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PRESS.
OUR. COURT.

of Tuesday. On Wednesday moru
ing. the Grand Jury found tw'
additional bills-State against Cor
nelius Arnold for abduction OF
female ciiild, and the same agains
VIM. Presley, School Commission
er, for official misconduct. Th
case of abduction was finally dia
posed of in very novel, but sum
mary and satisfactory way by th'
marriage of the parties in ope'
Court by Judge Cooke; and the
case against the School Commls
sioner was moi pressed, upon a salts
factory showing, that the violation
of law had been technical, without
intention to commit any offence
on the part Of the Commissioner
The Grand Jury were dismissed
on Wednesday morning, alter
very thorough examination into
the public Offices, and after making
a very able and interesting report
which we publish in another col
umn, and which we commend te
the perusal of our readers,
In the case of the State against
11etty Clinkscales, charged with
grand larceny, the allegation o:
the indictment charged that tho
goods were. the property of tht
prosecutor, whereas from the proof
it clearly appeared that they be
longed to the wife, being articles o
female apparel. This objection
was presented and supported b.
Col. Cothran, for the defence, il
an ingenious argume9t, and wa
sustained by the Court. The Pris
oner under its instructions was &C
Quilted.
In the case Of the State agains
Isaac Williams and VIM. Hunter
for larceny and burglary, Messrs
Thomson and Noble appeared 70
the defence, and Mr.. Cothran as
sisted Solicitor Blythe, and after
protracted hearing and earnest ant
able arguments the prisoners wer'
acquitted. A material issue in TIN
case, and upon which there was tn
most earnest discussion, was th'
admissibility of the confessions O
one of the defendants. They were
ruled out by the Court, on th'
ground that the admissions of gull
had been taken under oath befor'
the Trial Justice.
Thursday was devoted to th'
trial of Jerry Coleman, colored
for the murder Of Adum Hackett
also colored. Messrs. Burt, Thorn
sou and Noble appeared for th'
defence, and General McGowal
assisted tie Solicitor. It appear
ed in proof that the parties ha'
quarrelled early in the evening, au'
after an interval Of two hours, tn
prisoner waylaid the deceased, OF
his way home, and renewing tn
quarrel, assaulted him with a club
and fractured his skull with
heavy blow. The jury after an abl
an exhaustive argument rendered
Il verdict of guilty. Notice wa
given Of a motion for New Trial
by the prisoners counsel.
In the case Of the State agains
Ben Ellis for assault and batter
with intent to kill, the jury brough
in a verdict of "not guilty.
wise conclusion as the parties wer
mere boys and there was nothin
in the case to warrant .judicis
investigation. A question moote
in the case was, as to the necessit
Of inserting a charge of the fele
nious intent in the Indictment
did this intent form one OF tn
essentials of the offence, or was
merely a circumstance of aggrava
ton? II the latter it is difficult t
see the necessity for alleging th
intent to kill.
The case Of the State vs.. Georg
r. Ransom, for grand larceny, wa
continued and sti1e tacias ISSUED
against the prosecutor for failure
to attend and prosecute. Rule'
were issued against M. Mcdonald
and L. II. Russell, proprietors O.
tavern groceries to show cause
wby they should not be indicted