The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-04-12

Keys good while before the moon rose;
on Monday morning, when the party re-
turned, Elisha Byrum rode up to the
gate, halted and rode off home: was 20
or 80 steps from the gate; did not say
in my former testimony that Mr.. Byrum
rode into the yard; 1 said then he rode
up and halted and rode off; that is the
way should have stated it; that is the
way I saw it; can't recollect that my
attention has been called to the fact Of
my not stating Gn my previous examina-
tion) that Byrum stopped at the gate; I
did not know Lem had sworn he had not
seen Byrum in the party.
Sarah, colored, a witness for the prose
cution, deposed: I live at Elisha Byrum's;
Crawford Keys came to Mr.. Byrum's on
the Sth October, about 8 o'clock and staid
until about an hour before sunset.
The Commission adjourned to meet on
the 4th inst, at 1870 A. NJ.
April 4, 1866.
Cyrus (colored, a witness for the prose-
cution, deposed on the 9Th October I
was at Elisha Byrum's, where 1 live; !;
Crawford Keys came there that day at
8 o'clock, and staid till an hour before
sunset.
Question By Judge Advocate.-Who are
the members of Elisha Byrum's family !?
The accused, by their counsel, objected
to the question as irrelevant and as seek
ing testimony not in rcbuttal of the de-
fence.
The objection was sustained.
Joseph Y. Fretwell, witness for the
prosecution, deposed: live about one
mile from Crawford Keys; on the morn
ing of the murder I saw Crawford Keys
at my house about nine or ten o'clock !;
he staid about an hour; I cannot say
whether he rode to my house, as I was
sick and did not go out of my house; L
saw Robert Keys that evening, between
eight and nine o'clock, at my house; he
was riding, and staid but very few
minutes; he came to see me about going
on hunt; there was a wedding at my
house in December last; that night Peter
KEYS came near the house; he did not
come in; if he had u purpose in coming,
or came to see any one, did not know
it; Major Keys was at the wedding; L
don't know if he was there when Peter
came to the house; l don't know if he
went out to speak TO Peter; 1 know Lar
gent; he has been some two or three
times at my house; he stad at my house
in July; in the iorepart of December he
came there on business, but did not stay /;
at the wedding saw Peter Keys; he
came to the gate and sent for me to go
out to him; 1 expect others saw him be-
sides myself; he has not been at my house
at any other time since the murder,
though he has passed by there; l am on
friendly terms with the accused; when
Peter Keys was at my house expect he
was aware that the Military Authorities
wished to arrest him.
Question By Judge Adrocdte.-Was the
Sheriff of Anderson District at the we'd
ding?
The accused objected to the question as
irrelevant, and as seeking evidence not in
rebuttaI of the defence.
The Judge Advocate insisted upon the
question, on the ground that he desired to
implicate the witness Fretwell as an &C
compllce after the fact, by showing that
he screened Peter Keys, and did not re-
port him to the Sheriff, and thereby to
characterize the interview between tho
witness Fretwell and Robert Keys on the
evening of the murder.
The objection was sustained, and the
question excluded.
The Judge Advocate stated that he here
closed the evidence for the prosecution.
The accused having, by their counsel
asked time to prepare their defence, tho
Commission adjourned TO meet on Mon
day, the 9th inst, at 1870 A. M.
The LAST PRISONER OF WAR.-There