The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-02

. And also in,this, That on the -r DAY
OF January, 1860, the said Harrison, act
ing in concert with the Board Of Regis
trStiou of Greenbrier county, made Nn or
der upon citation Of the officer, declaring
tlie office Of Sheriff vacant, upon the
ground that the incumbent, Wallace Rob.
inson, had been stricken from the list Of
voters since his election md qualification,
the said Robinson having opposed the
election of the said Harrison as Judge Of
the Seventh Judicial Circuit; from which
order an appeal was taken to the Supreme
Court of Appeals Of this State, where
thu same was reversed; and notwithstAnd-
Ing tho reversal thereof and notice
oF tho same, the said Harrison directed the
Clerk of the Circuit Court Of said Green.
brier county not to deliver tho process Of
said court u said Robinson, md directed
one Of tho assessors for said GrecnbriGr
county not to deliver tho assessors books
10 said Robinson, but to one Oscar CALI
son, whom the said Harrison had appoint
cd to fill the vacancy produced by his or.
der atofcsail-all Of which was unlawful
and corrupt
And also in this: That on tho - day
Of -, 1855, one Henry +. Hunter, then
citizen Of said GreonbriOr county, applied
to tho said Harrison for his judiciAl en-
dorsement Of his (Hunter's) petition for q
pardon from tho President Of the United
States, and he, the said Harrison, refused
to give his said endorsement unless the
said Hunter, or some one for him, would
give his bond for $500 to one John A.
Wills, a partner OF said Harrison, and liv-
ing in Washington. The bond thus re-
uIired was given; whereupon the sAid
Harrison made tho endorsement desired,
thereby putting q price upon his judicial
influence and recommendation: T2
And also In this: That ut the NOvenl-
Der Term; 1860, Of tho Circuit Court Of
Monroe county, there being case
on the Office Judgment docket in
tho name Of Jacob G. Allen, for
the benefit of Baldwin Ballard r.
Richard A Hutchinson aud Richard
Woodram, the said Harrison voluntarily
and corruptly. appealed to the bar, us
many rs three times, to put IN q plea In
the case, saying that lle would continue
the case IL such was done, although there
was ma defence and no council ii the case,
and notwithstanding one Of tho said dc.
PENDANTS was, at TINT time, in court and
urging q Judgment for the plaintiff.
And also III this, That in tho year 1865,
and before tho said Harrison was mp.
,D0intcd Judge, he was engaged by one
Lewis Ballard, of Monroe county, to
prosecute n suit in the District Court Of
the United Suites for the District Of Vir-
ginia, against certain parties who had bro
ken open the store Of the said Ballard du'
ring the late war tint after hcsaid Hars
ris0n went aupOn the bench, aud the dis
c0very. blythe SNtd Ballard Of evidence In
the county Of Monroe upon which lie
found an indictment, he, the said Ballard.
applied to Harrison TO know whether
criminal proceeding in this StatG against
said parties would effect the said DAllartrs
cllnnces for recovering in the State Of Viz
ginia, in a civil suit; that said Harrison
Informed said Ballard that II would not,
but would add to his chances; wllercupon
tho said Ballard Ind the evidence brought
before the Grand Jury, and u prcsentment
WIS found against snid parties, tO:wit:
John r Gleason, Joseph Harrison, William
+, Lunla, Robert Glcavcs, William Step,
toe, Rccce GillAspic, Jno. i. Young,
James o. Young, John uolbrOOk, and
Anniu DelOng. Upon said prcsentmcnt a
bencl, warrant was issued, and up.
plication was made 10 the Governor Of
ibis State for u rcquisttiOn upon the
Governor Of Yirginia, In which State
the defendants resided, 10 surrender said
parties, which reQuisition the said Gov
crnor Of Virginia honOred, and issued Ills
warrant for the surrender Of said parties,
but no proceedings have been had under
said warrant, Whilst the said present.
inent was pending, It was suggested to said
Ballard tlut the said parties were willing
TO pay u large sum Of money II the prose.
.cution should he dismissed. The said
Ballard declined to become a party to a.
compromise Of said prosecution; but some
time after, on or about the TX day Of Sep
TENDER, 1867, the said Ballard was ap,
preached by the said Harrison, who re.
marked 10 said Billiard that he, tho said
Harrison, had been corresponding with
the parties 10 said presentmcnt aforesaid,
ever since the prCsentmcntwa found, and
that tho said parties were now willing to
pay something handsome to get rid Ofsaid
prosecution. Upon being asked by said
Ballard what the said parties were willing
10 pay, the said Harrison replied, some five
or six thousand dollars; and thathc, the
said Harrison, was going on to Mercer and
Mcdowell counties, and that II he Bal.
lardl) said so, he Hlrrison) would fix up
the matter while he was gone; but that In
the event or his (HarrtsOn's) doing so,
that he, the said Harrison, must have
thousand dollars Of the amount.
That upon the sail Billiards. declining
to have anything to do with such nm
and expressing his surprise
that he (HarrisonO should approach him
on such subject, he, tho said Harrison,
remarked to the said Ballard that If he,
the said Ballard, did no divide with him,
he, the said Harrison, would BIO God
damned II he (Harrisonl would ever enter
h aoue proSeQHi, thereby coFrhptly suggest
ing and advising o compromise Of o Crimi'
nal prosecution.
And in this: That in tho trial Of causes
the said Harrison takes sides with his
friends and tlattercrs, and against those
whom he holds rs his enemies, and shows
his bins from the beginning to the end Of
the trial, making It difficult, il not impos.
siGlC, to get n just and fair verdict Of the
Jury, thai Is to say: In tlleCasc Of Kelley
a. Lewis and others, In Greenbricr or
Monroe county, now pending In the Su.
pfcmc Court orAppeais Of this State; also
In the case Of Augustus Pack o.. Amos A,
Hauxbargcr, on trial at the September
term, 1900, in tho Circuit Court Of Monroe
rotiniv p mi. 1lfI ETL lad .# ..i..
And also mi this: That TIC sail Harri.
son, att special term Of the Circuit Court
of Grccnbricr county, commencing in the
In the month Of December last, and con.
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