The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-06-18
JOB PRESS,
OUR COURT.

convened here on Monday last, LII
Honor Judge Cooke presiding
with his usual despatch. A
the Judge did not arrive before tn
2o'clock train, the Court was al
iourned in his absence, and adjourn
ed over until that time. The fol
lowing gentlemen constitute the
Juries:
GRAND JURY.-L. ". White, Fore
man; Jas. II. Perrin, T. P. Quarles,
John NJ Cochran, J. F. Livingston,
wv. Fowler. Z. J. Plowden, VIM.
McGill, Jerry Bacon, Zed Ray, DAME!
Brooks, James Jackson, Nimrod
McGhee, Henry Titus, G. A. Douglas,
Jim Calhoun, W. G. Armstrong.
PETIT jury No. l.-Gcorgc Barr,
J. E. Bradley, Solomon Calhoun
Abram Cobb, Sam. Chiles, ]. W.
Chiles, J. 4. Duncan, Henry Davis,
". G. Fooshe, Armistead Hardy,
Davis Huchison, q. Haddon.
PETIT JURY No. 2.-John Jackson,
Andrew Jackson, J. W. Lites, Shad-
rick Lcsly, John W. LesIy, W. P.
McGhee. Pompey Morgan, Aaron
Pool, T. F. Riley, Jas. A. shiEito, jr.,
Pielding searight, ). E. Speer.
In his charge to the Grand Jury
the Judge commended the zeal and
fidelity with which they had dis
charged their duties at the proceed,
ing Term, and advcrted to the hap
by results which had attended their
labors, especially in restraining the
traffic in spirituous liquors. The
work, however, he said was only
half done, and it was necessary
that the Jury should continue their
oversight in the matter and present
all violations Of law. lie gave
them, however, this caution, en-
joined by their oatbs, that they
present no one on mere informa
tion-;t should be from the per-
sonal knowledge of the juror.
Bills of Indictment We're given
out against Jerry Coleman for muir
der, and Ben Ellis for assault and
battery with intent to kill, III which
cases true bills were found. Cole
man was arraigned and his trial sci
for Thursday. Mack Thomas was
also arraigned on indictment found
at the last Term for Grand Larceny,
and the trial set for the following
day.
The remainder of Mondays ses-
sion was passed in hearing the re-
turns to various rules issued at the
instance of the Grand Jury against
different County officials.
In the rule against S. E. Gray
don, Trial Justice, charged with
prosecuting an accused under a
wrong name, it was satisfactorily
shown TO have been done with the
acquiescence of the defendant, and
the rule was discharged, though
with costs, as the Judge held that
it was the first duty of the magis-
trate to ascertain the true name.
Various satisfactory returns were
made by the Town Councils of
Abbeville. Lowndcsville, Green
wood and Ninety-Six, to rules
charging a failure of duty in not
having filed as the law requires. the
various license bonds in the Office
of the Clerk. Several of the re-
turns assigned the best Of all rea-
sons for not filing the honds, that
there were none such, as no licenses
had been granted.
A satisfactory return was also
made by the Board of County Com
1nissioners to a rule charging
among other matters, that the
Board had been using without
turning over to the Treasurer the
money received from licenses.
They pleaded past precedent, and
the necessity of having some mon-
ey in hand to meet current expen-
ses, but under the liberal construc-
ton of their power to borrow mon
cy Which had been recently taken,
the necessity no longer existed.
And indeed the occasion of offence
could not arise, as they had deemed
it cxpedient to refuse all licenses.
To the rule against the School
Commissioner he made a very. full
and for the most part satisfactory