The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-11-26
THE EDGEFIELD LYNoHINo.

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." THE EDGETIELD LYNoHINa.
Proeeedings In the Court OF sessions.-ybo
v Trial Postponed, and tho Prisoners Adj
mitted to Bail.
AS already stated, the grand Jury of
Edgetield found u sttrue bill" against
all tue parties charged with the killing
OF CuIbreath. When the indictment
was read to the prisoners, their coun-
SCI interposed motion to quash it on
,dinercht grounds, eighteen in number,
winch may be summarized as follows:
l.. That the copy of the indictment
furnished them by tho clerk OF Court
was not true copy.
2. a challenge to the array or panel
OF the grand jury.
.. The objections TO the validity of
the grand jury because somc of the
jurors were removed and some excused
and others were instituted in their
places.
4. "A motion to quash the indictment
because Of defects in certain of the
counts.
The State, through the Attorney
General, answered these objections,
denying that any one of them was
tenable in law.
The argument Of the questions in
volved in the defendants motion COM
menccd before Judge Hudson on
Thursday morning.
An hour was spent in technical
skirmish over points involving the
order in which argument should be
heard. The defence then proceeded to
open the case, Major Gary delivering
the oponing argument in their behalf.
lie delivered splendid legal argu-
ment, absolutely free from ANYTHING
like sensational appeals, but confined
entirely to the legal grounds upon
which the plea Of the defendants was
based. lie was followed by Attorney
General Miles, who likewise addressed
himself wholly to the discussion of the
legal questions involved in the case.
Mr.. Mics took occasion, however, in
passing, to make q public acknowledge
mcnt of his Indebtedness to the coun-
sci associated with him, Messrs. Bon
ham ~ Bonham, and Gary u Evans,
for the valuable aid which thev had
extended TO him in the preparation of
the case
General M. G. Butler closed the al
gumcnt for the defence in a yery
strong speech. Where human life, he
sad, was concerned, it would not do
to come into Court and say that the
solemn Injunction of the law should be
trif1cd with. Before man can be put
on trial for his life every provision.
every injunction of the law, must be
strictly and scrupulously complied
with. The State could suffer no
dctrlmcnt by having the law strictly
enforced. The citizen could suffer no
uctriment and would, besides, have no
excuse for taking the law in his own
hands.
Judge Hudson then delivered his de-
clslon orally, sustaining the State in
every particular aid overruling all the
points made by the defendants, after
which the Court adjourned for. dinner,
the defendants giving notice of ex-
ceptions to the ruling of the Court.
The defence next moved to quash
the panel of petit jurors, alleging vari-
Gus Irregularities, and argument was
heard. Shortly afterwards, this mo-
tlon to quash was abandoned. The
defendants counsel then moved that
the trial of the case be postponed till
the next term Of Court, on the ground
or the absence of &c number of their
witnesses and the expected absence Of
observation-disclosures Sheppard, one
OF the counsel, and Senator Talbert,
one OF ;hc defendants. Attorney
General Miles said he considered that
the motion was addressed entirely to
the discretion of the Court. The State,
he added, was ready for trial.
After hearing the views of all the
counsel, Judge Hudson granted the
motion and continued the case.
A motion was then made to admit
al the defendants to bail, and the de-
tcndants' counsel spoke a. some length
ON this. The Encouragement said
that it was simply his duty, as the
officer of the State, to call the atten
tlon Of the Court to the law on the
subject. The States attorneys, he
said, were glad that the responsibility
was on the shoulders of the Court,
Ihcy made no active resistance to
the motion, as they did not feel it to
be III the line of their duty.
Judge Hudson said that he regarded
the circumstances of this case as some
what extraordinary and peculiar, and
without expressing an opinion as to
the weight Of evidence in the case he
would admit all the defendants to bail
IN the sum of 800 each.