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THE WORK OF THE COURT.
Sinners at the Dar of Justice Receive
Judgmcn cnt.

Judgment.
Court convened last Monday, Judge
J. D. Witherspoon presiding. Solic-
itor Orr, Steno ographer Aiken, Clerk
Conner, and Sheriff DuPre, are each
in their respective places. There
are about thirty cases to be disposed OF,
but nearly all Of them are of minor Of
fences. There is one murder case.
The grand jury has found the follow
ing true bills
George Washington and Squire
Frazier, carrying concealed weapons:
William Anderson, carrying con-
cealed weapons.
Abe Banks, larceny from the field.
Henry RuclSer, Henry Winn, and
Edward Bradford, assault with intent
to kill, and also against the same par
ties for house breaking in the hight
time and larceny.
Randall Partlow, murder.
James Addison, alias James Adam
son, larceny from the field.
Matthew Sloan, two bills for house
breaking in the day time, and larceny.
In one bill, however, q true bill was
only found on the second count.
Edward OutZ, assault and battery
with intent to kill.
James Chiles, two bills for house
breaking in the day time, and larceny.
Alexander Sherman, obtaining
goods under false pretenses.
Jane Pressly, house breaking in day
time and larceny-no bill.
No bill was found in the case of
Watt Wright, Fielding Smith, Wesley
Williams, Foster Newton, Jackson
Williams and Frank Latimore,
charged with riot and assault and bat
terry and also in the case Of Elvin
Voss, charged with malicious injury
to real property.
The father of his country, by name
George Washington, colored, was
brought into court, and being unable
to tell a lie, confessed that he had been
guilty carrying concealed weapon
in the nature of slung-shot. On ac-
count of his truthfulness, &C., his
Honor only gave him twenty-five dol
lars, or three months in the peniten-
tiary.
Squire Frazier had an old colts pis-
tol that he kept in his house to scare
people with when they bothered, and
never carried it concealed, but in his
hands, yet good and true witnesses tes-
titled otherwise, and the jury found
him guilty in short order, and the
Court gave him fifty dollars or six
months in the penitentiary.
James Addison, alias James Adam
son, wanted some corn, and he went
into his neighbor's field, and took
therefrom several bushels Of corn.
James was unable to secure the SER
vices of a lawyer. He defended him
self, but the facts were too heavy for
him to handle, and he fell beneath
their weight. He was given six
monthsin the penitentiary.
William Anderson had weapon
and carried it concealed about his per-
son, and, like George Washington,
plead guilty, and was given thirty dol
lars, or three months in the peniten-
tiary. RossDHU.
Matthew Sloan, charged with house
breaking in the day time and larceny
in two cases, was tried and found
guilty of larceny on both cases. In
one case he was sentenced to the peni-
tentiary for one year and in the other
for eighteen months.
On Tuesday morning Randall Part
low was put upon his trial, charged
with the murder of Allen Moragne, at
Mt. Carmel. The defendant claimed
that he killed Alfred in the heat and
passion caused by finding him in his
house with his wife. The jury found
Randall guilty of manslaughter. He
has not yet been sentenced.
Henry Rucker, a rough looking
customer, Henry Winn and Edward
Bradford, charged with hous breaking
in the night time and larceny and
with assault and intent to kill, were
placed in the. dock and pleaded not
guilty. Edward Bradford was the
only one able to procure the services
of lawyer. These parties broke into
the store of T. III. Graves. g. Co., at
Latimer. Mr.. Graves was notified
that his store was being broken open
and robbed, and when he went to the
front door one of the party. fired at
him with a gun and made their
escape.