Il Harrison lnaio'pi' S'eaFs Notes
This day came the Attorney General ON
the part OF the State, and the defendant
being arraigned at the bar, and charged on
the Bin OF Indictment. pleads "Not Gull
ty, and thereupon the Cause is continued !
over until the special Term OF this Court to
be held at the Court House In the City OF
Memphis, on the first Wednesday after the [
fourth Monday in November, 1915; and the |
is remanded to Jail
VERDICT AND SENTENCE lt 1
October, Term, 1916. =
November End, 1916. :
No. /. Indict't Stealg Notes I
Benz. II. Harrison.
Comes the Attorney General on the part '
Of the state, and the defendant being ar .
raigned at the bar, by the Sheriff of Shell
bv County, and having heretofore,
to-wit at the October Term of this Court.