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SATU RD A Y December i6* 1786. f / THE GEORGIA STATE GAZETTE IO R INDEPENDENT REGISTER. FREEDOM of the PRESS, and TRIAL by JURY, to remain inviolate forever. Conftittotion of Georgia. \aV GUS TA: Printed by JOHN E. SMITH, Printer to the State \ Essays , Articles of Intelligence , Advertifemcnts , 6? c. will be gratefully received , and every kind of Printing performed . ■The Preferments of the Grand Jurors for the County of Richmond : I First. We prelent as a great grievance that the constables ■in the different diftrifts in this county are permitted to aft in ■that office without giving fufficient security, thereby injuring ■the good citizens of the fame. Second. We present as a grievance that although there has ■been an order for a road to be opened in good repair leading ■from Washington to the town of Augusta, there still remains ■apart of the fame between the Kiokee and Uptons creeks im- Ipaliable. [ Third . We present as a grievance that on application of iMr. Abednego Wright to the Attorney-General (Mr. Stirk) Ifoiffue a bill of iudiftment against Mr. John Maddox, was ■tested by him, unless the said Wright would firft pay in ■land the sum of thirty seven Shillings and four pence, con ■my to law, and to the great injury of the citizens of this Kite. ■ Fourth . We present as a grievance that the road leading ■from Wrightfborough to the town of Augusta is not proper ly cleared out and in good repair. «. I Fifth. We present (on oath of Mr. William Barnett, fcpDeputy Sheriff) Benjamin Few, Esq. for taring an exe ■ution in pieces, which the said William Barnett had against ■he property of the said Benjamin Few, whereby the said vrnett could not execute the duties of his office. 1 Sixth. We present as a very great grievance that the Ihief Justice in contradiction to the express words of the Su itor Court Aft of January last, has taxed a bill of coll, on ■teppeal Miller against Dawson, tried in March term there . liter, to the enormous sum of sixteen pounds seventeen ihil . lugs and four- pence half-penny, the law limiting the costs . I all such cases to three pounds ; and we confider the fame as EI dangerous and unwarrantable attack on the liberties of the , Itizens of this state. f I Seventh. We present as a grievance the many disorderly f Iradices prevalent, occasioned by the non-execution of the , lenahlaws of this state, but are at a lol's how to charge the Idiciary department for remifthefs, when a majority of the - fciflature of this state are guilty of the fhameful praftife of Isolating the fourth commandment. I Eighth. We present as a great grievance, that the laws low in force, and which may have been revised, are not ) Irinted and distributed to the Magistrates of the different ■unties, by means of which, many criminal matters are ■ried in oblivion, that otherwise might have been brought I justice. I Ninth. We present Henry Allison, Esq. a Magistrate of I's county, for willfully breaking the peace upon the body ■ * certain Neil Daugherty, when particularly called upon * I beep the fame by a civil officer. I Tenth. We also present Capt. Henry Allison, for issuing »gl* warrant, and confining the body of Thomas Hamilton, taWf* tk the common goal, contrary to the laws of this state, }<t ■ielyrarries within itfelf the marks of tyranny and oppref iftla. I I Eleventh. We present as a grievance the great number Vrep&fentatives in the General Assembly, also thecontraft- V powers of the judiciary department, directed by the con- I ftitution of this state, and earnestly recommend an alteration of the fame, on a model more Cafy, and less expensive. % twelfth. We present as a grievance, that at the last fefc. fion of Assembly a law was palled, bringing the militia under the federal discipline when on duty. I Thirteenth. We present Daniel Wallecon, jun. for pro fanely swearing. Fourteenth. We prelent the following gentlemen, re ceivers of the taxable property, as defaulters, in not return ing their different lifts for our perusal, agreeable to an aft of the late Session of Assembly, viz. Rhefa Howard, James Stallings, and Littleberry Boftwick. Fifteenth. We highly approve of the Chief Justice’s Charge refpefting the Paper Medium. Sixteenth* Like wife we thank his Honor for his charge* and request that the lame, together with the above prefer ments, be published in the next Gazette, and copies thereof be feut to the executive and Icgiftative bodies. (Signed) DANIEL ELAM, Foreman. PERRY WILLSON, MICAJAH PAULK, ISAAC LOW, fen. . . STEPHEN DAY. DAVID TOMKINS, DANIEL MARSHALL, ABRAM JOHNSON, ISAAC FULLER, ANDREW HAY, JAMES YOUNGBLOOD, BENJAMIN GRUBBS, WILLIAM FEW, fen. PELEG ROGERS, JAMES HAMILTON, JOHN KELLY, JOHN CARSON, DAVID WALKER, A true Copy , Oa. 27, 1786. DANIEL ELAM. GEORGIA: Burke County. WHEREAS the Sheriff of said county of Burke by virtue of a Writ of Attachment to him directed, did attach a Traft of Land, the property ofjohnCaid, who is absent from and without the limits, of this (late, at the suit of John Jones. And whereas the said john Jones hath agreeable to the direction of the Attachment Aft filed his declaration in the Superior Court against the laid John Caid, and hath ob tained the following rule : John Jones , Ordered, That the defendant do appear and vs. > plead within a year and a day, otherwise John Caid, j judgment by default. J. DAVIES, C. C. C. B. March 21, 1786. Notice is therefore hereby given, That unless the said John Caid doth appear and plead within a year and a day, judg ment will be entered against him accordingly. JOHN JONES.