The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-11-19
THE COURTS.
Genera, Sessions, Before Judge Graham.

General Sessions, Before Judge Graham.
The Jury In the case of Jack Draytop, COL
ored, who was tried on Saturday tor tne XIII
ing of Joseph Segar, colored, rendered YER
dict of gully OF manslaughter, and the prison.
er was remanded for sentence.
The court was occupied yesterday Will '''e
trial of Solomon Lyons, colored, for the mur :
der of Henry Manigault, colored, at Inc Ser
dler plantation, In st. Andrews Parish, on tne
night of the 20th of October, 1879. Tne state
was represented by Solicitor Butlz, ana lne
d, fence was conducted by Messrs. r. W. sey-
mour and A. NJ. Mackey. The jury was com'
nosed of one white and eleven colored men, az
follows: Paul Frazier, colored; Edward sln-
iov colored: Adam Green, colored; d. j. N.
King, colored; 8. Russell, coloreo; .. r.
Mason, colored; John Cross, colored; Robert
Aston, colored; NJ. D. Brown, colored; a. u.
Phiippl, white; 7. B. Jones, eolored; Freae'
rick Robertson, colored.
The witnesses examined were FREDERICK
Brown. Paul Benson, James Simons and VIII
liam Brown. all colored, and their testimony
was substantially the same as the story Oh Tue
murder already published In The NEWS. Inc
doce,sed was the leader of an African Memo
dist Episcopal class, of which the vile OF tne
prisoner was a member. The prisoner had
long suspected an improper Intimacy between
b,s wife and the deceased, and on the night Of
The murder the prisoner followed her to the
house OF the deceased, and fight had ensued.
In this fight the deceased appeared to have got
the advantage, and the prisoner ran back to
h,s own house and picked up one OF the
militia guns which had been distributed
among these negroes, returned to the house
OF the deceased, who had BY that time armed
himself with an axe, and killed him by blow
ON the head with the butt Of the gun. This
was substantially the story Of the tragedy as
related by the witnesses for the prosecution IN
their almost unintelligble sea island jargon,
and there were no witnesses for the defence.
The Jury were addressed by Solicitor Buttz
for the prosecution, and by both the counsel
for the defence, and they were briefly charged
BY Judge Graham upon the law OF murder ana
the different grades of homicide.
The Jury retired at about half-past three, and
were directed TO bring In sealed verdict,
which will be opened this morning.
On motion of Messrs. Porter d Conner, Trial
Justice John G.. Mackey was ordered to restore
to Mr.. W. A. Wilson the ships chronometer,
No. 2ll, taken by him as alleged stolen prop
erty.
Nero Singleton, colored, drunk and lighting,
two dollars or twenty daya. Nero Freyson:
and Charles Henry, colored. applied for lodg-
lngs, discharged. John Ward, fighting, one
dollar. VIM. Robinson, drunk, disorderly, and
drawing pistol on James johnson, turned
over to trial justice. James Bates, drunk,
one dollar. william Martin, drunk and dsor.
derly. two dollars. J. Nelson, coiored, disor-
derly and cutting William Rlcks on the hand,
one dollar. Elias Lynn, applied for lodgngs,
thirty days. Aleck Edwards, stealing clothing,
turned over to trial Justice William Parker,
stealing fruit, twenty days. Two COWS and
goat at large, one dollar each.
Trial Justices Courts.
Paul Meyers, colored. was before Trial JUS
tice Rollins, yesterday, charged with Wife
beating. The charge was proved, and he
was sentenced to one dollar and costs or twen-
ty days In jail.