, 1878-11-09
FeBdie;oD Correspondence.
PESDLEroS, October 81, Is,

EpIToR STaTEsMAN.-ln the case o
Lewis Smith, who was on trial YESTERDAY
( for stealing horse, the jury brought il
a verdict OF guilty after being out shor
/ time.
| Lawrence Isiey. who was found guilty
of larceny at former term of the court
and broke jail and made his escape along
with '-Cayrse Reynolds before sentenc,
vas passed upon him, having been caugh,
short time ago, was brought into court
to-day and sentenced 10 eighteen months
III the penitentiary.
The grand jury brought in an indict,
ment against Dennis Brassfield charging
him with mansaughter in the killing oi
John Knott at Umatilla Landing, last
August. He is gnite a young man, and
II appears that deceased WAS beating MS
father and he interfered to protect his
father and killed Knott.
In tie case Of Capt E. ". Baughman,
for the killing Of Patrick Wheian, the
grand Jury have indicted him for murder
IN the second degree He was bound over
for manslaughter. Nearly all Of the Off
GERS who We're on the boat at the time of
the homicide are here as witnesseSS for
the d fcuce. but there are only two Of
the witnesses for the prosecution present
As To who is at fault for this am unable
to say. 1t appears that at the time of
the examination at the Dailes, some Of
the witnesses for the state after they had
been examined went ont TO get supper
and the have not yet returned, hence
they are not under bonds to appear 1T
this term OF the court
The case of J. u. Boran VS. Umatiila
comfy was dismissed on motion II the
defendant. From this case 4 good lesson
can be learned i'll law The chairman of
the board OF commissioners ont Of term
time and without the order of the hoard
contracted with Bowman to builda bridge
This was afterwards accepted by the
board and an order drawn on the treasurer
for The sum they allowed Bowman
thought this was not enough and brought
suit. Judge Macarthur held that the ac-
ton could hot be maintained and Bow
man MIS- not entitled 10 receive anything
from the county. That. there was no
contract made by the beard for the
building Of the bridge, and that none
could he implied from the work being
done with materia! furnished or from the
board accepting the work That all work
0i this kind inust be done by lettin. the
same to the lowest bidder at public auc-
tioIi. Tiat the word ntay let the con-
tract must be construed rs meaning na,s>t
let at auction to the lowest bidder,
etc
The case of }. C. Disosway ana 5. j.
Morse VS. John Morrissey is now on trial.
The defendan: III this ease has gone ITO
the l1,;ian country from whose l0urn
no traveller returns virtuous and few
rich. He has left his attorneys without
a client ana your reporter without . sub-
ject % prosecute. This is the same man
who was charged with stealing band of
sheep, and Was turned loose in Walia
Walla by Judge Wingard about q month
a@o.
Mr. Bycrs, the miller, who IS well
known IN Waiia Waiia, and has many
friends there. l:;:s Just met with serious
accident. He was clearing a burr in the
mil and sot hishand caught in the burr
some way. The hand and part of the arm
below the elbow WAS crushed. and the
doctors say that it viii have to be ampu-
| tatel Il little below the shoulder Mail is
abont TO go and must close. iiore 10
| morrow REPoRrEE-