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TIE COURT.
The Charge of the Judge.--A Note Of
Some Of the Work Which has Been

Nome Oh the NOrR "hicsi iA"S "eS"
Done.
The Court of General Sessions convened last
Monday ut 10 O'Clock I'm extra session., Judge
jaime =. Cochran rrcsidin..
The Clerk called the grand jury. nut OWING
to the bad weather only eleven answered 10
their names. Later on anoihrr g,aha JUROR
came In anu the acting Solicitor, NJ. l.. BON
nam. Jr., Esq, proceeded to have witnesses
for the State called, but very few answered
and another delay was thus occasioncu. INC
Clerk next called the roll of petit Jurors and
twenty-five were found to he present.
Mr.. J. T. simmons was excused ON account
of the sickness of his wife and child.
Mr.. W. Cunningham had served m the
grand jury In lsa IL was therefore eAcuseu
by law. ,,rr s,h,.
That YOU gentlemen of the grand jury lEtFo
been called mp TO attend this extra term AZ tne
solicitation Of the members OF the par. VINO
on account of the excess o. criminal business
! asked for this term. 1t speaks well for you
gentlemen that while the weather Is 80 very
bad that so many Of you arc present this
morning s.o1 rh, ssr snoY hSr t n yc Sis a, a , Gr t," as i
gives them 81 chance 10 learn inc linporttnce
Of their position. Hal you not been mere l'st
Spring and summer you wettd nol nave oert'
so much Impressed with the idea OF the IN.
portancc of your office. Being Il year In once,
Sitting under tho instruction OF Judges, ~ Is
natural that you acquire experience ana IL
knowledge Of the necessity OF attending 10
vonr duties promptly. After giving the jurors
Instructions generally rs to their duties, &c,
his Honor stated that there were crimes winch
no one desired TO prosecute ana tl,ese GRIMES
this very fact. The office OF the informer Is
not 4 peasant one, but you MS jurors shoulu
feel no conjunction about doing this: MS II IS
vour duty TO do so. Such cases us affect tie
citizen individually and directly are prose.
cuted, but those that affect the public are not
unless you take upon yourselves 10 40 so.
Such crimes as adultery, iornicatton. carrying
~ [ 10 Az n 4 n ~
mort whenever a knowledge OF them is In
your possession. and 10 bring them to the Mt.
%tcntl0n of the Court, and no odinm Will at
tach to you as you wou!d SIMPLY ne uoihs
yOur duly as grand jurors. While IN some
sections OF the state the citizens had deemed
it necessary to nforcc til" law without The aid
or tho Court. He congratulated the grand
ju,y that such had not been the case In Ahbe-
Vile. aud If YOU and the petit jurors will TO
your duty there will be no danger OF such a
thing happening here. II You will do Your
duty 1t will have n wlio!cSrfhc cilcct. lou
must la law, and If you do not have good
law, you viii have bud law, and IL you do not
hav good law tho citizens Will n the mat
ter in hand and execute the law. Such n
Court, the grand jury and :he petit Jurors
must DO their duty. He congratulated them
that no such violent and unlawful means had
he en- resOrtcd 10 here TO punish crime. lie
court as his was his home and he desired
first to brush the trash from hisown dOornnd
he also desired to aid the Par in reaching
their civil business In October, BY this pres
sure of criminal business, civil justice Is tie
laycd and you have been brought up here 10
clear away this criminal business.
The case OF the State against Nathaniel Lee
md kntie Lee, charged with obtaining goous
under false p]retcnccS was mol pressed.
The acting Solicitor mol pressed the case OF
the State against Henry Wilson and Eliza Al
cxnnder. CHARGED with burning the house OF
The first ease tried was that OF the State
against Tom Fisher and Sellick Fisher, chnrg-
cd with non.rayment OF poll tax. Inc case
came up under appeal from trial Justice court.
1t seems that Mr.. +. W. CrOmcr paid the tax
cs Of the defendants with the undcrs' andlng
that they were TO work for him and thus re.
pay the money. This they failed 10 DO ana
Mr.. Cronicr then demanded his money OF the
County Treasurer and 1t was refunded to him.
Then this action was brought. Inc trial JUS
ticc found the PARTIES guilty and his Honor
sustained him. Mr. Z. Il. Gary, for defend
ants. Will take IN appeal 10 tho supreme
Court. .
Lem LaFnycttcc undertook to gently chas-
tisc his wife, TO which proceeding she dcm9r-
red and complained 10 4 trial justice VINO
forth wit had him arrested, tried and con.
viclcd of assault and battery. Lafayette by
his attorney, Mr.. :. {. Cnson, appealed TO this
Court and his Honor sustained the TRIAL JUS
tice as being emtnently correct.
Joe Tatuni, charged with grand larceny.
pleaded guilty, and sentenced 10 two years IN
the pcnitcnliary at hard labor. -.
Tile case against Frank Keller for gambling
was carried over rs there was a prospect OF q
compromise. Mr.. +. B. Gary apl cared Tor The
defendant.
The case against jesse Williams, charged
with violation OF the peace. came up on an APP
peal and the decision OF the trial justice was
reversed on the ground that no offence was
charged. Mr.. W. n. Grnydon for the defend
ant.
Butler Jones was nrralgned and plead guilty
to granddaughter. and be was sentenced TO inc
.Nop itnnfi.lry fur ton n.f nj huTI labor.
The next case taken up was that of the state
against Phil Carter, chnrgeti with house break
ing ana grand larceny. MessrS; C;!son 4 Lon.
ham appeared for the defendant, who WAS
found guilty. Sentence not given pending
motion for new trial.
Charles Haddon and Frank Starke, charged
with assault and battery of q high and agra
waited nature and assault and buttery with in.
tent 10 kill, were found guilty OF assault n
battery Of u high and aggravated nature.
Messrs. u. II. Magill and Hempllll y Calhoun
represented the defendants.
Fed Derlin was put upon his trial for carry
ing concealed weapons and found NOT guilty.
Messrs. Hen,phill & Calhoun for defendant.
Lee Nash pleaded guilty to burglary and
was sentenced tc two years In the penitcn-
liary. -.
Sentence In the cose of Charles Haddon md
Frank Stark was not passed pending motion
for Il new trial and arrest Of Judgment.
ccalcd weapons and assault and battery OF n
high and aggravated nature, found guilty OF
carrying concealed weapons. Fined So. Not
guilty US to second charge.
TRUE BILLS.
Fed Devlin, carrying concealed weapons.
7. Lucien Douglass, assault and buttery OF q
high and aggravated nature.
Frank Keller, gambling.
Joe Tatum. grand larceny.
Butler Jones. murder.
Phil Carter, house breaking and grand lar.
ceny.
Charles Haddon and Frank Stark, assault
and battery with intent to kill.
George Agncw, assault ard battery OF O high
and aggravated nature.
Calvin Williams md Eliza Williams, as
sanlt and battery with intent 10 kill.
Willie Logan, assault and battery Of a high
and aggravated nature.
Henry Heard, Sarah Heard and Alice john
son, assault and battery with intent to XIII.
William Jones alias Babe jones.
Ben Moselcy. carrying concealed weapons.
Lee Nash. grand larceny.
Jonah Williams, malicious injury 10 house.
NO BILLS.
Archibald Kennedy md F.. Patton Kenne-
dy, assault and battery OF u high and aggra-
waited nature.
Drhlia jordan, Matthew Presley and Geo.
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