Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-08-10

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and promote anarchy in the nation,
is a crime Of such nature rs to
render every supporter Of the con-
spiracy u principal in the crime, and
liable for all the consequences of
murder pcrpetrated by conspira
tor while carrying out the common
design, though no such murder may
have been originally intended, and
though the accused couspirator had
never personally participated there
in.
Fifth, That killing by a con-
spirator in pursuance Of common
plan to abduct, makes each con-
spirator guilty of the killing, though
no such crime was contemplated by
the other conspirators.
Sixth, That the personal presence
of tho prisoner in Washington was
not necessary to his guilt in this
case. He could perform his part in
the conspiracy as we'll at Elmyra as
at Washington, and be equally gull
ty at one place rs at the other
That if he left Montreal in obcdi-
ence to the order of his conspirator,
Booth, to aid in willful conspiracy,
it matters not whether he arrived
in time to bear his allotted part or
not, being on his way to take his
part, any accident which may have
DELAYED him does not change his
guilt.
Seventh, That in legal contem-
plation each conspirator is present
where the crime is committed to
wards which the cenfederates had
conspired, or which was committed
as a consequence Of the confederated
plan, though in fact, the conspira-
tor on trial may have been absent
when the acting conspirators did the
deed.
Eighth, That conspirator per-
forming his part in conspiracy to
abduct or kill the President in the
Capital, though not personally
present, may be lawfully convicted
and punished for the crime, when.
ever brought within the jurisdiction
of this District.
Ninth, AS a conspiracy is proved
by facts and circumstances, which
convince the mind, precisely as any
other crime or agreement is proved
in court of justice.
CHARLESTON, S. c., July 31.-At
the Republican meeting held here
last night the freedmen largely pre-
dominated. DR.. Mackey, Collector
of Customs, presided. Among the
Vice Presidents were F. A. Sawyer,
Collector of Internal Revenue Dis
trict Attorney Corbin, and several
colored citizens.
A motion to add the name of U.
S. Marshall Epping to the list of
Vice Presidents was voted down by
an overwhelming majority.
Alters several speeches, resolutions
were unanimously adopted express
ing their unalterable purpose to car
ry out in good faith and without
reservation the Congressional meas
ures looking to restoration, embrac-
ing the platform of recent Rcpub-
lican convention in Columbia, and
declaring the maintenance of that
platform without qualification, the
only evidence in any candidate for
public favor of devotion 10 the great
party through whose exertions alone
the South can look for restoration.
Dan Sickles has dismissed magis-
trate Sealy OF Columbia from office,
for releasing on insufficient bail,
without due regard for the public
peace or the gravety of the offence
committed, Radcliffe and Daley the
two men arrested here charged with
assaulting and beating Samuel
Thompson, northern cOrrespon-
dent, and w. J. Armstrong of Wash
ington. Military arrested the ac-
cused parties.