The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-11

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The UNITED STATES CouRT.-The' Circuit
Court was opened at 10 O'Clock, Monday morn
inr. Hon. Hugh L. Bond, and Hon. Geo. 8. Bryan
presiding.
The Jurors havlng been called, all answered4to
their names, and the court resumed the conside-
ration OF the Beaufort commissioners case. Mr..
o,Counor concluded his argument for the defence
and the district attorney was heard 10 reply.
THE CHARGE OF JUDGE BOND.
After Mr.. Corhin had closed, the Judge charged
ths jury to the following effect: That the defend
ants were indicted under the oct OF Congress Of
the slst OF May. 1870, to enforce the rights OF eiti-
zens in elections, and that the Jury, VINO had lis.
tened TO the testimony OF the witnesses In the
case. needed no reminder Of the great Importance
of the trial-,hat the purity Of the ballot.box was
involved. He cautioned them to consider the tes-
| ttnony with the utmost dell5eratton. That they
must diyest themselves OF all party feeling, II any
thew had, and look at the facts proved, not as par.
tisans, but3Ycitzsns anu sworn turyn1en. They
must deliberately weigh the testimony upon the
solemnity of their oaths, and give their verdict
promptly. That in Judging OF the value OF the ties.
timony OF the men and witnesses before them,
| they were to take into consideration their manner
Of testifylng, their capabilities and experience
In the matters to which they testtned-the style,
| t:ne, face, appearance and everything respecting
a witness on the stand-that when they came TO
discuss this matter OF handwriting the value oft
as testimony depended entirely upon the oppor.
tuultles the witnesses had for knowing the hand
writing OF the party with whom they are familiar.
| and their experience In distinguishing one mans
handwriting from that Of another. That 1t must
be apparent to them that there are some men who
are infinitely better prepared to testify about
mems handwriting than other persons are. The
teller OF q bank; for instance, being a much bet.
| ter witness, as to the hand writing OF any party,
than the Jury or the court. That 1t was their
duty, In this case, to ind whether OF not the
crimes charged in the Indictment had been ON
ml,ted at all, for II they found no such offences
had been committed the case was at an end. That
the offences were set forth in four separate counts
OF the Indictment. the arst charging that the de-
PENDANTS, as commissioners, had not done their
duty the second that they had erased the names
from ballots cast by the citizens; the third that
they had distracted ballots and put others
In their places, and the fourth that they had made
a false return. That upon the Indictment they
could bring In several yerdicts: First, the gen.
ersl verdict OF not guilty as to ALL. second. guilty
az to one or more, and the rest not guilty; third,
guilty as to all upon one or more counts OF the
Indictment, &c. That they were to bear In mine
that the Affirmative OF this Issue was upon the
United States. That the government must con.
vince them that the defendsnts.were guilty be.
-z.l ~ a anal dnnhS Thof n mnRt ha a
reasonable doubt. and not every remote suspicion
would be reasonable. That It must be a doubt for
which q reason exists, and the case was sub
mltted to them.. That the testimony was fresh
IN their minds, and possessed no Intricate mat
tiers OF law. Tnat It had been fairly presented to
them, and the case had been argued with great
ability on both sides. That he did not deem It
necessary to ,rehsdrse the testimony to thetnr4t
being their province and not his to deal with It,
and that he hoped they would use their best
efforts to reach a verdict this time.
With these remarks the case was left with the
Jury, who retired and remained In their room pn-
Gil evening. A messenger was then sent to the
court at 8 O'Clock, but 1t was found, after the
court had opened to received the verdict, that
they had not agreed, and. only wanted fresh In.
structions. They wanted TO know whether the
poll Lists, In their possession, were the original
ones or authenticated copies from the ONCE OF the
secretary OF State. The answer that they were
copies having been returned, nothing more was
| heard from the twelve until 10 O'Clock at night,
when they returned into court with their verdict,
finding Gleayes guilty on the fourth count Of the
t%indiotment, and Williams and Langley guilty on
all four. The defendants were taken In chsrge BY
the marshal, and Will be brought into court this
morning to be sentenced. 1t Is understood that q
motion for q new trial will be made In their be-
hall.
THE DISTRICT COURT.
The petition OF Henry Aston, OF Barnwell, for
| voluntary bankruptcy, was referred to Registrar
| Carpenter for adjudication.
The personal property belonging to the estate OF
| G. N. Averll i Son, bankrupts, was ordered to DO
| sold by the assignee, II. Buivlnkle.
TIE STATE CIRCUIT CoURr.-The Court OIL
Common Pleas was opened yesterday morn
Ing, at 10 O'Clock. his Honor Judge Graham
presiding.
VIM. p. Lee VS.. Joseph E.. Altert-alpesl from .
Trial Justice's Court. Verdict for the appellant
Albert.
The 1ollowing Juries were organized:
Jury No. ~. Drayton Ford, foreman; James
Barry, P. F. Bunch, Edward CLARK, ~colored, Mar
low Cochran, colored, Jno. Dougherty, @. 8. Davis
A. +. FarroW, oolored, A. I. Faber, Thomas Flynn,
Fortune Ftshburne, colored, 7. Alston.
Jury No. "a. N. Mantgault, foreman; Thomas
Geraghty, Robert Howard, Jr.. colored, samue
Howard, eolorsd, Isaac E. Hertz, jeremiah Hort
theek, colored, w. Mccormick, VIM. Peronneau
%coiored, John Qulnlan, A. Taylor, colored, E. @
Tharin, n. Fehrenbach.
SUPERINTENDENT. Klihck, Robert Gordon
colured, A. Il. Hayden, Edward Devices, colored,
John Mitchell, colored, r. s. Rogers, i'm. Shack