The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-01-12

Aiken last week. When Judge Mahe,
was about to open court at that place
one of the members of the Aiken b,,
nrose, and briefly stated to the Cour,
mat certain rumors were abroad that tbe
preseatlury, both grand and petit, was
mot legal jury; or, in plain words, that
the y-box had been tampered with,
'and, on behalf of the members of the bar.
asked that the Court inquire into the
matter, and that such orders be made as
ahe Court deemed proper.
Judge Maher stated that he had rad
'of these suspicious, md heard the rumors.
He immediately ordered that the Jury.
box be brought into court, and that p.
b. Williams, the former jury comm,s.
sioner; E. p steney, the present iurv
: commissioner; w. H. Wise, the auditor,
: and w. F. Carston, the chairman of the
board of commissioners, be Immediately
, summoned before him. The jury. box
was soon in court, with an old cpyelope
sealed over fire lock.
Judge Maher appointed committee
CT hTSers, to count the names remainiup
undrawn from the jury box, make g list
-of the same, also to make lists of the
jurors drawn at the May and September
terms and the present jury lists, and to
compare them with the original iurv
7is.s. - -
On the original list there were two
. hundred and ffty. nine names of Jurors
ABOUT half of whom were white and half
coiored. The examination showed that
on the present petit jury there were
eleven names not appearing on the orig
lnal list; on the grand jury six parocs mot
'on the list, besides eighty-one names of
those who were on the jury or remaining
IN the box, which did not appear on the
hst. Forty names also, which,had been
In the box, could net lie accounted for.
Upon the hearing of their report, the
Judge declared thejury to be an illegal
zone, and dismissed all of the iur ors before
they were sworn or their names called
Ihe court also instructed Solicitor Wiz
gins to prepare bench warrant for tho
. alres' OF all on the board of jury CON-
missioners, Stoney, Carston and wise
eacn OF whom were bound over to appear
at thc sltting of .he next court TO ansror
such indictments as may be found
against them.
ine Judge, in most feeling ,ui7
.anl nots "a MP n,ier. spoke to the members Q,
- v.J, explaining to them that they
- - lot to be blame for beng present
~ rors he told them in substance
At they had been brought there BIZ
designing men, who hoped to find O,
10 make them tools in accomplishing
certain ends, and that they should reseri res
this attempt to operate upon Them
What could he say of the persons who
q had tampered with the jury boz fbus
seek ing TO murder Justice itself in it's own
temple, and upon its very affairs. II was
wonder to him that the lightnipgs O,
heayen did not strike down such ;nfa.
{ NOUS and fou! beings. IT IS the moo,
men especially who win feel this tamper.
ing with justice. Everything else NAV
DE pad and corrupt, but as long as the
"a tizens have the courts in which to seek
protection and safety they, can live and
! .,lope.s AS long as he had sat upon the
Z pench he had en6savored, to administe,
and uphold justice, and as long as he
continues to sit upon tins bench justice
impartial justice, must and shall be free.
y rendered to all. -4gaes 9se .so
AS SION as the Governor heard oi
: rtese proceedings he removed the county
auditor and jury commissioner. ~.
80 1he State Central Commfttes of tbs