The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-07-18
THE COURTS YESTERDAY.

THE COURTS YESTERDAY.
United States District Court-1n Adm'-
ralty.
In the United States District Court yesler-
day morning, before Judge Bryan, Messrs.
Marrath and Lowndes, as counsel for W. Il.
Garrison ct al, filed libel for the possession
ot the steamer Dictator, and obtained war
rant Tor the arrest of the vessel, returnaole
to-day. .,,
The following communication was receiver
from the department of justice, BY Whlch II
will be seen that only prisoners sentenceo w
the United States Court to imprisonment .a'
hard laborn are In the future to % Sen' loi
confinement to the Albany Penitentiary. DE-
fore the passage by the last Congress oi tne
oct referred to, 1t was the duty OF the secre-
torv of the interior, as it is now the duty oi
the attorney-general, to designate tne places
NJ confinement of Uuited States PRISONERS,
and1he secretary of the interior, in the cases OF
prisoners convicted in this State viola Ions O.
the enforcement act, has designated the Al
bany Penitentiary a. no ulace Of confinement.
This has been felt to 40 hardship, not only
because 1t involved deportation beyond the
seas, ,~but because 1t added to the punishment
prescribed by the law imprisonment OF fron
six months to ten years) the penalty OF hard
labor as practiced at the Albany .Penitentiary.
The prisoners recently transported to Albany
for violating the enforcement act are now Kept
at work in the Albany Penitentiary, under
heavy guard, making shoes, blacksmltning'
&c. and It is said that this is In direct VIOLA
tion of the law which prescribes "lmprison-
ment.n but not Imprisonment with hard
labor"-a very material difference In the de-
gree of punishment. The following is the leu
ter:
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
WASHINGTON, July l6, 1877.
Hon. George S. Bryan, United STATES Dasl'lcs
Judge, Charleston, S. c.: ,.,
SrR-Pursuant TO The provisions OF the acCs
of Congress, approved May IL, 1864, ana harcn
S, 1872, the Albany Penitentiary, at Aloa9y,
New York, has been designated by thls oe-
partment as the place for Inc lmprlsenment,
tbe terms of their sentences, OF Oil persons
who have been, or may have hereafler be, con-
yicted by the courts of the United States, for
the District of south Carolina, OF crime
AGAINST the United States, and sentenced Dy
said courts to Imprisonment at hard labor.
IsIgnedI GEO. q. WILLIAMS.
Attorney General.
The Criminal Court
was opened by Judge Lee, at 3 a, NJ, yester-
day. A mol. pros. was entered In the case OF
Henry Page, charged with resisting an ohhcer,
and assault with intent to kill, on payment OF
the costs of court Another mol. pros. was en-.
tered in the case of Ann Regan, grand larceny.
In the case OF B. Graham & Co., doing busi-
ness without license, demurrer was filed
by Isaac Hayhe, Esq, counsel for the defend
ants, but was overraled by the judge, and tne
Jury rendered verdict of guilty.
Edward Kelly and Victor Devan, charged
With grand larceny, were discharged.
The case of NJ. Mclaughlin, grand larceny,
was continued to the next term.
The grand jury returned true bills In the fol-
lowing cases:
The State vs. NJ. Mclaughlin, breach Of
trust and larceny.
The State vs. NJ. Mclaughlin, purchasing
orders on the county treasurer for less than
their face value.
The State vs.. B. Graham and F.. F. Chapeau,
doing business without license.
The State vs.. q. T. Peters, Fem Peck and
James Gllliland, keeping lottery, &c.
The grand jury then made their Resentment,
and were discharged until the October term,
af1er which the court adjourned to ten o'clock
this morning.
The presentment of the grand jury contains
the following items of Interest:
The financial condition of the county re.
mains the same as set forth in the last present
ment. The court is recommended to lose no
time in Furnishing such county officials as have
proved recreant to their trust.
The condition of the Jail Is no better than at
their last report. 1t contains seventy to eighty
prisoners.
A full exhibit of the workings OF the trial
justice system is promised for the next pre-
sentiment.
The petitions of numerous constables at
tached to trial Justices offices, for the settle
ment of their claims against the county, have
been referred TO the county commissioners for
audience according to law.
The constables and jurors Of the Criminal
Court, and the Courts of General Sessions and
Common Pleas, have all been pasd by orders Of
Judge Graham on the county treasurer. The
funds In the treasury have been nearly ex-
hausted by the expenses Of the courts and the
demands OF the poor.
The accumulated work in the treasury Office,
consequent upon the delinquent tax sales, has
required an Increase of clerks. The work
will be completed about the lst OF August next.
THE HEAT YESTERDAY
Mha 70 nna of tho tharnc. I'M atar paaterdaQ