The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-04-09
Preparing for tho ku-Kiu. Trials In
+ tn. UNIFIED states Conrt-Judge BY
AM. Charge to the Grand Jury.

more persons combined together to do an un-
lawful thing, or to do a thing by unlawful
means. He said that the testimony OF one
member of a conspiracy was admissible
against the rest, and that the confession oy one
member of the purposes and acts OF the con-
spIracy applied to all the members. He said
he would not touch upon the constitut!onalty
of the law, as that question was not raised;
but he had never doubted the right OF the
United States to protect its citizens IN the
right of suffrage. The statute provided q pen
atty for murder, but the jury, before present.
Ing an Indictment for murder, must find the
presence of malice, and that the murder was
committed fslontously and mallciously. The
question of the right Of this court to decide
upon the charge of murder was, however,
waived, as that question was now before Inc
United States Supreme Court for settlement.
G. E. Fowler, confined on charges OF Vlo-
lating the enforcement act, was released on
his own recognizsnce In five hundred dollars
to appear for trial at the November term OF
the court.
Writs of scIre tacias were ordered to be Is
sued against W. n. English and his sureties In
default of his appearance tor trial, ana mace
returnable on the fourth Monday In April.
In the equity side of the court, the COM
plant of the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing
Company against W.. E. Holmes and W. Calder
was dismissed by default, and the complain
ants we're ordered to pay the ~costs.of the suit
as taxed by the clerk.
United States District court-In Bank
ruptcy.
= Upon the petition of James q. Rion In re
Sailing Wolfe, bankrupt, for leave to pay over
certain funds, it was ordered "that James d.
Rion be authorized to pay the proceeds OF the
chooses la action collected by him for the said
Sailing Wolfe, bankrupt. over to the platinum
in the suits in attachment In State Court re-
ferred to In said petition"
The bankruptcy case of Charles g.. Noise d
Co, was, on motion of NJ. P. O'Connor, Esq,
set down for Monday, the ed instant.
The Inferior Court In Work ing Order
Again.
The new Inferior Court made a fresh start al
ten O'Clock yesterday morning, and accom-
plished a considerable quantity OF business.
ThefoIlowlng cases were struck of the docket
on motion of the acting solicitor, Mr.. E. B.
Seabrook, for various CAUSES: THOMAS Finley,
malicious mischief; July Smalls, grand ar
ceny; James Wright, grand larceny; George
Brown, blgamy; J. NJ. Horton, breach OF trust
and larceny; Brock Granville, receiving stolen
goods; Richard Senior, receiving stolen
goods; Bob Washington, burglary and lev
ceny; Thomas Gleason, receiving stolen goods
Edward W. Bee, assault and battery; Joe VIII
liarns,, burglary and larceny; Thomas Gleason
and Sarah Anu Gleason, receiving stolen
goods; CIV. Flach, breach@of trust and lar
ceny; Charles Platt, assault with intent to Kill
and assault and battery; Francis Ladson, biga-
my; Levi Dolsey and Joe Smith, burglary and
larceny. Payment Of costs was exacted, pre-
vious to striking of, in the cases of j. NJ. Hor-
ton, Brock Granville, Richard Senior, Thomas
Gleason, Sarah Ann Gleason and G. W. Flach.
Leave was given to reinstate at some future
day in the cases Of July Smalls, George Brown,
Joe Williams, Charles Plat, Levi Dolsey, Joe
Smith.
The case of Robert Williams, William Bias,
York Bias, Edward Simmons n June Flood,
indicted for riot and assault and battery, wa
mol pressed.
Bench warrants were ordered. to be Issued
against Diana Washington and Rentz Wash
ington, charged with an attempt to poison;
Benjamin Brown and James Campbell, assault
with intent to kill and resisting an officer; and
Thomas johnson and William Smith, grand
larceny.
Attachments were ordered to be issued
against q number of witnesses for contempt OF
court, in not appearing in answer to summons,
and Jerry Roades, Samuel Blum, John Reid
and James NJ. Barlow were brought Into
court, and ordered TO pay a fine Of FIVE dollars,
or be imprisoned for twenty.tour hours in jail.
The order of imprisonment was afterward re-
voked.
Robert Smith was tried upon o charge OF
assault with intent to kill and assault and
battery. and was found guilty ofassault.
A. Marochetti was tried upon a similar
charge and found not guilty.
J. R. Matthews was tried upon a charge of
assault and battery with intent to kill, and
was found guilty of assault and battery, and
Matthews and Smith were remanded for SEN
tence.
The grand jury returned a true bill Of indict-
ment against William Fraser for larceny, and
found no bills against Robert Moultrie and
Aaron Prioleau, charged respectively with
grand larceny and HOUSEKEEPING and lar
ceny.