The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-06-17
ed very materially in the progress of the
business which has devolved upon it.
s. L. LEAPHART, Foreman.

MONDAY, June l4.-lne lOliOWlnB
cases were tried:
The State cs. Bill Robinson. Mali
cious trespass. Not guilty. James d.
Tradewell for the defence.
State os. Alice Shibell. Grand Lar
oeny. John Il. Sloan, Jr., for the de-
fence.
This case occupied the greater part
of the, day, and. the argument of Mr..
Sloan was, listened to with much interest
by the whole Court AS there had been
several confessions made by the prisoner,
all Of which were overcome by him, and
the jury, after an absence of about one
hour, returned verdict of not Gnilty.
TUESDAY, June 15.-State rs Henry
Scott, (colored.) Burglary and Larceny.
The prisoner having no counsel, the
Judge appointed John L. Sloan, Jr.,
and Fl. w. Rice to defend him. Oar
readers will recollect that, in May last.
tho accused burglariously entered the
Duncan Hous through window. He
was drunk, and, after coming out Of the
house, fell asleep near the window,
through which he had made his entrance.
Eight keys fitting the doors of the house
and n silver bell, identified as the pro
perty of Mr.. Gary, the prosecutor, were
found in his pockets. Hn was surprised
at early dawn with the blankets taken
from the house around him. This is
one of the boldest robbcries which has
ever occurred in our city. The attorneys
did all they could for the accused, but
with such evidence against him there
was nothing for the jury to do but to
bring in verdict of guilty. This is the
first case that has ever been tried in this
County in which the jury was composed
entirely Of colored persons. The pri-
soner and jury all belong to the same
political party.
State ps. Malinda Webb and Nancy
Kennedy, colored. Grand Larceny.
This case occupied the attention of the
Court for the most part of Tuesday, and
was prosecuted with great ability by
James D. Tradewell and Solicitor Talley
on part Of the State, and the prisoners
ably represented by A. @. Haskell and
Sam W. Melton. The jury, after long
deliberation, returned verdict of not
guilty. 't"'
WEDNESDAY, June 16.-The Court was
occupied yesterday, up to the, hour of
adjournment, in trial of the State Us
Thomas Richardson and w. II. w.
Gray, charged with the homicide of
Dallas P. Smith.
The following are the jurors chosen by
the prisoners, all of them being colored
persons: Alex. Williams, Foreman, Cor
nelius Palmer, Richard Smith, Phillip
Dukes, J. Webster, Jack Johnston,
Richard Prioleau, Laurence Ferguson,
VIM. Mishaw, Abraham Reid, Joseph
Montgomery, A. Sneed.
The State is represented by Solicitor
Talley and Joseph ID. Pope; the prisoner
by Carroll. Melton G. Melton.
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