The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-04-17
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TESTIMONY or SIR. RICHARD COOPER
Richard Cooper heinz .Iut sworn, i-.-ii-
fed as follows:
Please state your ro-idena+ ,"G pr,irs-
sion? Please state ii YOU are "r 'E''G fist
father Of ID. O. and X. II. Cooper aud
whether or not they were ever indicted II
this State for the crime @; murder. aud ii III,
IN what county aud AT what date. aHi
whether or not both or either Of them wis
ever arrested, and both ar either OF Jhein
ever tried, and vino was tigs Ir counsel, and
what time they were arrested, and what
! time tried. and whether or tot they ever
! gave security, aud il 50. what action, !! any
! was taken on The bond, and the result 81 the
/ prosecution ana defense: Please answer
! the above fully, ana anything else you may
! know in relation to the matter
Reside in Brandon. Rankin county, Mis-
( sississippi; mY profession t lawyer. ! am
! the father OF D. e.. and III. X. cooper; they
! were indicted in simpson conHty.W ith about
! five others, Tor the crime OF muTte~: the IL.
dictment, ! think, found in 1850; !
! think that it wa1 ia the fail o. 1869 that my
I oldest son, ID. q. Cooper, WAS arrested III
| Brandon upon - warrant from simpson
county, aed put In Jail; he sued ont writ
| of habeas corpus aud made IL ret urn4Glc bt-
! fore Judge Watts. at Il cOast to he held in
! Raleigh, Smith county. shortly thereafter.
at the hearing, MesSrS. Mayors and Lowry,
/ Col. Shelby. | thlni,, a. T. NMltil. ~ SCOTT
county, and every prnuiHent lawyer ~
/ Court, volunteered - argue tn question OF
! bail. and Judge " ITS admitted him ty l-al
| He gave SECURITY, but rallied ca enter isis 2p
| pcarance at court. | attended ti3" court
| think, III the spring Of 1870. went 70 the
! Circuit Court o. simpson county. IUT the
| prIuci pal purpose OF looking alter the inter
| IT of MS suretieS. | cXaminci the record
car tuliy, from the Indictment to the sgire
ttcias inclusive. | prs pared some pleas tor
his SGreties. but before taking any steps IN
the case, one OF MS co-dsfeEIan.s in th4 in
dictm"nt was brought into Court by the
Sheriff of COUiah county and attended I,y
his counsel. w. Ii. Haley. - Haz,lurSt. Ii+
demanded his clients Discourage. under th..
provisions of law of the LEGISLATURE an
proved February u, 1867, ia regard 10 Off
GERS and soldiers. on page 4u$ 0f same. af 81
The Hon. Urah Miilsap- Ms presiding.
vino. after some Ceiibern-iou. stated thaG he
lid not believe that law IoHUBIy tn the case.
aud overruled the motion.
| having previously detected errors in he
record which believed re he fatal. asked
Mr.. Haley 10 allow ~" TO appeal. with him
as counsel for his client, Ia which he cnn-
scented. | then entered Il morton 10 qt44~b
the indictment remember osi" point re-
lied on chiefly, thar j.. the records did not
disclose Automatically thar that inJicI menL
was ever returned into court.
There was nothing IN the record To show
that the Grand jury ever found that
bill, and nothing 10 identiiyit with the find
ing Of the Grand Jury, except By numbers
the indictment bore two numbers. / be-
lieYe they were twelve and thirteen. There
were other points made on tiie motion, ~ hich
motion was by me argued very 1ully. and
sustained. and the iudictmeut quaslIel by
Judge Millsaps. Gen. lowry was present.
bur had nothing whatever II do with the
matter.
By the committee:
q. How long before the 5tn u April, 1872,
was this indictment against V, ur sons
quashtd!
\. About two years.
Z. Was Gen. Lowry ever counsel IN any
way for your sous2
y. He never was excerpt Is before stated,
when he volunteered. RICHARD COOPER.
TESTIMONY or 1. AFFORD.
To c. Alfori
.. Were you on the bail bond Of Hezakiah
Walker. il So, state whether Won ever direct
lv or Indirectly paid any sum or considera-
ton tor being relieved from said hail bond
A. | was on the bond, ard never paiG any
thing directly or indirectly u any one 70 he
relieved from the same.
q. Did you know. or ever hear, of such
bill pending or being introduced in the Leg
islature in 1872 tor The relief of sur.-ties on
bail bonds or recognizsnceS
A. did not.
BY Gen. Lowry.
q. Did you ever hear ne refer 10, either
directly or indirectly, the case Of HeZekiah
Walker for forgery, or whose bond Won
were surety. or speak about the same in
any manner Whatever Up t. this moment
A. ! did not
Q. Did the firm Of MayerS & Lowry. or
ether of them, ever make any charge, or
demand. or any other person for them, for
having you discharged from the bail bond
of Htzekiah Walker?
y. No.