The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-08-30
United States District Court.

The Court was opened at II
o'clock, Hon. G. S. Bryan presid.
ing.
Grand, Petit and Pleas Jurors
answered to their names.
u. 8. vs. John Rix-Failinp to
remove Revenue Stamps from
empty barrels. Jury No. 1
charged with this case rendere1
the following verdict Guilty
.. b. Irvine, foreman.
U. s. va. Joseph Scott-Beiue q
distiller without paying special
tax. Jury No. 2, chsrged with this
case rendered the following yer.
dict: Not guilty. VIM. Gold
smith foreman.
Court then adjourned until to-
morrow at 8 O'clock.
TUEsDAY, August %, 1871.
Court opened at 9 O'Clock, Hon
Il. s. Bryan presiding.
Jurors answered to their names.
U. s. vs. Gabriel Posey-Voting
under age. w. E. Earle for Gov.
ernment, and Edward +. Stokes
tor Defendant, Jury No. 1,
charged with this case, DR.. Irvine
and Mr.. Henn'ng peremptorily
challenged by Defendant, in whose
stead John Campbell and Thomas
Benson were sworn, and Henry
Nd. Smith was made foreman. The
Jury return into Court with the
following verdict: Guilty. Ii.
NJ. Smith foreman.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
VIM. S. Brown, Assignee of
Reese q McCully, Bankrnpts, VS..
Arthur Z. Hubbard, Mrs. Adaline
Reese and others-Petition to set
aside conveyance &C., B. F. Whit.
ner, pro pet. Ordered that notice
aeB1a aK9ays bs Rpbliahed in An
daily paper published in Atlanta,
Ga, calling OH the nonresident
Defendant to sbew cause why
prayer of petition should not be
granted.
Court adjourned until to.mor-
row 8 o'clock A. M.
WEDNESDAY, Aug, 90, 1871.
The Court was opened at 8
o'clock A. NJ. Hon. G. S. Bryan
presiding.
The Grand, Petit and Pleas Ju-
rors answered to their names as on
previous days.
U. S. vs. Gabriel Posey-Vot.
ing under age, sentenced to impris-
onment for two months and pay a
fine of ten dollars.
The Grand Jury returned into
Court with the following bill and
finding as follows, to wit.
U. s. vs.. Alexander Bryce, jr.,
prisoner to escape,
Act June 81 Sec. 1. True bill.
U. S. vs. Jos. Tucker-Conspir.
ing against a citizen because of
his voting. Earle and Byron for
and Carlisle & Dun
can for Defendant. Jury No. 9,
charged with this case not being
able to agree, the Judge discharg.
ed the Jury and ordered q mis-
trial to be entered.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
In the matter of Jno. D. Ken.
nedy of Camden-Petition for
voluntary Bankruptcy, w. l..
DePass, pro pet. After hearing
petition, ordered that the petitioner
he adjudged "a Bankrupt, and that
it be referred to Julius Q. Car
penter Register.
In the matter of Stephen G..
Clyburn of Camden, S. C.-Peti-
ton for voluntary Bankruptcy,
w. L. DePass pro pet. After
hearing petition, ordered that the
petitioner be adjudged a Bankrupt,
and referred to Julious q. Carpen
ter, Register.
Ex parte Silas Ingram of Ches
rfield-Petition for final dis.
charge, w. L. DePass, pro pet
Ordered that q hearing he had on
the fourth of October at - NJ.
before w. I. Clawson, Register in
at Yorkville S. q. &c.
The Court adjourned until to
at 8 o'clock A. M.
AND EXPLANATORY PRE-.
SENTIMENT.
We beg leave to call your Hon.
or's attention to the crowded con.
dition Of our county Jail, and the
want Of accommodations for the
United States prisoners. At each
Of the sittings of your Court the
convictions average about fifty,
many of them sentenced from
thirty days to ten years imprison-
ment. In the present building
there are only four cells to accom-.
modate all, both State and federal.
The jailor is compelled to crowd