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false, as is also the assertion that Jas. T. Harris "is in custody - virtual confinement". Harris himself told me this morning that he was not now, nor did he ever consider himself to be in custody on the "wicked and malicious charge" of beating and bruising and otherwise maltreating said Save with a pistol and "jabbing or punching the said Save with a sword and consequently does not "anxiously wish to be relieved from the iniquitous and oppressive transaction"

In conclusion, Wynne's statement that "it is our intention to [[underlined]] not pros. [[/underlined]] the charge vs. him "Watkins Holden is a little singular. The Attorney General Sion H. Roger is the proceeding officer for the Judicial Circuit which includes Franklin Co and has the Entire management of Criminal matter in the Superior Court, and as I know him personally "I will not insult his intelligence" by supposing that he would associate with himself is the prosecution of the burglary charges by Harris and a person as Richard Inge Wynne Att. at-Law