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OUR COURT.

last Saturday, and. after pronounc
inc sentences on the prisoners or
" Monday of the present week. the
Court of Sessions swas adjourned
b The remainder of the. week will be
devoted to the dispatch of civil
business on the Equity side of the
Court, which does not require the
laid of jury. r.: -
a Tne. accumulation of criminal
business for several terms past has
proved very serious obstacle to
the estransaction of any other >busi-
ness, and it has become almost a
farce to commence civil action in
our Court. Judge and Solicitor
are able, active and untiring, and
the Sessions of the Court are held
early aud late, but a two weeks
Term has been necessary to effect
a Jail delivery. The expense per
day has been estimated at $500,
and this for twelve days aggregates
the handsome sum Of $4,000. This
accumulation of business grows, to
a great extent, ont of the pervadlng
Decentralization, but many cases are
to, be, found on our Criminal Dock
cts that have no business. there,
but should, have been settled by
the ! Trial Justices, without in
vokihg the costly aid of the higher
.Conpt. 2, ,c-c ~r,...~,s@ 80
Our rec ord Of the proceedings of
last weekigclosed with the case ct
the State Us. Geo. Speer and Ed
ward Crawford, = for. house-breaking
the offence being committed in
4tho stoueof Moses Winnstock. The
prisoners were found guilty. 81.
aa;Iathe case of the State VS.. Robt.
WILLIAMS, for burglary, committed
eihi tie house of Thos. j. Arnold,
the defendant was found guilty:
In this case the dog "Seymour"
figured as first class detective,
having "nosed up the stolen meat
0Nith3the unerriug instinct Of his
race. The witnesses, John Rich
saldson and Adam Norwood, col
aofed,, were commended by his
Honor for their intelligent and
trustworthy testimony. a-- .-
sThos: Latimer, charged with
horse stealing, was acquitted, after
suffering long Imprisonment.
His was a case of great hardship,
there being little evidence against
him: Yet his case involves a hard
ship from which few of his race
arc exempt-an inability to
give bail, when the charge is a
serious one. -. -sr .nsr5
Wm.7 Cook, charged with: the
murder Of Ables, was acquitted, it
being a clear case of self-defence.
Augustus Beard, indicted for
burglary on the premises of W. D.
Mars, 7of. .Calhoun's Mills, pleaded
guilty ''ist.', lr. 49,. ,,.-,,.~.:...
Lewis DELPHI, indicted for bur.
gIary, was found guilty Of petit
larceny. y . ,.. ,.:,...
Franklin Wilson, indicted fol
grand larceny, in stealing q COW
and calf and selling the same in
our village, was found guilty.
G. W:.Croner and Joe Foster
indicted respectively for assaul'
and battery upon the other witt
intent to kill, were sevcrally &C
quilted. = , j.. .,-.
: The. following sentences were
pronounced on Monday, being &C
companicd in each case with
most admirable lecture from hi:
Honor, setting forth the criminality
of the offence, and showing thai
',honesty is the best policy" anc
that none can expect to thrive
without work. -., ~, ...-..-s..
Robert: Williams, burglary-sen
tence, two years in the State l.eni
tcntiary at hard labor. o.J~ 81
Geo Speer and Edward Craw
ford, housebreaking-three year:
each in.the Pepitentiary. -,".,.,' ..... +.
Lewis DELPHI, !. bigamy-foa'
months in the county jail, and te
work 2 the streets OF .,Abbeville,
The sentence being upon a colored
man, light. "a o;Ta
Same, petit larceny-three addi.
tional mouths in Jail, aud at the
same work. - :r
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