The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-01-19
From MadisOnTiIle.
MADIsoNynLR, Jan. II, 49,

NAADAo"'A1-h, YAH " 1Ol1.
The business Of the Circuit Court wal
completed on Thursday evening of last
week, but the Record was not completed
until Friday morning, though the CLERK
wrote all night s'' l".sr"'
This is, 1 believe, the first Circuit Court
Of our county since the war that closed
80 early in the term. A great deal Of
business vas transacted, too much, in
fact, to set forth particularly in cur
brief "dots." A few cases may be men
toned.
The Case Of Rutlidge, ys. eager, on
trial at the close of last weeks "dots''
was decided on Tuesday for the Plant
i'll. He made a clear case of it. The
defendants witnesses failed to appear.
The State Docket was taken up on Tues
day. Willis Carol, Andrew Woods,
Lavinia Woods and Haseltine Woods
were convicted Of an assault on Mary
Fox and were Jointly fined ten dollars.
Willis Carol and Andrew Woods were
in a second case convicted of an assault
on Sarah Fox and fined, jointly, five dol
lars.
The case of James and William Hunt
for the murder of Cas-. Hicks was con-
tinued on special affidavit of the defen-
dants for want Of witnesses.
Several other unimportant State cases
were disposed of on Tuesday and We'd
nesday. The important ones were near
ly all continued to the next term.
On Wednesday W. M. Bradford, of
Athens was elected special Judge by the
members of the bar to try cases in which
Judge Hall was incompetent. But Col.
Bradford, being under disabilities impo-
sed by the 14th Amendment to the U.
S. Constitution, declined to serve. On
o second ballot, W. H. Briant, Esq, of
Athens was elected, took the oath of
Office and presided during the disposal
Of the cases in which Judge Hall was
incompetent by relationship to the par
ties. This is a novel proceeding, but
one that is Of great advantage to parties
who have cases in Court, in which the
regular Judge cannot act. The cases
disposed of by Judge Briant have been
pending in this Court for four or five
years, and but for the statute authori-
zing the election of a special Judge, may
have remained there as many more, be-
fore being disposed OF. rTJ
The two cases of w. P. Wilson, VS..
Hugh Chestnut, were tried, after Judge
Hall resumed the bench, and resulted
in Judgments in favor Of Wilson, after
scaling the notes sued on, 80 rs to bring
them to the real value Of "good current
bank notes" and Confederate money"
at the time the notes fell due, Tue case
Of Erby Boyd, vs.. 7. e. Boyd, resulted
in q judgment for the Plaintiff.
Judge Brown and W. B. Staley, arri-
we'd on Wednesday night. They had
been in attendance on the Federal Court
DIT Knoxville, and report that the "Quo
Warranto" cases have been postponed
until sometime in February.
On Thursday the cases Of Day, Hoag-
land and Sligo, We. 7. g. Boyd, were
continued on special affidavit by Defen-
dant's attorney. Herald Xix obtained
q divorce from Martha Jane Xix, and
was given the care and custody Of his
child. n-" no pi
On Thursday evening and Friday
morning all the nonresident lawyers,
including Judge and Attorney General,
left and our old town has resumed its
usual quiet and orderly appearance.
The Grand Jury recommended that a
stove be put up in our County jail to,
drive the dampness from the cells and
make them more comfortable. They
found the bonds OF all the County Off
GERS good and sufficient except that Of
the Clerk and Master which latter they
thought deficient to the extent of about
sixteen thousand dollars. Let ftigants
in Chancery take notice.
David Nelson Esq, an Attorney Of
Loudon, was said TO have been robbed
of the small sum of seventeen hundred
dollars in %Piney" on Monday evening.
The money belonged to the estate Of R.
R. Cleveland decd, and Nelson was Cur
rying it to the owners at Philadelphia.
We had lovely weather for Court No
other january Circuit Court for tho last
four years has passed without bad wealth
or. '''' i'.' AoHAsRR.
GENERAL NEWS.