The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-05-30
Charleston, South Carolina, to the
effect that he had not beea arrested and

Nnarieston, South Carolina, to the
effect that he had not beeri arrested and
wouldsnot allewshimseltFto beAarrestc d e
underor b. virtue tsf any aathorityyof
thisa Court thefsbyaspub hing g;3to tho
lawfabidiIg citizens ofsthe State, his
uttsr disregard Of law and good order,
auaf flacips' himself in cohtemptof this,
Court. &S
Sd; The defendant having denied the
jurisdiction Of this Court to either ar
rest or try him, should not be heard by
the Court through lis attorneys, until
he is taken into custody, or appear in
person and purgcs himself of said con
tempt. M gF {5fNFF
That on the 10Th inst, the Hon. D.
q. Chamberlain anu Hon. r.. B. Ell.
liott appeared lin open Court and repro.
scnted themselves as the attorney of the
dsfendnntsF.'J. MosassJr, and ,mosei
tins Court for two orders which fixed
this 29th day of May as, tho time, and
Oraageburg as the plaae of tia for the
aaid defendant, the other was for an
order for the severance Of the .defou ;.
dants on their trial. The State objc cted
to the Court graitin, either Of the
above mentioned oftlsrs. on the follow
n5 grounds: That the defendant M
scs was not in custody AMI hid not bc,n
arrested and that the Court shoull not
fix the day Of trial until after tn, State
was IN a position to pro luce the ac :u,o
and further that preliminary motio Is Of
this kind should mot Be en.ert aimed
until after the aYraihgbmcnt Of the
prisoner. LII urging the Court to grant
the SAID motions, tho slid attorneys rep
resented to your Honor that thew were
authorized by tair client Moses to
assure the Court that he Moses recoc
nized the full jurisdiction of this Court
to arrest aud try him for the said of.
fence, and they further assured the
Court that the defendant ,Mos.s w,ull
be this day present for the trial, AMI
upon these assurances the Conrt gran.
ted said motious and suspendel furth ,r
proceedings to cause the arrest of the
said Moses, since which tuna tho said
defendant in utter Disregard of Law and
Of the assurances made to this Coutt b v
the said attorneys. has c,lled out the
Militia of'the State for tho purpose oil
preventing the execution Of the process
Of this County thereby disre sar,liny the
oath Of his office which had been dnIy
admin:s tered by the Chief Justice Of
the State to the effect that he would
execute the laws aud noS violat, or
obstruct their enforcement.
9th. That in addition to the offence
for which the said dcfcn liant has been
iudictc1 he has adle,l the offence de.
scrlbcd in Section 4tChaptcr 1872 OF the
Rcvised ,Stat.ucsisof the State which
imposes punishment OF both fine anl
l;nprisonrio riont upop any one (inclul
ing Moses aud the Mi,itiu) Tor hin Ter
iag Oh obstructins an iii rin cxe:,tln
the warrant OF Til, Curt. Tas!.y
'nlso makes il the duty at ft,o Sheriff to
prosecute said oTeld.rs lor sl:,.
icbstruc,ions. -
These he v4. sped u,,o the
journll Of tic C,lrt, b,:.usa Ii. w.ls, |
to, b. right in this m,.t.r. TA3 p.,7l,
'hrou, ,5,lolt the coratry wsr, w,.ciin
its progress vi br.ath!as, anievi.t,
ana hc wanted to be proprlJ uldsr.
stood. Moses was in contempt. grossly.
of the Court, ind he could ut sec why
the Court shoull hesitate so to de .i,io
Mr.. NJ o;sa OF Sumter followed on the
side Of the Governor lie was hers to
say that no true bill had BEEN four d
against Noses, and therefore no bench
warrant had been issu sd, aud could not
be issued. lie had great respect for,
law. lie could not live withoutit Hi,
speech was high soun ling, but did not
contain tnuoh law. ,..-
The Court here took recess for
dinner. At o'clock P. Nj. it again
convened SGent ral Elliott who stated
that Mr.. Chamb,rl.in would MT speak,
desired to know at this st ,se of tbs pro
coclihgs who had the reply. lie s,i d
that until the Court decided rs to the
question Of jurisdiction raised, motion
to continue could not be hoard.
| Solicitor Buttz could not understand
the position Of counsel. They were
only allowed to be heard through cour.
t esy, as friends to the Court, ani coull
not understand how tho Court could
regard them as properly representing
a right to speak in defense o:
Moses The Judge had said that 10
would hear Noise because he desired to