The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-11-22
BUSY DAP IN THE COURTS.
Indictments and Trials in tho Court OF
General Sessions-Further Delay in
the United States Court.

The Court of General Sessions, for the No.
vember term, reassembled promptly yesterday
morning, Judge Graham presiding, and John G.
Mackey, ESQ.,, acting solicitor, appearing for the
people The members OF the grand Jury all re.
sponded to their names, and presented true bills
OF Indictment against the following persons for
the offences named opposite their respective
names:
| Thomas Mills rape.
Washington Matthews, grand larceny.
Charles E. Campbell, assault with intent 10 kill
and assault and battery.
Swift Shepherd, grand larceny.
r. Smith, assault with intent TO kill and assault
and battery.
VIM. Small, Thy Brown, Caesar Brown and
Robert washington. burglary and larceny.
Jacob Gladson and Paul Grant, grand larceny.
Thomas Johnson and VIM. Smith, grand lar.
ceny.
James Brown and Joseph Williams, burglary
! and larceny.
Robert Frazer, burglary and larceny.
George Brown, hoasebreaking and larceny.
Thomas Gleason, receiving stolen goods.
Nicholas Grant and Jesse Stevens, assault and
battery.
No bills OF Indictment were found against the
following persons who had been brought before
the grand Jury on the charges attached to their
names, and they were accordingly released:
Oliver Smiley, grand larceny.
Levy Cokely, attempt to rape.
The panel for petit jurors was then called and
the following jurles formed:
No. 1-E. N. Fuller, foreman; james Allan, J. q.
Blake, Moses D. Brown, Henry ]. Bourie, John
Brown, Moses Buckingham, Thomas q. Croft, T.
E. Dixon, Joseph Green, T. c. Gardner and Primus
| Green.
No. &c. L. Pratt, foreman; W. r. q. Hampton,
Jacob Isear, A. e. Kenny, P. MazycS, John
Nunan, A. E. Phillppy, J. NJ. Reed, William Spen.
Ger, G. G. Strohecker, T. e. Tillinghast and James
Thomas.
The frst case called for trial was that OF Wash.
iugton Mathewes, charged with grand larceny.
The prisoner was defended by r. ". Seymour,
ESQ.,, and acquitted, but was remanded upon
another charge Of being accessory to the murder
OF Logan Ferguson, the principal IN the crime
not having yet been arrested.
C. E. Campbell was then arraisned on charge
OF assault with intent to kill and assault and bat
terry, George S. Holmes, Esq, appearing for the
prisoner. Verdict guilty OF assault and battery.
Thomas Mills was put on trial charged with
rape. Mr. R. ". Seymour appeared for the pris.
oner and he was acquitted.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT.
The postponed October term OF this court was
formally opened yesterday morning by his Honor,
Judge George 8. Bryan, who had been unable to
attend on the preceding day by the failure Of q
railroad train, upon which he had depended to
reach the city, making the proper conn ections.
TIE grand Jury was not organized, however, only
seven of the persons summoned having put in an
appearance, and the district attorney was not
present, so that no jury cases were taken up. A
| dispatch was received from District Attorney
Corbn yesterday, however, stating that he would
reach the city this morning and attend to the pros
ecution Of such cases as may be brought before
the present term, which will probably not extend
beyond Friday Of this week.
petit jury, to be designated as No. !, was or.
ganized yesterday by the selection Of the follow.
ing names: Fleetwood Lanneau, foreman; vii.
liam Schnerle, Daniel GeIger, John Cudworth,
James A. Dut1us, Thomas Flynn ". a. Cain and
N. W. venning, white; and Robert Turner, Joseph
Jefferson, Addison Richardson and Frank Capers
colored. Both the grand and petit juries were
then dismissed, and ordered to appear at ten
O'Clock this morning, to which time the court ad
| ourned.
| The following business was transacted by the
court at its session yesterday:
Upon he application Of Nachman Co., in re
Adolph w.tkowsky and Augustus NJ. Hams, pe'i