The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-25

The Daily ~ eWs.
MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 25, 1866.
ooaEt Of Ieensfa' pss.. Sessions and Common
1neourt met at 10 5: a., pursuant to adjournment.
he frat and only cae before the Court was the State
.rs JAS CLEAR, W. STANTON and JNo JENK1Ns, Burglary
and: arceny The following Jury was empannelled
q. d MAdwooD, Foreman; Jas. KENNY, JAS. DorHAdE'
,Jso. GauBEn J. q CoMfNas NJ. DowD. A. KAsoohE'
tCaAs. MoA1srER, J. O. METZ P N. MANLY, +. N1psoN'
p Flynn. The indictment was read by the Clerk.
charging the prisoners with breaking into the mouse OF
Mr. spruorn r. HART No, 50 Broad-street and carry
,no from thence number Of watches, jewery &c The
briefly defined the crimes Of burglary
arcanv and directed the attention OF the jury to
the subject
nv srancer 7. Hart sworn-Deposed That he is
watch Ienarer; resides at No. SO HIS es:
tabshment in the first story IT. tne ata - ..
rold ocket value $751; eighteen silver waches average
eal a slo each, and one gold watch. value $780, He
locked up the store at 9A M ar, 4AKe Wao u ussa -
o'clock; in the morning Uncovered the 1oss the aoos
and windows we're intact; informed the police, ana
notified other watch makers ediatey; about amontn
after recovered the gold watch, also one silver one;
identified them in Court.
Cross.ezaminsd BY R. ". Seymour, Esq for the ae
fenoe-Mr W. B. Lake occupied the store In conunc. e.
toI with hmlel and slept there he went there that
nightabout II O'Clock with Mr. Lake and saw m nun &C. 90
In Mr. Jenkins the plsone naa .oa n1 hi street
peddlar and had swapped for IT. ne recoenzeu .S ~
Yer watch Immediately by the work he dd TO ana 'ne
numbers could not swear to any OF the other sfoies
Examined iss reply-He sleeps In the same YARD III III
clubhouse. NJ 6o
Broad street and in the periodical business retrea
on the night Of the robbery at II ocock Locked tne
door; r. am certain Of 1t. ,..,,a sha
counters the watches there when he LETT at W
M and the door was looked when he e vent ~ to
ne %g~ he vnsn 10
Ieut Il, ". Hendrick Police Officer sworn testified
that on the 12h Of April be was notified OF the
two negroes be arrested jenkins there and took him
to the Guard House, and found on the tnird Gay t t
had boarded with MIR Ludoyok No. TO-. roe tca: on
the second se1ch found under jenkins peg m1.un s
case and under loose board In the noor tue pahs
lars fools wers found The tools were SHOWN IN Oou,
he explained the use the jury he went back sup.
seouenty and searched the prvy and found there
iotke pincera. &C.; arrested Clear on Monass sne
Crosseramired -Asked jenkins for three days where
he boarded but he refused to sste and on tne ,esa
day sent man to him who represented hlmseR ~
co1nse]lsid found It ont; II he could have known 1t
sooner he thinks he could have secured all OF the
property.
Here spicy war Of words took place between witness
T.J. Coates, Detective. sworn, said: on Saturday
12th Of May was informed by Mr. Hart that he had re-
oeived news WATCH and traced Tito Jenkins pos
aesoon laid " wait aof h sna a. sga 0e%s s eren
20 get out Of him where hc boarded but faied until
was obtained statagem searched his boarding house
,s Stanton ss sc 1asisn e.;
place called the Red Lamp; We found on his person
watch and some papers.
CroSs-e1dthtned. stanton, Dut gave Alm no
.YeaROn IL: went quietly, a.
Mr.. Farrell. Detective. sworn, said: Mr.. Hart inform.
hin his the
took drink with him and arrested him; had been an
Gid detective n New York. explained tny the use Of
Ctos. Of the tools IN Court were car
Yenter's tools. t1ts # r
their tools IN ole in the floors had never known any
Who dd had never knownsa carpenter TO use gunpow-
der In his work.
Mary Ludoviok, sworn.-Deposed: Keeps boarding
house and bar-room; rendes st No. Queen.street;
prisoners boarded with her under the same nanaes;
m M 02s Jenkins imp. TO-
zAEoom left her house and went to bar;room on the
Win hee about six We. ks; only two were staying with
her at theime of the robbery jenkins gave her gold
70
mo4nine morn Of ths sfrest them when taken from tho
aink and recognized thems read the advertisement OF
Jenkins sreg and showed CLEAR the paper he said he
had nothing 10 do with H. he carried bundle from the
after, tnhts accompanied l1eut0Q&ub
when he seata room at both times; recognized
ihe toos found there the second visit also the w.toh
case found under the mattress; was In vest pocket
Crosse1amined Stanton had left two weeks before
the robbery; thb ono rooms knew whch
beds they cccued one was present when Clear gave
he. oeke returned II the morning o. ha f nns;
day. stayed with her at the same time, but occupied
different room.
Eramined .tn rep1y-Stanton came about week after
the others and stayed fortnight moved Into that house
In March.
VIM. Albert. sworn, aaid: He worked for Ludovck
about IL days. Clear and Jenkins while there; had
eeen Stanton at the Red Lamp Clear called him to his
and asked him to take bundle OF keys away
{he was arrested the same day, Monday; he took the
keys and threw them away behind an old house; man
named Sullivan claimed them az his; told him he might
have all of them took them to the Red Lamp; Stanton
took them aud MT them in stove pipe; said he would
keep them for H1 nysn.
Cross.e1amted- never looked at thu tools; would
not that those ola in Court were the same Stan.
ton overheard them talking about tho tools he
rested b aanse Sullivan SAID he had given the tools to
him; foundsthe tools where he had first put them.
Mr.. Davis sworn. deposed: That he was 10. .ksmith
By trade; examined the bag Of TOOLS keys, &o; had
his missed there things on some night in May before
the arrest morning he opened the store and found
things capszed aud missed keys went down to the
Guard Hefuse spd Identified them.
Grossexamined Made The articles; of the name
Of Sullivan iB charged with stealing chem; recognized
the Jimmy as his,
Kate Quinn, sworn said; She knew Sullivan had given
her some tools to keep but don the tme she
gave them to her brother
s. Crossezahnfned Don't know how her brother was
aware Of hes having Them
]. r QUINN sworn. said that he found tho bundle Of
keys. TO-, Ia his sisters pocket. and gave them to
lieut.. Hendricks EI5z=sz#@=s
Lieut.. H.WHeDdricks, reezansined. stated the keys