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Benjamin Eobins sworn.
Benjamin Robins, a witness of lawful age being duly sworn, deposes as follows, in answer to the following interrogatories :
Q. Are you or not a resident of the city of Baltimore, and have you or not been a juryman in the Criminal Court thereof?
A. Yes, sir, I am a resident and have been a juryman.
Q. Have you or not a knowledge of the conduct of Judge Stump in the trial of any case, if so, state all your knowledge in regard to the same, as to his being intoxicated or asleep on the bench, and generally wkat came under your observation during the time you were a juryman in said Court?
A. I was a juryman 21 days during May term, 1859 ; I was on the steamboat (the Express) riot case; throughout that whole trial he appeared, according to my judgment, ranch intoxicated ; he left his seat and went down to the window, and was there two-thirds of the time whilst the trial was going on. and was talking to himself nearly all the time—t.hat the captain ought to have been thrown overboard—" he had no business to take negroes and white people together." Tins was about his condition during the time I served as juror. The only morn-ing on which I thought him sober was on the second Monday of my term, and then I called the especial attention of another juror to it, who replied, " I came with him from Havre de G-race this morning."
John P. Poe sworn.
Interrogatory 1st. Are you or not a resident of the city of Baltimore; if so, what is your profession, and do you or not practice in the Criminal Court of Baltimore ?
2d. Have you or not, as a practitioner in said Court, had occasion to witness the conduct of Judge Stump on the bench, if so, please state any facts that have come to your knowledge as to his demeanor on the bench, his mode of conducting the business of his Court, and any other facts relating to his misconduct in office ?
ANSWERS.
let. I am a resident of the city of Baltimore, a member of
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