The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-04-28
Jackson Superior Court.

We were in attendance on the Spring
Term of this Court during the first three
days of this week, and jot down a few
observations.
The attendance ofthe bar was unusally
large owing to the fullness of
the civil docket. Jackson court is the
focus of interest Tor the surrounding
Counties, much larger number Of land
suits being entered here for adjudication
than in all the other counties put togetH-
er, not from litigious inclination but
from force of circumstances Therefore
there is full gathering of clients from
HAYWOOD and from Swain, from Macon,
Clay and Cherokee; and "where the
carcass is, there will the eagles be gather
ed together" Lawyers flock in from all
these counties.
There were twenty-tour in al present
at this term, to wit: Solicitor Moody,
Moore, Hooker and Hampton of Jackson,
ex Judge Gudger, G. $. Ferguson, w. B.
Ferguson, Gilmer, Nurvell, Norwood,
| Smathers of Haywood, Fry, Fisher and
Leatherwood of Swain, Elias and Ray of
Macon, billiard of Cherokee, Cash and
Ducxworth of Transvlvania, W. w.
Jones of Buncombe, and Price of Row.
| an. To these may be added Cummings
and T. A. Jones of Buncombe, in charge
of the mandamus case from Buncombe,
| and Mr. Boyle, lawyer from Utica, n.
Y, engaged as counsel for Northern
house in a case pending in Jackson court.
In connection with the civil docket,
we may mention here, thai it was soon
disposed of, only one case being tried.
The others, or a majority of them, were
i kl,n hi Ich " n
principle involved in cases now before
the State Supreme Court.
The State docket was not u large or
important one, and was disposed of by
10 O'Clock Wednesday morni g. There
were two cases, however which created
much local interest. The first was that
against John NJ. Long, for cutting L. B.
Allison some time during the winter in
the progress of an affray. The defendant
is son of the Register of Deeds, and his
connections were large and influential,
and consequently the issue was awaited
with much anxiety. On Wednesday
morning, the Judge pronounced SEN
tence of four months Imprisonment at
hard labor in the county jail
The other case was the well known
one of Gen. f. K. Hampton, indicted for
shooting at Mr.. Boyden of Salisbury
come weeks aSD. In this case also, the
defendant submitted. Full statements
were made by both parties. Mr.. Boyden,
whose honorable name had been injuri-
ouSly ass -ciated with the imputation of
writing the wicked and cowardly anon
ymous letter which was the foundation
of the difficulty, was sigDally Vindicated,
not his own denial of the allegation was
accepted without hesitation, but the
testimony to his manly and honorable
character, from such distinguished wit
ness as Capt. Charles Price and Mr.. w.
w. Jones, demonstrated the lmpossibility
of his completely in an act so base. Gen.
Hampton candidly admitted that he had
cruelty wronged Mr.. Boyden by his
assumptions, and was satisfied that his
sensibility to the honor of his family had
made him a ready victim to the malice
of others. We are glad to say that after
the trial, mutual explanations were made,
and the parties cordially recOnciled.
Gen. Hampton was fined S25.
The members of the bar mostly re-
turned home on Thursday, the Judge
waiting untilithe next day, and then re-
turning home, there to spend the week
with his family previous to going to
Macon.
We shall have more to say of jackson
county in another issue. We write to-
day under pressure OF circumstances to
which we are compelled to yield.