The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-12-04
THE KU-KLUX TRIALS.
NOTES AND DETAILS By MAIL.
The Third Day OF the Ku-Klux Trials
Judge Bonds Charge to the Jury.

on the ground OF conscientious scruples, and
Judge Bond addressed the jury, explaining to
them that by the provisions Of the Ku-Klux
bill every juror, before entering upon any In
duIry or trial Hereunder, must take oath In
open court that they were without prejudice
and had not aided In any combination or con-
spiracy as set forth in the act. Judge Bond
read the definition OF conspiracy" found in
the Ku-Klax law, and the grand jurors took
the following oath:
1--WE, the undersigned, do solemuly swear
that we have never dlrestly or Indirectly coun-
selled, advised or voluntarily aided any such
combination or conspiracy as ls set forth and
described In an act Of Congress entitled, An
act to enforce the. provisions of the fourteenth
amendment to the Constitution of the United
States, aad for other purposes approved April
20, A. D. 1871" ~
The grand jury as impanelled is as follows,
six of the twenty-one present being white.
and the majority being about equally divided
between black men and mulatoes:
whltes-B. F. Jackson, foreman; Charles
Barnum. 7. J. Thackum, James D. Graham
Rlchland; Washington Wingate, Chesterfield;
F. N. tombstone, Charleston; James 9. Bonsal,
Union; James W. Hayward, Newberry-s.
Colored-Rchard Blaokney. Chesterfield; Au-
gustus Harris. Edgeaeld; R. r. Desverney j.
B. Williams, W. B. Mitchell, F. Y. J. Law
renee, Charleston; Adam Branch, Louis Prior,
Jacob Thompson, Henry Champion, Sandy
Tucker, Rlchland; Henry Jones, Conwayboro'; :;
LeGrand Singleton, Sumter-lS.
Judge Bond then charged the grand Jury as
follows:
"Gentlemsn of the Grand Jury-Your duty
has been sufficiently intimated TO You BY the
words of the oath you have just taken. The
court will say to you that 10 the investigation
OF the cases which will be brought before you
it is necessary you should exercise great pa
,dence. Many OF the witnesses are laboring
under great deal Of unusual excitement;
toned to appearing In courts, and 1t Is abso.
lutely necessary that you should bear with
them patiently.
"You yourselves are not to admit the excite
ment outside to have any entrance into the
grand Jury room. You are to fnd your pre-
sentiments upon the testimony Of the witnesses
that come before you, and not upon outside
statements. You will exercise your own best
Judgment and assume the great responsibility
the law casts upon you, and do your duty with
impsrtiality and fairness, but with 6rmnese.
''You may now retire into your room and
examine such witnesses as the United States
may send before you."
The panel of petit jurors was then called,
and the oath previously administered to the
grand jury was administered to and signed by
tnem. The following. Is the panel, as they
Whlte-J. F. Riley, st. Matthew's; Alfred
Agerton, Chestsraeld ]. B. Wltherspoon,
Sumter; william Mooney, P. B. Glass, ". q.
Jackson, James W. Dunn, Rlchland; D.
Lynch Pringle. Georgetown; A. W. Bur
nett, Alva Gage, William Reid, A. Jack
SOD, John wIIburn, Charleston; W. g..
DeBerry LynGssSurgi 9; .;,si,ao H. sankhard
McMaken, Newberry; j. Fielder Myers, Or
angebure; Christopher Smith, Marion; David
Leahy, Laurens-20. Colored-Philip saltus,
James c. Holloway, John Freeman, James If.
Johnson, John W. Gordon, Henry Fordham,
Joseph Smith, W. 7. Dover, Charleston; E..
Johnson, James Magill, E. c. Ralney, George
town; Alex. Allsbrook, Chester field; Adam
Cooper, N. D. Edwards, Isaac Black, January
Simpson, Edward Ried, VIM. Smith, Joe Tay-
lor. Charles Minort, Addison Richardson, John
Pugh, John T. Gilmore, Cyrus Aston, q. W..
Purvls, Richland; James Keene, SCatesburg;
Henry Daniels, Lexington; John Lee, Chester
80.
The court then adjourned to Saturday.
FOURTH DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
The court convened at hslf-past eleven A..
N. on Saturday, Judges Bond ahd Bryan pre-.
Mr.. Corbin submitted motion that abench
warrant be issued to bring into court Allen
Crosby, Sherod Childers, alias Burch Childers,
Sylvanus Hemphlll, Banks Kell, Hezekiah
Porter, William Montgomery and Evans Mur-
ply, against whom a true bill for conspiracy
against Anzt Rainey, and burglary, was found
OF Friday.
Mr.. Cofbin stated that the government was
ready to proceed to trial, and asked that the
jury be at once empanelled.
Mr. Stanhorrv and Mr. I0hnanO f0r the de-
fence. stated that they had not been furnish
ed with copy OF the indictment, and asked
for further time till Monday to prepare for
trial, summoning their witnesses, &c. Is
Mr.. Corbln opposed the granting of time, on
the ground that the prisoners had been noti-
fed OF the charges against them two weeks
ago, aud should have been prepared.
The court granted the request made by the
defence, and fixed Monday next for the day of
trials gt s.r..........3;.
Mr.. Clawson submitted molten that VIM.
Thomasson, John Graham and others, confined
In jail at at Yorkvllle, under charge of minor
offences, be allowed to go before the United
States commissioner In Yorkvllls and give
bail.
Mr.. Corbln opposed the motion, stating thst.
in his opinion, all the parties charged with
offences less than murder had already been
released on ball.
The court Withheld its decision.
At hah-past twelve o'clock the ceurt dis
charged the petit jurors until Monday, and
took recess to await the return OF the grand
rjnry.
The grand Jury (B. F. Jackson, foreman, }
made the following returns:
The United States vs. James Rufus Bratton,
Chambers Brown, Sylvanus shearer, William
Shearer, Hugh q. Shearer, James B. Shesrer,
Robert Blggins, Hugh Kell, Henry Warlock,
Robert Hayes, Mitchell, Napoleon Miller,
Aonzo Brown, VIM. johnson, James Neal,
Addison Carroll, alias AID. Carroll, Miles
Carroll. Harvey Cunning, Plnckney Cald.
well, Rufus AcLain, Robert Caldwell,
Bascom Kennedy, Holbrook Good, John Cald-
well, Richard Bgham, Eli Boss Stewart,
alias Alley Stewart, Samuel Ferguson. John J.
,Bratton, James William Avery, Josiah Martin,
alias joe Martin. Conspiracy against James
Williams, alias Jim Rainey, and murder. True
bill. ~ af
On motion of the district attorney, bench
warrant was issued to bring the prisoners be-
fore the court,
The court then adjourned to Monday, at
II o'clock.
THE KU-KIUx PRISONERS.