The Portland daily press., 1867-12-23
ALAR "A M A.
THE MAYOR OF MOBILE CONVICTED OF yIoLA1
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ING THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.
MOBILE, Dec. 20.-The trial of Mayor Hor-
ton, Gen. Pope's appointee, for the violation of
the civil rights bill, in case of Charles Archil
johnson, negro, was concluded to-day. The
trial was occasioned by illegal Punishment of
said johnson from the city. The case was
fully and ably argued before Judge Busted in
the United District Court it being precedent
case, and provoked considerable discussion and
interest among the people. 1t was regarded
as talr test of the protection afforded by the
BILL and resulted in verdict of guilty, rem
dered few minutes after the iury retired.
Sentence will be promulgated at IL o'clock to-
morrow.
SENTENCE OF MAYOR HORTON.
MOBILE, Dec. N.-Mayor Horton was to-day
sentenced by Judge Busted. The Judge said
to Mr.; Horton:5"By a jury of your peers, ac-
qualntanees and townsmen. selected by your
self from the entire panel, you have been tried
upon an indictment of the Grand Jury and
found guilty of offences laid to your charge.
III now becomes my duty to pronounce the
sentence OF the law upon your conviction. The
indictment contains two counts. One for an
occurrence on the Sth of August, and the other
on the 18th of August, 1867. Each of these
transactions embraces an offence which would
send citizen of the State into exile. The
Government might have additional counts en-
Draclng other charges against you for viola
tons OF the civil rights statute, but the indct-
ment is framed in these two On this convic-
ton you might be sent to the State prison for
two years and be fined $4,000, at the discretion
OF this Court. Its discretion on this behalf
must be exercised in view of its responsible
ties to God and man. am of the opinion that
the ends of justice and the rights of citizens
have been indicated in your conviction, and
that to imprison you would not add to its
moral effect The sentence of the Court is
that you pay a fine of $3.50" A short time
after the adjournment of the Court Horton
paid the fine and was discharged from custody.
TRIAL OF AN ALLEGED NEGRO CoNsPIRAToR.
MONTGOMERY, Dec. 21.-The Columbus In
quirer says the trial of the negro conspirator
and revoiutlonist, George Shorter, at Union
Springs, Alabama, resulted in his conviction
and sentence to Jail for six months. On the
trial the material facts heretofore published
about his organization of a negro government
IN Bullock county were produced. The re-
port that he claims to have been sent to do his
work by radicals in the Northwestern States
is confirmed. But for the timely discovery of
this secret organization and active and ener-
getic measures adopted to break it up it would
doubtless have extended among the ignorant
blacks and produced great deal of mischief
1t was reported in Union Springs early yester-
day morning that Shorter had broken out OF
jail the night before and escaped. Whether
he effected his escape unaided or was assisted
by negroes belonging to his so-called govern.
ment we could not learn. The negroes gener-
ally, as heretofore stated, were much in.
cenSed against him.
ARREST OF NEGRO FOR SHOOTING A WOMAN
WHO REFUSED TO MARRY HIM.
The Greenville Advocate says the negro who
few days ago shot woman because she re-
fused to marry him was apprehended yester-
day by several of his own color, who had
sworn vengeance for the black and wicked
deed he had done. He was armed and showed
pluck, and it was not until after he was Sc.
verely wounded by gunshot, which will in all
probability prove fatal, that he was made q
prisoner.