Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-04-20
The Courts.

CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
-HoN. c. F. TRIGG-APRIL 19.-United
States rs. J. II. Mccain, indicted for trea-
son. Case dismissed on plea of amnesty.
Frank f. Williams was admitted as an
attorney.
Fines imposed on Warren and Cutter re-
mitted.
Fourteen judgments for debts, amounting
to several thousand dollars, were taken.
CRIMINAL COURT, Hon. JOHN HUGH
SMTH.-State rs. J. +. McAfeetoran jury
returned verdict of guilty, and fixed his
term of imprisonment at eight years in the
penitentiary.
State rs George Scott, colored, robbery
nolie prosegrH at defendants cost.
State rs. John Grant, stabbing with knife,
resembling bowie-knife; jury empanneled
and case pending.
We made mention, yesterday, Of the ac-
quittal of Byron SlemmOns, charged with
larceny. This case excited much interest.
The larceny of which the prisoner was
charged was the robbing of a store of goods
to the amount of $1,000 in value, on the
night of the 9th of August last, in connec-
ton with the notorious Mel. Zachary. A
severance, az we have stated, was obtained,
and Zachary's case was continued, whilst
Slemmons demanded an immediate trial.
The case turned upon the testimony of Par
sons, who proved an admission on the part
of the prisoner that Just before day of the
night Of the robbery, he applied to Parsons
for the loan of So to pay the express hire
for conveying trunk of goods at the st.
A. e that he
and Mel. Zachary had made a raid that
night Parsons had married the aunt of
Zachary, and had been tried and acquitted
of larceny during the present term of the
court, and was of doubtful character. Hess,
from the Jail, was called out, and proved
an abb for the prisoner. The case brought
into full play the varied talents of the old
gladiators, Attorney General Stubble6eld
and old Kitchen-K nife-Judge Guild.
There was general onslaught on the one
side on Hess, and on the other on Pearsons,
and then on the Attorney General and on
old Kitchen Knife. They were gladiators
stripped for combat, and the battle pro-
gressed with doubtful success on either side.
Often was old Kitchen-Knife speared and
laid half recumbent on the ground, but he
was as often seen to rise and parry the we'll
directed blows of his opponent; and his
hacked and capped blade was seen flourish
ing with the blood of his foe. 1t was as
game a legal encounter as ever occurred in
our courthouse, and commanded the atten-
ton of large number of spectators. To
the last it was doubtful, even after the
charge to the jury, on whose standard
victory would perch But after an hours
waiting upon the jury, all doubt was re-
moved by verdict of acquittal. The old
Kitchen-Knife felt as proud as Napoleon
after Austerlitz over his achievements and
well may he have felt SO. -
RECORDER's CoURT-Robert HALEY,
drunk on streets, SO and costs
Hugh Morrison, same ofense, s. and
costs.
Elizabeth Moore, lewdness and vagrancy,
discharged.
Jackson Marshal, same ofense, $50 and
costs.
James Spears, shooting in corporation,
s. and costs.
p. c. Fry, drunkenness, costs.
Susan Crockett disorderly, s. and costs.
w. NJ Moore, disorderly, S25 and costs.
James Curtis, disorderly, $40 and costs.
Taylor Chiffon, disorderly, discharged.
MAGISTRATES CoURTs.-But little was
done in our magistrates courts yesterday.
Mathews, Brien, and Meecham had no
State cases, and Wilkinson only one. 10.
Roller was arrested and brought before
Squire Wilkinson on a charge OF theft.
The proof being insufficient to convict, he
was discharged