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dockets, or the papers in any case whatever, or seeks information of you in any way as to the condition of the business of the Court, either as regards "stels," uncollected forfeitures, the number of presentments or indictments against any one or more persons, or concerning the character and reputation of parties on trial before him?
14. State what ever else you know concerning his misconduct in office ?
AXSWERS.
1st. I do.
2nd. I am.
3d. The number of presentments and indictments found for the year 1859, is 1535. 353 in the January term, 176 in the September term, and 10SG at the May term. The number of cases disposed of in open Court, I cannot tell without close inspection of the dockets, which would require some time.
4th. He does not keep any proper docket or minute a memorandum of the proceedings of the Court, he relies entirely on the Clerk for that. He has never directed me to make a docket, and has never inspected the docket as a general thing. In the case of Coulson he inspected that particular case, but as a general thing, he never comes and asks me what cases are on the docket. In the negro case to which Mr. Creamer referred, he perhaps looked at the docket, and insisted on the entries being made in his own language.
He is usually from live to fifteen minutes behind the time appointed, sir, and sometimes longer.
He has done so during the examination of a witness against the protest of counsel and the jury.
They are always longer than the time prescribed for there-assembling of the Court, sometimes from fifteen minutes to half an hour.
Q. Have you seen him on his return under the influence of intoxicating drink ?
A. Not always, I have never seen him so intoxicated as not to be able to sit up, I have seen him on his return after these adjournments under the influence of intoxicating drinks, but I have not perhaps, as good an opportunity of seeing him as others, because I sit with my back to him.
6th. From 12 to 2 o'clock, and he never, on any circumstances, sits later than 3 o'clock, and they were frequently against the protests of counsel and jury.
Q. Has he ever held an afternoon session?
A. He has never held an afternoon session during the time I have been in office, except once or twice to receive the rer-dict of the jury. He has never held an afternoon session
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