The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-05-07
TIE COURTS YESTERDAY.

THE COURTS YESTERDAY.
r1rtted states District Court-may Term.
The United States District Court was open
ed for the May term yesterday morning by
Judge Bryan. Twelve grand and fifteenfpetit
Jurors ausweredto their names, and on mo-
tIon of the district attorney It was ordered
that the marshal summon eleven talesmen to
complete the panel of the petit and pleas
jury.
In the case of D. Valentine & Co. ys. Chas.
a. Noise & Co., in bankruptcy, itwas ordered
on motion of Slmons s. Simons, counsel LOT de-
PENDANTS, and with the consent Of NJ. r.
O'Connor, counsel for the plaintiffs, tnat tne
petition be dismissed, the rue to show cause
discharged, and that the petitioner have leave
to withdraw from the files OF the court lne
petition and other papers in this matter.
The case of Charles Kerrison, Jr., Co.,
petitioners for voluntary bankruptcy, was re-
ferred TO julius c., Carpenter, registrar In
bankruptcy, for adjudication.
+ United, States Circuit Court.
In tie United States Circuit Court, yester-
day, held by Judge Bryan, Osborne Philip
and James J. Adair were ordered to be trans
lerred to Newberry jail, aud John b. Fritz
and Samuel Bott to Columbia jail. B. S.
Jones, ]. N. Wright, Wn. Finley, Edward
Crisp, James Hudgine, B. F. Potter, Enoch
Writ and Benjamin Ballou were ordered to
be admitted to bail by J. Il. Runkle, commits
sioner at Laurens Courthouse.
]. Compton, G. q. Davidson. VIM. E. Black,
John Allison and John Ramage were ordered
to be transferred to Laurens and admitted to
bail. y :.
The Inferior Court.
This court was opened at the usual hour yes
terday morning, Judge Lee presiding, and MI.
E. B. Seabrook solicitor. One of the cases OF
the State against F. c. Miller, E. P. Wall and
NJ. Mclaughlin, county commissioners OF this
county, was taken up. The indictment charged
that the commissioners bad, on the 5th OF
April, 1870, Issued to J. W. Mead check for
slllO s5, when the Indebtedness Of the coun-
ty to Mr.. Mead was only s5ls. The only wit
ness introduced by the State was Mr.. Mead,
who testified to having, on the 9Th OF April,
1870, endorsed check from the county COM
mlssloners, and received for it the sum OF
slllO s5, one half in cash and one half In due
bills. He testified also that the county owed
him more thar hat amount at that time, ana
voucher for the amount of sl1l0 95 was sub
mitted in evidence By Colonel 7. Y. Slmons,
COUNSEL for the defendants. Mr.. SeaDrook
stated that the only other witness In this case
was dead, and the case was therefore given to
the Jury, who, after brief absence, returned
verdict OF not guilty.
The next case was against the same defend
auts, and charged that certain vouchers, re-
quired by law to be kept in the Office OF the
county commissioners, were not in the office
when they were formally demanded by the
solicitor of this circuit. Mr.. Seabrook testified
that he applied to Mr.. Perrin for copies Of GER
tain vouchers, and was told that they were In
Columbia; and 1t being shown by the testi-
mony for the defence that the vouchers were
ordered by Governor Scott to be sent to
Columbia for the purposes OF the legislative
investigation about to take place, the jury re-
turned verdict of not guilty.
The following additional sentences were
pronounced upon the defendants who had
been convicted or had pleaded guilty during
the April term of the court: Mary Jones,
petty larceny, ten dollars fine and costs, or
thirty days In Jail; VIM. Grant, assault and
battery, six hours In Jail; James Grant, assault
and battery, ten dollars fine and costs, or
thirty days in jail; Claus Locker, assault and
battery, ten dollars tlue and costs, or thirty
days in jail; Cyrus Rivers, assault and battery,
ten dollars fine and costs, or thirty days In
jail. y