Daily Republican., 1882-11-21
COUNTY COURT.
GASES DISPOsED or YES
FHB BOonYAFTEREOON-RAY.
T.T HIS OWN COUNSEL


.., ,ocouyenej at 8 o'clock yester
OOul;S ;,aTnoon, but did not transaC
lN snSiness S until about $50 O'Clock
ny :" D was then drawn and the cas-
lSiys Syst.te n ys. Dennis showell, indie
4 ~ Sor assault in shooting into q Grove
g "n y" At MiddleLowr on the 10Th 0
msa oat was taken up for trial L. G
uSSsvrift, uSd Esq for the State. JohI
4 IpSr9adford, Esq for the defense.
,l"anh VI. Geary testified that OF
JOSsSbIt J'iabt Of the 10Th of August, he saw
I,isoner firing . pistol up an alley
HniSS there we're ten or twelve men
sD'SI sl"S tour or Ave shots, don't know
OIths men that were In tho alley,
have mot been able TO ascertain
ssa q. ~ituess was subjected to q strict
lu0 sramination BY MIR. Bradford,
osnssd him 10 contradict himself
U.vsraI material points.
No other witnesses were examined
.,,SS, & of whom knew who had fired
I stotS, although they bad both
ard the reports.
y" l,n.,,sS who testifi, d that sbowell
IN ,bsIr company from 9 O'Clock Of
TiShi on which the shooting is
.,sd % have taken place Until The
IogipS morning, ,
T,"TstIa John Bor, oolored, testified
,he was Ut lne house where
"v.l stay ed, anu he remained there
risbt In answer to question by
Vsndeprift respecting the time she
i,ed she said that she had not gone
he'd that night.
NJ yapdegrift addressed the jury
tbe proseCutiop, and was followed
Mr. Bradford for the defence.
When he closed his argument the
\ were charged by Tbe Court tDaL If
n entertain reasonable doubt they
n give the prisoner the benefit of it.
n f4O o'clock the jury retired, and
an absence of twenty
|Dutes returned with o verdict of not
Inv. The prisoners acquital was no
IN due tc Mr.. Bradiord's able
hence.
lad, VS., Isaac Hayden, indicted for
larceny of q key was then taken
Austin Harrington, Esq for the
e.
n Harrington stated to the iury
at be expected to prove, ana called
lliam Guthrie, who after being
brn testified that he IL . carriage
Inner at the establishment Of Jones
Dhfis g. Co. On the 14th Of Novsm-
be was employed in an upper room,
heard bell that is connected with
office RUG; went down stairs and
hd Hayden In the office, and ordered
ont. Shortly alter he was gone
bed tho key belonging to the Office
had him arrested on suspicion
ealing IL. The prisoner cOnduo ed
oWn case, and cross questioned the
ne:s with the evident intention of
wing that he could not identify the
IL proved q failure however, as
witness said that he could identify
key among hundred on account OF
aiD marks that were upon 1t.
6Cer Andrew Moore testified to ar
hg Hayden, and tindirg tho key in
possession,
b prosecution rested with these
nesses and Hayden addressed the
in his own defense.
le Gontendel that when he entered |
office he found the doors standing |
, aud also the fire proof safe, and |
that II his intention had been 10
he could easily have taken the
Fables from the safa. He said that
pund the Fey lying outside the
and II be had not been drinking
Foulu rot have gone 'heTe at all.
" jury retired and returned in a
minutes with verdict Of guilty,
we're discharged until 10 o'clock
morning.
2 witnesses in the case of David
Ion indicted for carrying con cealed
y weapons were dismissed, and
gaSe continued until next term.
aac Hayden was sentenced 10 paw
sntS restitution money, The costs Of
sCution' 10 whipped on next Sat
WlIn ten lashes, undergo an i'm
nmelt OF three months, and wear
wet jacket six months after his
se' Court then adjourned until
morning.