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under their jurisdiction considered it a small breach of the peace on the part of King in as much as he was driven to it in self defense and remarked to Isam if he deceived a States warrant against King and swore to such facts which the law required, they would grant him one. He refused on the ground, his wife was not required. As for the corn crib being broken open, it is utterly false. I had all the parties arraigned before me yesterday and bound King and Carr so the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions which will convene in February. The civil law in my County is properly  and elegantly respected and all classes receive justice. The citizens are not so bare and mean as to extend their hatred to a people for the purpose of doing them injustice. Were you to visit my County you would certainly come to the same conclusion and be fully satisfied the reports made to you are false and malicious, and calculated to injure the citizen of a County who are truly loyal and manifest a constant disposition in the performance of every duty which will restore order and kind feelings. The civil law in my County is strictly executed and in instance will I pass it unnoticed, if I know of any violation myself or application is made to me. It is so with the other officers of the County. I have been chairman of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for a number of years, elected every year unanimously, never had opposition and to be  disrespectful to the law would render me odious, and properly so, in every community, my motto is justice towards