The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-07-02
" 70 Daily N ews.
MONDAY MORNING, JULY 2, 1856.
a3o ur, of General Sessions ind Common
Pleas.

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60 urt of General ,,iss Sessions ana common
S,o,, ,rt met and was organized at 10, A. H.
re case of the State vs j. F. W. FREEZE for Larceny
1r* umed The Attorney. General appeared for the
tatc and R. W. SEYMOUR, Esq, for the defence E
The following jury was empanreled: z. B. 0AKRs
For42nan; G. vo1aT, g. voLMER, G. CoLsoN, j. A
PLo1n;xR, c. WATERMAN, P. WALoH, ". G. TRoTT DEN
MS GT,:AL1AGHAN, F. B. JAcoBoUsKI, J. a. PAUIs,
XIp.MAN
Til. Indictment charged j. F. W. FREEZE In the Dis
ric <i Charleston, with stealing machinery the prop
eRty Ss A. ROBINSON, Executor.
H.. Thos. pinchney deposed: That he is interested in
he sst.to Of Mrs Lowndes of which Mr.. Robinson Ii
xeeu w on the last of May received information that
he MIL sanee had been entered ana tne m machinery
on and notified parties here; bea:si roer pulleys
se1centic rod, governor driving Wheel and journal
a and hat by the loss sc Of these the mill
ndered useless; thought that the machinery cost
$4,000; knew the prisoner a inc BAR be had been
ning boat on the santee River; had seen him few
days previous to the loss; lives about five miles from
Ltwndes place; heard from Charleston that some
0f the articles had been recovered came down and saw
3hen in the guard house, could not positively identify
hon. but they precisely the articles that had been
g #tclen: Freeze was arrested at his instigation.
Csosstesamined-Th boilers Of the mill had been
maved during the war 70 make salt Freeze q
ohoene brings up provisions aud carries back the
he will mad not be en- in operation since the The
O. F. Galdwe,l atectiye Genosad that in tba aarlv
art 4 this month letter received from Dr. Pinck
hat Freeze had arrived and was mt the foot Of Hase
rect made sear;h and found the articles in ouse
nquiry found thst The articles wers broueht there by
freeze. Carried the articles to che Guard House.
had returned to santee about week later heard
one to the Provost Marshal for pasrs to show that he
Il sd anthol - to trade On the river Arraatd Frseaa At
an. n,,rsnad him cinsav and him n To
Ailay rarriad % him to Mr. KanamanT.s @ - p
hara he statsd that ha bonaht tha ~ o.. Fo -
a a m me
negroes Chased Freeze about fo1, squares and half
before he caught him, Freeze claimed to hsya RIGHT
rod and eA
Gross esaminsd.EThere was about cart load Of ma.
ohinery Freeze was sitting in NJ. Yyesiss store door:
Mr licharda cave him the wink and thav triad to can
ure h when oanoht ha regretted that ha had ran
he machinery had the appearance Of being in re;
he machinery was stored in the neiehborhood 81
onndries the parties who had It in charge stated that
he had right to buy such things from negroes he at
,eaaed and stored openly: he went to Edgert0n q
Archib.d Cameron deposed That he has frequently
made machinery for steam threshing mills; saw Some
from santee by Freeze coui identity the articles
eund Oh the whar explained the nature OF the articles
seen to the ury and the probable oost they could only
a old for about one and q hal cents apound
Cross-ezamined Though that Freeze tried TO sell
him the ironi but told him that he was not in the
cell old iron account Of ts being detaohed pieces
Examined in reply,-The governor was bright, and
there no mark Of fire upon any Of the machinery;
thougnt the a;to:es had been well taken care Of.
virsibius Fireman deposed: That he does not know
ss 5a 10 e nsss INQUIRIES IN sn g, him s
With them whom they looked at the machinery and COM
:. q red 1t with als.ter.l
CToss-e1amtned. IL cents pr pound for old
There was some brass among the machinery which Sa
gas worth 20 cents per pound There was about 300
weight that he saw: ..z.s.3=.
j. NJ Pundt deposed; That he does not know the
risoner Saw the officers takin away the iron, and
1eR ed them Wnat sney were oolng ana tney INFORMED
him it was stolen property.
8. r. Ellsworth deposed: That he is q moulder. and
0reman for ID: Pundt. HAD nougns ron nom tne
ana m on "hat @ ro9ee u
Z. was with Mr Cameron when some one asked him to
buy the lot; saw them trying to break up the beater
Gro. 1s ~ NJ nd nnt have @ brnMoht
ere there appesred to be no ooncealrnent In the
tier the officers taking away the iron does not
mow Freeze appneo 70 any e'ner psfseS ~ otoef "
Fza,a;nea in replvThe iron looked too new, and as
IA mat taken away from the mill did not like to