The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1867-06-11
LOCAL DEPARTM EMIT.

TRrIr. or .Jous III gr,,. Tbo lo,k
Of June having been tbs dsy d,.isn.,sa h. M
District Attorney and Inc pro..cntion ~ ~ ~
Goysnmsnt \, IN an. an .k,sh ~ rsa...d M sae
tho trial Of John IT Sn,rs,,, "a ~ ,s Wv.
Of lima bsvinv b.sn .r.r,.d ,b.r. n. ~. I,.S,..
NJ tha ,on,, feom ~. o7,h :, ~ s,,,i az. IN
Of lime y,.tsrdsv Al IN n, IN. sans, w. Nv.
yensd for the purnos. of snmm,na;o1 ~. Thai
ana aSr;s.ia. .s.,,I S'' " i ~ ~
by mombsrs az ~ hsr r.no,,srs ,hnss hs,.Da
n. ~ M .on,t ~ A. .'poiss, .nIss , ooiong
l. mission p.r tiok.t. i..usa ~ H. Jsass. "1
a. On / " T.s.,. oea " t w,, ssases
vs r.sra - :. 80. oA,ns.on, MI mnson snd Judge
,.sn srs Jos. Bradley A., Msrrioh, and n..ai ss
s.,s for tbe dsfsncs ''''
oil Tha eourt u.s on.n.a M 10 n M. Judv.
tsAs shs, an an. hsnoh snd ,hs ois,t n,oc.edsd ~
JSsi ID. roll Of iuror, ali INIT fo.r snsvsring 10
their H,ms,
Anintsrmi,.,on In tia oourt prooeedipps now
oocs-.d. 80. .h.n.,nS "a ,hiSsinS ~ ,.s,.
and x!sies S.Ins n.os..a,x srs hu.,nas, eoujd he
commenced probe'is ISn,;nv M intsyv.i. sur.
raft vas brouabt into so.r, "a .ft.r tba iron.
were taken off Of him he wa, seated nv lii
counsel He preseuted about tho same appear
ance as on the 27th uit, being thin and attenu.
ated, though his ewes were bPiebt, and be an.
peared TO Be in /. cheerful bumor
AtI0.l5a. m, the court was arain called 10
order. and Judpe Fisher wished TO know if the
counsel on beth sid a. were ready IA prooeed.
Mr.. Bradley, for the defence. answered that
thew ver,, IA M, Csrrjn ston for A. nro,sc,'
tion, said bo WAS happy 10 inform the oourt that
they were ready 10 oommenc. the trial Of John
H. Surratt, for oomplioitv N In, ,,..ssinst,o az
Abraham Iinooln President n ma Unit,d Stat,,
Previous TO commencing Mr. Darlington said
that he wished. and made the motio, that Tho
present papel az iurora vbioh hal b..n dawn
DO abolished as far as oonoerns the ,resent
trial, In which j. II. surratt h defspdavt, MI
Carripgtop aid that he mad. In m.ling a., NO.
tion 20 sustain him, the following afSdayJt Of
Samuel Douglas, register which he prooeedeJ TO
read:
Di,triet of Columbia. County of W,,L;ueto,,
10 ,pitr Be Il remsmb.red thst on mi. ..s,ntb
day Of June. 4. d. 1857, bsfore N, ,nbsorih,r
n Justice of thu p.aoe In and for the connt,
Aforesaid, In tbs Di,triot .foressid nc,.onaiIy
appeared Samuel Douglas. who, beinv Art
duly sworn, deposes and saws, that IN Tho
months Of January and February. A. d. 1867
he was Register of Wa.hinrton oity. in the Di,.
triot Aforesaid; that about the 6rst OF February.
10 said year, this aniant deposited In the boz re-
quired to be kept In the Office Of the clerk Of the
Supreme Court Of the District Of Columbia, four
hundred names (each name being written on a
separate piece Of paper, and each paper being
carefully rolled and tied as a part Of the names
from which Jurors were 10 be selected under the
provisions Of the act Of Congress of June 49, 1862;
that at the same time he clerk of the Levy
Court deposited forty names and the clerk Of
Georeetown deposited eighty name, in ,aid iury
boz; tLat tho names depcsited by tbis ooiciaI
were selected by him partly from m. poll li,ts of
WILMINGTON civ, and nsrtIy from III name, Of
citizen, who he thought we'll onaise ed 10 serye AZ
inrymsn. thnt tbe Mama, Of tba rsr.on. 40 a..
