The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-07-02
TN:Ie Daily News.
MONDAY MORNING, JULY 2, 1866.

MONDAY MORNING, JULY 2, 1866.
Co urt OF General SESSIONS md Common
Pleas.
Court met and organized ut 10, A. NJ.
The of tho State u.s. j. +. W. FREEZE for Larceny
was icsumed. Tho Attorney General appeared for the
tate and Il W. SEYMOUR Esq, for tho defence.
THE following jury was ompant elled: u. B oAKRs
Foreman; O. voIoT. G. YoLmEn O. CoIsoF, j. A.
PLnDrrR, c. WATERMAN. p. wALoH W. @. TRoTT. DEN
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IpETAN
Th indictment charged J. F. W. FREEZE In the Dis
ric =, ChSrlcston, with stealing machinery tho prop
arty u IL. ROBINSON, Executor
~ mos. Pinckncy deposed: That ho Is Interested In
ls estate OF Mrs: Lowpdes of which MIR. Robinson is
' on the 'ast Of May received information that
toien suspected that II had beon carried to Charles
on md notified parties here; bcater roller, pulloys
b missing (eIpanod 70 the jury tho use Of
ms aaChinory aud that by tho loss OF these the mill
Saeoe knew the prisoner ut the bar no Ind been
ming boat tho santee River; had seen him n few
Mrs Lowndos place; heard from Charleston that some
0 Che articles had been recovered; came down and saw
h but they were precisely % the Articles that had beeS
.ttlen Freeze arrested at his iDstigation.
CrosSe1amincd-The boilers of tho mill had been re-
EnsccI during the war to mako salt. Freeze runs q
ohI'ne brings provisions and carries back the CROP
he mill had be en- in operation since the war; The
lace vas planted 1Is.d and 3,c negroes were on #
p art ~ his month letter received Dr. Pluck.
1ey Gutaiing his loss. aud suspeotng Freeze, Heard
reet made search and found tho articles in ouso
the southwest corner of Concord and Hasel. Upon
Freeze Carried the articles to the Guard House.
had returned to santee abou. week later heard
his arrival Went there and heard that Freeze had
one to che Provost Marshal papers show that he
Adseron Il Richards had tracked him there. Fresse
an an nnTsned him closely and roarrested him in Cow
here stated bought tho machinery from some
negrots' aud thought that he could identify of the
efore no caught him. Freeze claimed to have right
buy from the negroes. There four puleys ex-
%sn Ua Of
ohinery; Freeze sitting NJ Yylcsa's store door:
qre hm when caught he regretted that he had ran
machinery had not the appearance of being In re
ne msShnSrS ,S was stored in the nehborhood
was partly BY oaS 1n1Ess stated that
ne had right to buy such things from negroes he at
onPed no cosceament IN the matter; tho iron was un
9aded aud stored openly; he went to Edgerton &
Richards to collect freight.
Archibald Cameron deposed Thnt he has frequently
made machinery for ateam threshing mills; saw some
machinery Hasel-stre wharf, and was told that it
ounh wharf explained the nature Of the artCes
seen to the jury and tho probable cost they could only
q old for abou. one and hal cents pound
,Gross-esan'ned. that Freeze tried to sell
6es rhs machinery was in good order but would only
1e %d IRON on account OF s being detached pieces
Examined IN rcpty.-The governor bright, and
there as no mark Of nre upon any the machinery
reof
VirgIius FIR: eman deposed: That he does not know
he prisoner; told the oficors In searoh OF hin, The
to when they looked at the msohnorv and
q red It with latter.
ron Their. was some brass among tho machinery whioh
was worth 20 cents per pound. There about 800
J. Pundt deposed; That he does not know the
Eisoner Saw the officers takin away the iron. and
5in Has a %na .ney were doing and they informed
Is: Z. Ellsworth deposod; Tha. he is moulder. and
Mr. ad hnuoh
prisoner and carpenter on the wharf different times
S Hn ,1 the he iron in question but he refused
nuy the lot; saw them trying to break the beater
s sold "a but WoI o Was sats so
s@@s there appeared to be oonoeaiment In the
know Freeze applied to other parties in order to
E1am'ned in replyThe iron looked too new. and as
1fh nas Just taken away from the mill did not like to
eay On It ,hat account supposed that the beater
does not think i was done to destroy Identity. as "a
1rdcle OF % that kind could be easily recognized.
nown the prisoner for about years to be
en always thought lin to be an honest, industrious
Crost-ezdmned-D not know the pri. oner intimate
only n from nh his drayDg for hm he ceased to be
Snat ne had boat he was In the Confederate army-n
cavalry had never heard anything derogatory 10 his
- strobei for the defence deposcd. That he knew
pln ced confidence in him he was an ipdGstr,ons MANI
ry @ eIam,ned Knew very little about him during
r.
skrine;s phe lighthouse keeper dsugher but did not
Ray IN uch attention to It.
DIR. Thomas Pnosnoy. re-eI,mined by Attorney Gen.
eca deposed: That he had heard the prisoner but
had not seen him uu IL recently; does not think the
Prisoner nore envisble character used to trade
neqnentiy with negroes, aud was dsiked OH that
account. ~'
cross-tranin,d.-Doe not mingle with man OF nr,s.
com munity. '
r. W. SEYMOUR, Esq, argued the case of his client In
his usual happy manner. He was followed by tho At
orney General, who closed the case Judge DAwKrsa
charged the jury who after absence Of three hours
eturned a verdict Of Not Guilty.
During the absence of the jury the Court took ND the
ease of the State us GRO. HENRY BuLwNKLE and john
HuLWINKLE, for retailing spirtuous liquors withou,
license The Attorney General for the State and T. Y
Sr,toNs, Esq, for the defence.
Mullins police deposed that he know the store
St the pares about the middle Of April gave white
Soy bottle and 81 bill 10 get him some liquor; he
scIght out both the liquor and the change rs can ta
aedants' store 10 in Mddlesreet near calhoun; had
N6 been In the store himself
Crosse1dmtned.-poes not know who were tho pro
OF the stores got the liquor about dark the e,a
0f1s nc; when he left home no lamps were lit
Hugh O'Brien, policeman deposed that he lnova tho
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