Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-07-02

for the greater comfort and CONVEX
ence of the bar, the suitors, the wi
Ecsses. and the officers of the Cour
1 The railing, intended to keep Il
8 crowd, which usually makes the con
room 50 uncomfortable, from pressir
up against the bar, thereby annoyir
the profession, has been moved bac
to greater distance than it w,
heretofore, which arrangement give
more space to those who have hus
ness, III which TO transact it; at til
same time it diminishes the snac
which is allotted to the idle lookers-o,
and consequen ~ diminishes the nun
Der of such idlers. The change ba
been made by the Sheriff, at the sue
gestlon OF the Judge, since the las
term of the Court, as we learn.
THE GRAND JURY
was sworn and His Honor delivere
his charge. 1t was generally remarke,
10y the memb ers of the bar and other
who have been in the habit of attend
ing the courts of New Hanover tina
the grand jury had the appearance O
beng unusually intelligent and res
pectable, more SO tLan any, perhaps
which has been brought together unde
the present regime The following is s
list of their names:
Is. i. Mitchell, Foreman, Roger r
Sullivan, Morris Bear, Emanuel Trus
dale, Isaac Spicer, G. G Morse. Geo
| ii. jackson, John A. Everett, Jesse
Ives, James Loftin, Hezekiah Reid
| Alexander Rostler, Samuel Baxter, It,
}. Switzerland, Daniel NJ. Sp,ith. G..
g. Switzerland, l.. J. Thornton,
john J. Forrest.
JUDGES CHARGE.
His exposition OF the criminal law
was most full and clear, and contained
within It's scope the entire criminal iu-
r1sprudence OF the State 50 far as it
could be condensed within the limits
CT an address to the jury of reasonable
length we have no purpose to at
tempt ITS reproduction IN this report,
II b,1ug addressed to the body who
were chiefly to be governed by 1t, and
who no doubt gave 1T careful and an
Intelligent hearing.
We are glad to note, however, that
HIS Honor saw tit to draw the atteu-
ton Of the GRAND Jury to the condl-
tlou and treatment OF prisoners Ill
jail. lie showed them that while prisO-
ners Were confined in Jail they were
cOnhned there for a purpose In the
Law SOme were cOut1ueu as Ii punish
meut, whist some were only detained
therein Tor safe keeping, III order that
they migut be forthcoming when the
Courts demanded them for trial. ut
Whatever might be the cause of their
Imprisonment, the law required that
they should be treated with Justice
and humanity, and not with severity
and indlgnlty. Their Imprisonment
must be carried out according
to law, and by legal process.
When man was confined i'll
jail he could not be taken out
except 1T be under legal process and
for lawful purpose. Whilst thus
confined, he Was III the custody and
care OF legal authority, aud no officer
uuder any pretense could offer HIM al
lndignlty or compel HIM TO leave the
place OF his confinement except IL
to judicial authority.
The Judges charge occupied about
l ] hours Ill It's delivery, beng closed
at half past II, =. M, at which hour
His Honor lett the BEECH, directing
the Clerk to keep the Court open for
the swearing OF witnesses to go before
the Grand Jury, until o clock p. N.
There are seventyhye cases already
on the criminal docket, OF Which two
are Tor murder. The remainder are
under the heads OF libel,
larceny, forgery, obtaining goods un-
der false preJences, peace warrants,
assault and battery, malicious mis-
chlsf, attray, staying an election, bas
tardy. embeZzie ment, It ut OA12tC
gc3tuS. We believe ali the magistrates
and officers, who Were on the boards oil
asseSaUrS, figure on the criminal docket.
Besides this goOdIy array OF crlnll-
mails, there are great Dumber OF cases
to come before tie Grand jury at tins
Term, aud these, no doubt, will swell
the docket to twice the size 1t LOW Is
before the Solicitor gets through with
it. Among these latter are the cases OF
Snow and burgess, charged with the
murder OF the negro Jackson.
The following cases We're disposed
VI during the afternoon:
State VS.. joe White, for larceny,
verdict guilty.
State W.. Isaac Heishburg, for as
sauit and battery with pistol Case
and judgment suspended on
OF costs.
State VS.. the Same, for forfeited re-
cognizance. Sci F0. Case dismissed
Oh payment of costs.
State vs.. General Bell Green, on
peace warrant. Case dismissed at
costs.
The following cases were disposed
of III this COris Tuesday
State VS.. VIM. Patrick and Joseph
G.. Walker, for burning n out house.
Not pros as to Patrick and Walker not
having been taken an alias cakius was
issued.
State VS.. Marion Wade, for bastardy.
Case dismissed on payment of costs.
State VS.. General Bell Green, for
forfeited recCgnIzance. Judgment
fined according to recognizance.
State VS.. Fanny BrewIngton, for for
felted recognizance. Judgment final
to recognizance.
State VS.. Fanny Brewington, for
Verdict guilty. Judg-
ment defendant to pay fine of $50
and costs.
AnOL pros was entered in each of the
six cases III which various magistrates
in the county were arranged for fail
ure to make report to the Board of
County Commissioners OF the condl-
ton of the Roads and Bridges.
The following cases were disposed
of in this Court Wednesday:
State VS.. Calvin Boykin, for bas-
tardy. Verdict not guilty.
State VS.. Henry Robson, for lar
ceny. BY consent of defendants
counsel u juror was withdrawn and u
new trial was ordered.
State VS.. c. Ii. Strobe, J. W.
Whitney and J. A. Ashe, for assault
and battery. Verdict guilty as to
Strobe and Whitney and not guilty as
to Ashe.
State VS.. Luke Brown, for assault
and battery. Defendant called and
failed. Judgment 2ist.
County Convention.
HDORs. CENTRAL Elk. Com,
Democratic Conservative Party,
New Hanover County, Whining
ton n c. June 80 1875.