The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-25
The Daily News.
MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 25, 1866.

MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 25, 1866.
Court OF tGencrnl Sessions and Common
Pleas.
Tho Court met at l0A. NJ, pursuant to adjournment.
Tho first and only before the Court the State
~ JAS CLEAR, NJ STANTON and Jac JENKINS, Burglary
-and arceny. The following Jury empanneed
g. J. MAawoop Foreman: JAS. KENNY, JAs. DoTuAaR,
'JNo. GRuDER. J. q. CoHMIsos, N. DowD A. KANuoKE
-CuAs McALrsTER ]. O. METZ, p III. MANLY, f. NIPsoN,
p. Flynn The indictment was read by the Clerk,
charging the prisoners with breaking into the house OF
Mr. SPENCER T. HART, No. 80 Broad.sreot and carry
Ing from thence number Of Watches jewery, 60. The
Attorney General briefly defined the crimes Of burglary
and larceny and directed tho attention OF the jury to
tho subject
Mr.. Spencer T. Hart sworn-Deposed: That he ia o
watch Teparer; resides Mt No. 50 Broadsreet Bis
April early in the mornns he Discovered the loss Of
gold ocke, value SB; eighteen silver gachcs average
gssea s0 tssn I and gold a xbo
half OF the store and sleeps there, went to bod ut IL
o'clock In the morning discovered tho loss tho door
notified other watch makers imme ,iaey; about month
after recovered the gold watch also ono slyos one;
CrOss-e.amtned BY R. ". Seymour Esq, for the de-
fence,-Mr. w. B. Lake occupied tho store in conlnnc
night about Ii O'CLOCK with Mr. Lake, and saw him go
In Mr. Jenkins. tho prisoner had told him that the
yer watch by the work he dd to It, and tho
number could not swear to of the other articles.
E5dmned tn repty-He sleeps In tho ssme yard In an
clubhouse.
Mr.. W. B. Lake deposed that no resides Mt No. SO
Broadstree and is in tho periodical bustness retired
on the night Of the robbery at IL ooocki locked the
Croisezamined He slept in tho store behind the
counters the watches were there when he left at p
O'Clock; he got up at 5k A. M. and when ho went to
open the window discovered the loss
that the 12th Of April he notified OF the robbery;
he went to Market.street to eating house. kept by
two negroea; he ested jenkins there and took him
to the Guard House. fonnd Oh the third day that
had boarded with Mr.. Ludovof No. Queen.street;
Clear was his room mate; searched the room twice;
the second search found under Jenkns' bed watch
case, and under loose board I'm the floor the burg
and he explained the the Jury he sub
sequenty and searched the prvy and found there the
ocse p,ncers, &c arrested Clear on Monday the 1ath
Cros,ezamtned.-ARked Jenkins for three days where
he boarded but he refused to state and the third
day sent o man to him who represented himself aa
counsel and found It out; II he could have known Il
sooner he thinks he could havo secured all OF the
property.
Hero n spicy of words tool plnee between witnesa
and counsel, but nothing furthe, Was elected.
18th Of May was informed by Mr. Hart that he had
session laid in wait for him. and sgnal being given
arrested him; Jenkins claimed the watch hfs tried
was obtained by sraagem; boarding house
and found murderous bludgeon, or slung shot; ar
place called the Red Lamp; found on his person q
Watoh and some papers,
CToSs-erdWtned. d.-ArTeated Stanton, but him
reason for II; he went quietly.
Mr. Farrell, Detective sworn, eald: Mr. Hart inform.
ers to clear went to Iudo1ict ana found clear
toos drink with him and arrested him; had been
the tn dssr ea 5 @ the rsS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF the tools In Court
Examined in repy.-Carpenters don't usually pu
their toos in ole IN the loor had never known any
who did; had never known.a carpenter to gunpow
Mnry Ludovick. sworn.-peposed: Keeps boarding
house and har.room; resides at No: oueen-street
knows them all; Clear and jenkins occupied room to
geher; Stanton boarded there short time in anothe
Bay; remembers the arrest; Clear and jenkins BOARDED
with her about sx We ks only two staying with
watch to keep; recognized the watch: had the wstei
about aweek; Clear gave her broken watches t.
keep. also the iccket; returned them to him on thu
morning of the arrest; them when taken from thu
sink and recognized them read the advertisement O
Jenkins arrest and showed Clear paper; he said
had nothing to do with IT. he carried bundle from tn
house after that; accompanied Lieutenant Hendrick
when he searched the room at both tmes recognized
the found there on the second visit also the watch
case tound under tbs mattress; was IN vest pocket.
Cross.e1dmined. d.-Stanton bad left two weeks befor
the robbery the others occupied room knew whic
they occupied no one was present when Clear CAV
nor the ioeket returned It tho morning of the arrest
day. stayed with her at the time, but occupied
different room
the others and stayed afortnsht moved Into that hous
In March.
VIM. Albert sworn, said: He worked for Ludoyicl
about IL days. saw Cesr and Jenkins while thero ha
Stanton at the Red Lamp Clear called him TO hi
bedroom and asked him to take bundle of keys ava
lhe wns arrested tho day, Monday; he took tn
Keys and threw them away behind an old house; maj
named 6uiiivau claimed them his told him he mi OH
have all OF them took them to the Red Lamp an la
took them and pat tnem In stove pipe, said he wou
keep them for sullivan.
Cross-erdn,ined.- neverooked at the tools; wou
not that those os In Court were the samo Stan
ton overheard them taking about the tooIs he was AZ
rested bt cause Sullivan aad be had given tte tools
him; found the tools where be had arst put them
MIR Davis, sworn dcposed: That he was q To- ksmi.l
by trade; examined the bag OF tools, keys, 90: ha,
made all Of the keys skeletons, &c recognized them
his; missed these things some night I'm MAY befor
the arrest the morning he opened the and foun
thngs rapsized, and missed Keys &c. vent down IN In
Guard Rouse and identified them
Cross-eIdmincd the articles: man Of tho ns ",
of Sullivan Is charged with stealing them recognize
the Jimmy as his
her some toos to kesp but don't the time; sh
gave them TO her brother. ~ 49,
Crosi.eramined Don't know how her brother wa
aware Of hei having them. "
j. +. Quinn, sworn said that he found the bundIe
keys. DO, ia his sisters pocket, and gave them
-Iieut. Hendricks.
Lieut.. H. W. Hendricks reexaminod. stated tbe tsv
were given him by QUINN Albert informed him wher
watch was taken from Stanton
Jno. w. Steele, sworn, stated that his wife left tb
gold watch with Mr. HART recognized the watch bo uof
tin 1853; saw 1t in Lieut. Hendricks possession at B
8. J. Coates, re.ezamned Did not reoeiye the hsv,
eaw them fret In the Guard House. ~ -o''
Mr. sesmour. for the defence said that be endeayor
was overruled by Il o Judge ~
Ihe Attorney General in reply stated that he stoo
upon the law thai Information could not be received a