Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-12-17

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rhl6asnpe, which the people ~ shi'
.aI1lal esrcsis hare fotlswea will
i1rosuaestion and deep Interest ftoa
aslkssdsse Or he institutiuA u the gu
Ssesae court, has sdvs1ccA oaa stel
n The direction oflhe end, which !
now fairly In slxht. The issaes o.
]. fact sent 10 TIE Circuit court ofJaek'
soa county for trial, were tried I,
that court last Wednesday, and every
fact clAimed by Juage Wood was AZ
eertained and established By tho vcr
diet OF The Jnry. II will he reme,n'
bercd when tho 9 wa hrst called
In the Jackson Circuit court tive
wcckssgs. Townsley, In pursuance %
HE plan 10 wear out the case b.
stavine ofRau adjudication. applied fol
achanga ofvenue. Ovcrrulcd on tia,
motion, he applied for q continuanct
until tho next term OF the court, On
the ground that tho testimony OF Ex.
Governor Fletcher and Count Rod.
mar was Indispensable to justice, and
he wanted time IN which to procure
It. lie failed entirely to chow reasons
why no had not procured the lesti.
mony. and was not stricsiy entitled
10 any Indulgence; but Judge Sawye,
gave him ten days. II vas well known
that he did not want tho Testimony
of either Rod,nan or Fletcher. TN,
Judge Sawycr-wisely. as the even,
has proven-gave him the indulgence
graiuitously, gave him the rope for
which he asked, and the event veri-
fies the old adage, ''tiivcs rogue rope
enough aud he will hang himself"
Judge Wood, feeling coufidcnt tia,
Tuwnslcy would not take the dcposi.
tion of Rodman, went to Chicago
(where Rodman n.w lives) himself
1t great personal Inconvenience aud
expense, hunted up Rodmau aud took
him to the Office at which. IN pntsn
snce Of the ~uoticc, his deposition was
to be taken. Townslcy was rot
there, nor was he represented by
c .unsas. Tho Judge wa, however, and
lie took the deposition and had il read
III the trial. 1t sustaina the testi-
iaony of Wic9el in every detail, aud
establishes beyond question the
the charges preferred against the
administration OF Fletcher, that II
administered the state government,
generally without the slightest re.
gard to law and the popular will.
The cssc 10 not determined yet. a.
somo persons crroncously suppose.
Townsicy is still Judge, ai,i will cor-
tinue to DC Judye,uutil the Suuremc
court renders It's Judgment on the
facts a~scertained By the Circui. court
OF Jackson county. Should the judg-
inent Of the court be adverse to
Townsley, Al 1t certainly will be, the
Circuit will be declared vacant, and
the Governor will fill the vacancy b.
appointing Judge Wood, who, &C.
cording to the evidence, was elected.
Judge Wood is not in law q party to
this SUIT. The state is tho plaintiff, and
he has only been assisting the Attor-
ney General to prosecute it. The
Supreme court closed its session in
st. Louis OF the Bah inst. Tie mex,
st. Louis session docs not occur be-
fore next March. The Jcfrers on CITY |
term will commence, however, OIL the
I'd Monday in January, and i, is COM
for the court to order the case
St. Louis to Jefferson City.
which it is believed viii lie done. IN
event Jndge Wood will he
commissioned before the next term
our Circuit court. which is set for
the fourth Monlay in January.