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sueh notion on the part Of Judge FISHER, as the
So communicated was dated August 6th the
,-ery lov the case was given to the jury. 1t was
4, snb;act If remark Yesterday forenoon, That
Mo- uirh.rd. Clptain Reed, Lieut.. Eckloh,
,ri large force fpoliceoilicers were
,,rc.o,,, 4, .bo court-room. Their presence was
s,,it,.t f,r much amusement, rs It was sup
,,,,.i tl,t n silly story with regard to the res
H. r., If -lo prisoner had frightened some one
As time passed, however, the propricty of hay--
i1c a large force present was well understood
for but for that precaution there would doubt
less have been collision and riot then and
there, as an immense crowd gathered about the
car in which Judge Fisher was seated, and the
friends of both parties seemed to be out IN iuil
force. Hundreds fingered about Mr.. Bradley S
Office long after the car had started.
The object Of showing the note referred 70 a.
hove 20 persons in the car, It is said, was for the
pvrnose If securing witnesses to 90 before the
ara6d i,ry 20 testify against Mr. Bradley, as
bv statute IL is a pcnilcutiary offence to send,
carry Or accept challenge to combat. Judge
FfsLgr also explained his remark made on July
81 and sliI when lie made il he had no refer
once 90 or thought Of the ducllo, but he was at
Inc time in in health, and what he meant was
tl,t he could take off his coat and thrash MI
Bradley. putting his lFishcrs) then condition
of IN health against Bradley's years.
The whole thing creates the most intense eX-
element here, and meeting Of the members
Of the llr has been called to assemble at the
courthouse tomorrow Monday morning, to
take decentralization the order dSbarring Mr..
Bradley. The members Of the bar generally
are bitter in their dcnunciation Of Judge FISH
crs action. Il is claimed that he should have
taken another time and occasion TO bring up
tits matter, and not sprung upon the heel OF
the discharge Of the jury, in a case that had
been fraught with so much excitement as was
hctrial of John H. Surratt. twill be remem-
bcred too that when the primary difficulty oc,
Cured on July %, statements were published
which were subject to contradiction from one
side or the other. In his order yesterday Judge
Fisher rccited the version Of the affair which
WAS nj the time, and has been since denied by
Mr.. Bradley as incorrect, and it will be remem-
bercd that Mr.. B. at once declared it to be false.
When the trouble occurred Judge f. was not
in good health, and it has since been asserted
that his recollection Of the matter was not very
clear.
CurTalL mas DcGuCOiulLllIc'4 d5dlAA " VIZ W"
tody of the marshal and has been remanded TO
Jail, there to remain, probably, until next De
cembcr as q trial cannot be had before that
time, it having been decided that the last jurles
were illegally drawn, and new drawing can
not be had until the end Of the year.
During the entire retirement Of the jury they
stood eight for acquital and four for conviction.
Messrs. Davis, Berry, Ball, Bohrer, Alexander,
Morsell, Cuttings and Birth were for ocquital
and 8Iessrs. Todd, Barr, Schneider and Mclean
for conviction 1t has transpired, through a
source entirely reliable, that the main point up
on which the jury differed was the question Of
Surratt's presence in Washington on the day
Of the assassination. The jury entirely agreed
that had Surratt been indicted for conspiracy
he would have been convicted Immediately up
ON their retirement