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July 8, 1797.
HE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
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j W. FEW.
Burks CoXtnty, Su
fjH O fCouR.T, March Term 1797.
If ? Murder of E.
Bwne Manderfon. j Bailey.
■ftpeared in evidence that the pri-
Ipd been drinking of brandy, and
D the house of the deceased with
■ charged with a dollar cut in fc-
Bees, and after enquiring for the
Bl and faying that hi* gun was
B on purpose to kill her, 'he went
B house, called her a witch, used
fcous and threatening language
B provocation on her pan. The
std went out of the house and the
B followed n«d fhtfx -hex ai the
■the house—the deceased fell and
■ a few minute*. The prisoner
pfeffed the fad and signed his con-
I before a justice, faying at the
le knew his coufdfion would be
Be again!! him.
■fence of the prisoner it was prov-
I he had many years ago, by a
Bm his horse, fraftured his Ikull
him of the sense of fmel
tnd that his mind was at times de
an d his intellectual powers i.na
panKutariy while iifw.vieateA
diately after intoxication. That
very much negle&ed his own in
md from a state of tolerable af
le was, by his want of capacity,
to indigence; but in every ii
of life, he had supported the
rofinduftry, honesty, end pro-
That during his imprisonment, he
tly prevented the other criminals
taping, by giving timely intor
to the goa‘er; and his whole con
hile in confinement, was fub
and marked with reflirude, fre- ;
confeffing that be had killed the
because he thought her a witch,
he would as zn honfcft man fub
the laws of his country; and it
»ear that he would not, when it
his power, attempt to make his
vhen several opportunities offered,
ras found guilty and sentenced ac
, _
Save Term.-
State, 1
vs. > Horse Stealing,
lard Cochran. )
E profeentor having loft a horse
ed the prisoner had ftoien him ;
ter some time was told tfat the
r had said that he woold find the
she was fnrnifhed with some mo
bear his expences; and when the
er was apprehended he confeffed
i had taken the horse and convey -
1 to South-Carolina, and left him
effion of a man who lived there,
rifoner was kept in custody by the
utor who went with him to South
na, and there the prisoner deliver
profecutor his horse.
1 prisoner was found guilty and
ced accordingly.
liNCrpH County, April Terrriy
*797*
State, >
ys. > Horse Stealing.
1 Dunham Brown, j
lEprlfoner's confeflion was the on
itive evidence against him, and he
led and under apprebenfion of fear
hs confeffed—he waa therefore
aot guilty.
Jefferson County, April 31 rm
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State, 11
vs. C Mutter. \
Wm. M*Dowell, 3 \
THE killing did not appear to be pk
meditated, and there was great provoclk
tion given by the deceased-. T
The prisoner was found not guilty, f (
Waßren County, Mey Term, renl \
State, ) \ '
vs. > Horse Stealing.
Daniel ButleT. 3
JAMES Chriftmafs, the only evidence
in behair or rne ita»e, provett itie con
feffion of the prisoner’s taking and appro
priating ; but the credibility of his evu
denhe was questioned, and the jury said
not guilty.
Richmond County, Superior Court,
June Term, 1797,
State. • ;
VS. ' 1
Ezekiel Harris, ( .
John Turman, f Mur “ er ’
Joseph Stiles & 1 *
Rice. *'
IT came ont in evidence that the pfi
foners apprehended the deceased without
a warrant, on suspicion of several crimes,
which afterwards appeared to be mostly
unfounded. That the parties had all
drank spirits pretty freely, and the de- ,
ceased was tied, and on a horse taken
the deceased was untied and off his horse.
The prisoners there threatened to punish
him if he did not confefs, but no vio
lence was efed nor did they threaten to
take his life. The witness left the par
ties there, and the deceased was found
dead three weeks after, about one mile
from the place, with a rope on his neck,
and by the limb of a tree over him it
appeared as if he had been hanged. The
charafter of the deceased was infamous.
Thejury found the prisoners not guilty.
Same Term.
State, 1
vs. > Murder.
Hughs Thompson. 3
THE prisoner was fecn in company of
the deceased, who was armed with a
drawn sword, and both of them intoxi
cated were travelling together, and on
the road not far distant from where they
were seen, two men were difeovered at a
distance apparently quarrelling, and the
deceased was there found dead, and had
been wounded with n sword. The pri
soner was pursued and apprehended on
suspicion; and on examination conftffed
that he had killed the deceased in bis
own defence. It appeared that the pri
soner and deceased were from the state of
Spoth-Carolina, and the deceased was of
bad charafteT, and had said that he in
tended to take the property of the pri
soner at the nfk of his life, and that he
would divide his money.
The jury found the pufoner guilty of
manslaughter.
Same Term.
State, 1
vs. > Horse Stealing.
John Lewis. 3
THE prisoner wa3 apprehended with
the horse at Cambridge, in South Caio
lina, and confeffed that he had taken the
horse, and that he belonged to the pro
fccutor.
The prisoner was found guilty and sen
tenced accordingly.»
Columbia County, Superior Court,
June Term, 1797.
State, )
vs. > Horse Stealing.
Amos Shepherd. 3
1 IX appeared by the evidence of ihe /
GEORGIA.
prosecutor that he had loft K * n< J
fufpeding the prisoner, r' ued hlra and
found the horse in hi r y Ve(fioD '
In defence V* P ? vcd
that he K 1^ latcd V th ! he
tor v* had fre 9 ucntl y acknowledged
iP question belonged t h c
Jifov.et. He was found not guiry. ,
11 Ten Dollars Rewa/a.
t?TRA\tD or Rolen,/ «• !
bay HCKSE, with a Jloit on his fore
head, branid with the jigurt £ on his
'fawMting jpulder, as also on his near'
pMccfc. 7*c above reward will be given
jo any perjt who will deliver hin to the
yub/enber, tnd no questions ajked.
j j HENRY SMERHON.
