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OUR COURT.

closed with the acquittal of Joe
Moore, on Tuesday night, from th<
charge Of Arson.
On "Wednesday morning, senten
ces were passed upon the following
prisoners:
Hetty Clinllscales, convicted O
Petty Larceny, Imprisonment IL
the County Jail for thirty days.
Mack Thomas, convicted of the
same offence, four months III the
County Jail, with hard labor on th"
streets of Abbeville.
Ellis Wardlaw, convicted Of The
same offence, four months Ill the
County Jail, with hard labor on the
streets Of Abbeville.
The sentences were accompanied
IN such cases with appropriate adj
monitions, setting forth the error OF
transgression and the necessity OF
reformation, and establishing the
truth that "nonesty is the best pol
icy.'
In the case of Banks, and others
too, who had been previously ac-
quilted, His Honor took occasion,
before discharging them, to give
them some wholesome advice, and
to remind them that though they
had been acquitted Of the offences
charged, their conduct had been
very culpable, and called loudly fo'
reform.
Rules were ordered to be served
upon the delinquent officials refer
red to in the Presentlnent Of the
Grand Jnry.
The Court of Sessions WAS then
adjourned, and the business o. the
Common Pleas taken up, and orders
taken in the following cases:
Henry K!ugh against JAS. Irwin,
Assignee, Decree Of Foreclosure
order of sale Of land, on tie lst
Monday in April
In the case of Nat Fulton against
IIettie Fulton, Complaint for Di-
vorce, there was al order Of refer
ence to take stestlmony.
In the case Of Jas. Bailey VS..
Emaline William, an order for
Divorce was granted.
Jno. Burton against Jasper Bur
t,n-Rcturn Of Commissioners, and
order of Confirmation.
American Bible Society against
VIM. P. Noble an1 others-Ordcr
of Reference.
S. S. Marshall and j. W. Mar
shall against W. W. Perryla&n-
Report Of Referee, and Decteta!
order.
L. d. Merriman against E. A.
Ciinkscales and others-Rcport OF
Referee, and order Of Confirmation.
Charles w. Martin, and jacob
Martin and wife, against james NJ.
Martin and w. A. Martin-order
for titles.
Eliza Mcclellan against Josephine
Lake-Decree.
Frances E. Lomax against VIM.
Lomax, w. A. Lomax, and others
-Decretal order confirming sale.
T. G. Perrin against Kitty Perrin
and others-Order confirming Re
port.
P. B. Weathers and Elizabeth his
wife, against Willis Smith-Order
of Reference.
Elk parte Bernard O'Connor and
wife-Report Of sale and order of
confirmation.
Fannie J. Smith and William S.
Marshall and Fannie G. Marshall
against Thos. N. Tolbert and A. A.
Morton-Decretal order.
VIM. B. Stanley against Thomas
Thomson-Repoct and order con-
firming, sale.
After the business of the Term
had been disposed of, Hon. Armis-
tead Burt, in behalf of the Abbe-
vile Bar, expressed their high graf
ifcation at the efficient and salts
factory manner in which His Honor
had dispatched the business of the
courtesy which had
characterized his intercourse with
the Bar, and the vigor and ability s
with which he had vindioated the
law against evil doers.
The Judge, in reply, thanked the I
Bar for this evidence Of their es-
TEEN, as well as for their kind coz :
operation in the transaction of the |