Iocted by this afiant AZ R,yi,tsr wers not com.
municated by him 10 tba oisrL If C,soroatovn or
the olork of The Law Cont, nor ala thsy M sny
ums tnov tho namss s.lsetsd bv mi. sfi.nt No,
did mi, afBant Lnov Al any timo tba mama. If
those selected by the said clerk of Gsorgetovn
nor by The olsri Of The Law Can't. tSst The
names having been denosi,ed aa nforssaid ths
boI w,s r,,n,nsS 70 tha c,.,t ~ ths snn,.ms
Court Of the Di,trict az ColumbIa and by aid
cI.rk ,e.I.d a. this afiant hsli.vs, In m. nra..
enoe Of this afiant, tbat IN, nstt iurors for m.
March term of The CriminaI Cont, 1897 yere
selected or drawn from The names depo,ited in
said box on said 6rst day Of Pebruary and vera
drawn by The CLERK Of CIsoTsetoWn, az ibis af,snt
recoliects and believes; that The names were de.
nosited In IN, mannor b.rsinh.for. ,tnt.d and
In M oth.r vsy md ,hat n n .nns.r. ,Ss, ~
If tbs n.ms, a. W..h;nston oIiI d.no.,,ss :,
.for...id and in ,ha b.n5sr,,,n, ~ - $500
-h.tS.S M. az; ~ Nv Is AZ a"y pe'son'
"noans, ~ VI y" oieIH, snen tne sAuae
"S,b;s ncSant 80 $500 ~ "assss, ~
~ n.nar =, 49,. ~, IT, ~. says s"s ~
,hs IN paPo. y, pspers containhs INC names Of
snos9 .nose na@es weIe N,uen On taia iour
INJURED nun pieees o. paper ana dePosited as alore-
d;i,r.n, ..sa.h ,ns ~ n.. a''"ousu n' mss "au'
N"'eeA' '''A ''' wv s.,,,,, noro
s,,..,;.., ,s ki,a =. ~ ,h,s1,.
a. or Jnns IaS1 CH.s W.,rrp Up
H. Csrr;rston BALLAD Alteration 40 tbs nct of
con.r.Ss ~ fnns 1892 in relation 10 tbs mai.
tsr SSicb bs Rad 10 The court
That i, sbsu he tbs dntv of tho rsuister of
w..b;ns,or citx and os tbs ,s,pectiye Clerks of
~ nity oI a soygstoxn and tho Law Court of
W..h;SSu,a .onSts IN tha D.,,;.t ~ CoInmbia
",,S;n - 10Th .o.r tha n.s.ses ~ tbis net
49, o 80. a.. at H. oe Fah,norv in
enu 'h VI 'N' 80 49, ~ Is. -
% ~ ~. .Is s;,;'s,. ,s,nsns,. rssidin.
III. ~ ..n.s,i.. ;,sisaioHon. as tbs1
Mu'n tneu P.,;s.a to 'arra as ;nrors n
ZIG Jso S. ~ III ni',,i"t IN vS;ch I;,t.
suo Vpuis .S T., 10 ~. J;.s,.,Ion ~ III ntaosr
ne I,U, AZ" 80. r. nsms. If .nnb nusI;Ssd
n.rsnns Wv ~ -, ~. liz, oS IN. nrav;ops vssT
H., al %, 80 oH 49, "a H. Iis,. ,hns
I'D y. NJ ~ 800. ia siorSs afo,.sa;J hall
- ~ ~ hS6 .na.,,.I" "a ~ SaI;raraI
~ ~ saoa', ~ w
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nhiuk IL IA a., 80 aS ~. nsai.,sr
asr ,hs i,ro.a ;ho,t tL. Lno,.IsdHs 6on.
eor,Uamp.atsS ~ ,hs - cI.rLS ahoSs rasne
t;nn.d Al The saSday;t Fnrth.r 1tnted tbat
IN -, ~ .hov. nisrIs adj Sons simIIaT and
"SIah 80 ;,,sssI TSa c,.,L Of m, law Court
~ 10 .ons h.vonJ III, inrisaiotioS In moi
Iau ~ In,or. In, IN ssIsotinS nam which
in,,"r ~ jnnoIvsa nnor ths c,cSL M The Cir.
mi, Can't tn cIsrL N asorg.tovp had Also
Sut ooutt, 9A b.'.a-, % Ia,
arSw ~ anu ~ Go. ab,cS Urs,crb.S the
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