NO TIC E. ’ '
)f ITHREAS my wife ANN
JV V ZIN, has eloped from my bed
and board fyife art therefore to jor warn
all and everyyjon form trading , dealing
or harbourinlcr, as none of her contraQs
will be paid | HENRY ZINN.
June 29, [797.
Noticiis hereby given,
HpHAT ifter the expiration ol
nine m nths froth the date hereof, an
application 11l be made to the honorable t
the inferior cdyrt of Elbert county, for an
NunntlU , ’the benftt of the heirs of
Joseph Akin* dec . in terms of the law in
Juch case made and provided.
SARAH AKIN, Adm’x,
THOS. AKIN, Adm’u
June 16, 1797,
~ T R As S.
pOR some time the following
fray cattle have used with trty Jtock at
toy mills; the owners can get them by
proving their property and paying the ne
tfjfary charges.
An unmarked pale red cow ; a deep red
tow with a calf, some white about her,
toarked with a J willow fork in the left ear ,
Ind afwallow fork and an underbit in the
tight ; a red and white bull not marked ;
a black cow and calf marked with a Jwal
low fork in the right ear, and a jlope from
the under part of the left ; a red cow with
1 calf marked with a crop and an under
bit in the right ear and an underbit in the
bft ; and a red cow with a calf, branded
thus marked with a flit in the right ear
and a crop in the left . ;
THOMAS GLASCOCK.
June 23, 1797.
Four Dollars Reward.
RUN AWAY form the sub- ;
feriber about three weeks ago , a ne
gro wcoman named ELSEY , between 35
and 40 years of age, ft.e is a tall fltm maae
country born wench, well known in Au
gufla, Savannah and Charlejion. AU
perjons are Jor bid to harbour or carry her
away, and whoever will return her ftiall
receive the above reward.
MARY HUNTER.
June 23. 1797. _
NOT/ C E.
A LL persons are hereby for
■TX. warned from taking an cfti\nm*nt
of a note given by theJubfcribers to Zcuha
riah Cox or his heirs, on or about the i6'/i
day of November, 1794, for four hundred
pounds flerling , as they mean not to pay
the fame until a good title is made to the
property for which the {aid not: was divert.
BIRD 13 HAMP.
Skoals of Ogeckce,
June o, J 797,
£Vol. XirNo. jtfrl
John/on & Clark ,
COACH AND CHAIR MAKERS*
Late from Philadelphia.
OESPECTFULL Yinform
their friends and the public in ge»
neral, that they make, repair, paint, gild,
silver and varnifli, all kinds of carriages*
in the vujl elegant and neioefl fajhion.
From their experience in Europe, and
Ilatter'thjfc?} °J tflls continent, thef
tISr%ZT SmC ” “ * ««•
fnerit. JTJu*
viU^cZtfnu^fm
meet the appromt n o f:huriuj£- uct *
Any commandhjf re Q ec i to thefuojcrt*
hers in Reynold-jiret k Augufla, null 09
firiftly attended to, andorders elegant*
ly and expeditioujly performed.
Augujta, June 20, 1797,
Board of Trufiees, Aum&* ***"■
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Resolved. That it»
of this boaid that it woold be sot
the inteieft and convenience of the inha
bitanta of Richmond coonty and town oE
Angoita, if the ptefent
broad-street was enlarged in length and
breadth so as to form a bafefor acourt
hoofe and jury-rooms ; and that there
Core (übfcnptioupapera be handed abottC
to raise money for erefting the fame.
Extraft from the Minutes,
uuv/nuaa *arr-/» I 2VI If C* 0. i»
fcjT The renting of the pewa in the
church is farther postponed until Saturday
the ift of July io o'clock*
June 1797.
COTTON
r VHE business of cleaning eot
■K ton, with expedition, and without
injury, has been tried in various Jhapes S
and none as yet appears to be altogether,
fatisfaftory.
Under these circutnflances, I Jhall orilp
observe, that I have finijhtd one of my gins >
such as I intend to offer the public; and
that in eight days, with one hand to feed»
with foe pair as wooden rollers tack tern
inches long, ( without any extraordinary f
exertions) it cleaned 598 pounds of net
cotton. This gin will be kept going in Au»
gufla every day, for the iufpettion of those
that are doubtful of its operations, and
mujl speak for itfelf.
I Jhall continue making those machine 9
as fajt as lam encouraged to do so, ire
"terms of my former adverlifement; and those
gentlemen that fubferibed- conditionally map
expcU a preference by
Wm, LONGSTREET,
COLLECTOR'S sales .
On Saturday the 15th of July next, aO
the market-house in Aogufta,
WILL BE SOLD ,
For the taxes due for the year 1796.
132 acres of land lying ia
* Wajhmgton county, the property of Jfaac.
Randolph J or the balance of taxis ; D. 9
34. cents.
The bt and improvements on Broad
ftreet, adjoining Robert IVatkins, Esq.
ani‘Mrs. E. Carnes, the property of
John Stiles ; tax D.z 9r 3-4.
Also, 1090 acres of land that were ad*
vertifed to be fold the lajl Tutfday in Fe*
binary lajl , the property of Thomas Gal*
pkin, for his taxes due for the years
and 17Q6.
ARCHD. BEALL, T. C. R. C .
To A’ SALE, '
A pair of eiegaot
HORSES.
Inquire of the P: later.