The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-26
CONSTABLE BROWNS HEARING.
he Was Charged With obstructing the
Service of United States Warrant.


Service of a United States Warrant.
| The case against Joe Brown. colored.
constable IN Justice Elsinger's court,
| charged with obstructing the service Of
| United States warrant, was called be-
| fore United States Commissioner NJ. A.
| Connolly in the grand jury room in the
custom house yesterday morning at 10
/ O'Clock.
By request Of Mai. ". T. Gary, district
attorney, Mr.. P. J. O'Connor appeared for
the United States and Mr.. Paul f. Sea-
brook represented the defendant. The wit
nesses for the defendant were Officer
Moses Lilienthal and Justice Elsinger
Officer Lilienthal knew practically moth
ing about the circumstances of the case,
as he was not present at the time that
Deputy Marshal Hayward called on
Brown to aid him in arresting the Of
fender, Renty Green, against whom the
warrant in the case was sworn out on
a charge of larceny Of tools from the
United States snagboat Satilla.
Justice Elsinger testified in Browns be-
half He said Brown was constable ap-
pointed by him, and had worked as such
about a year and half. He stated that
at the time the deputy marshal called on
Brown to go with him, Brown had several
warrants to serve from his court He
stated that warrants were not recorded
at his court until arrests under them were
made He testified also that he might
have said at the time that s. was not
a large enough reward for Browns SER
vices in aiding the deputy to apprehend
the man wanted. Brown denied that the
deputy said anything about the payment
of s. when he called on him to go with him
and make the arrest. The commissioner
called his attention to the statement that
haa do HHr Tue N1g4va md
warned him that charge of perjury
might be preferred against him. The wit
nesses had been sequestered and Brown
did not know what the others had testi-
fed to.
Depty Marshal Hayward told a straight
story about the affair He said he had
called on Brown to go with him to make
the arrest. Brown acknowledged to hav-
ing made sort of an agreement with the
deputy. Deputy Marshal Hayward said
when he went to the Office after Brown,
Justice Elsinger would not let the consta-
BILE go. He said he then called on him in
the name of the United States to go with
him to serve the warrant and Brown re-
fused to 60 Brown denied that he had
been deputized to go with the officer
Venus Green, the wife of the man who
was wanted, was summoned by the United
States as a witness but was not sworn.
The substance of her statement, which
effect that Brown had met her husband
on the Thunderbolt road Tuesday, Oct
18th, during the time in which the United
States warrant was out, and that Green
had paid Brown 50 in consideration of the
agreement that he be not arrested under
a warrant issued from the justice court
She said her husband told her that he was
to pay Brown a dollar or two every now
and then to prevent his arrest.
Brown noticed her as he went into the
court room and in his statement to the
court he said she had come to the office
and got after him for taking money
from her husband instead of serving the
warrant for him and placing him under
arrest. Brown stated positively that he
and never accepted or received any money
from Renty Green.
The accusation against Brown was
brought under section 4722 of the code of
Georgia. The United States statutes pro-
vide that the method of procedure in the
United States courts shall be the same as
for the state courts in the states where
they re located. The commissioner took
the matter under advisement and reserved
his decision in the case