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8 JANUARY 1, 1858 NEVADA JOURNAL
FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1858 .
CASE OF HENRY PLUMER.—This case was brought to a close and submitted to the jury on
Saturday evening last. A verdict was rendered on the following morning of “murder in the second
degree.”
A great deal of interest was manifested by the public in the case from first to last, and considerable
excitement shown by parties on the rendition of the verdict. The friends of Plumer insist that the verdict is
not warranted by the evidence, that it is too severe &c., while others complain of the leniency of the jury
and affirm the verdict should have been murder.
The sentence was reserved till Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock, at which time the prisoner was
brought into Court, and through his counsel made an application for a new trial on the ground that three
of the trial jurors had expressed and declared positive opinions on the guilt of the accused prior to the
trial. In consequence of the wish of the District Attorney to have time to prepare counter statements to
those produced by opposing counsel, sentence was deferred by the Court till Saturday morning at 10
o’clock.
During the progress of the argument of the prosecution, Henry Meredith, Esq. assistant to the
District Attorney, took occasion to vent his impotent wrath upon the Journal for having published the
evidence in the case in our last week’s paper. We intend to be merciful to the gentleman after the severe
castigation he received from the counsel in opposition, and shall only say in relation to the publication of
the evidence, that had Mr. Meredith confined himself in his opening argument within respectable and
bearable limits as to time, without spreading homoepathic reasoning thin over a vast space, the whole
affair might have been disposed of before the Journal made its appearance with the evidence. The editor
of this paper was not aware until 5 o’clock on Friday morning, that the reporter of the evidence was
engaged as counsel in the case, nor did the report of the trial obtain publication in the Journal by our
agency. We learn, however, that the evidence as published, though not full, is substantially correct.
We regret exceedingly that the embryo Congressman has got his back up, as in looking forward into
the grand arcana of the future, in our eye, we saw a Patent Office Report or two coming on hand on which
was inscribed his honored patronymic. Our share of the spoils has gone forever!
LIBRARY MEETING.—Pursuant to adjournment the citizens of Nevada met at the Court House on
Monday evening, Dec 28th. Judge Searls, Chairman; R. Shoemaker, Secretary. On motion of C. F. Wood,
the meeting was resolved into a Library Association, and the persons present invited to contribute books
for the formation of a Public Library.
Rev. J. H. Warren contributed sixty volumes; A. A. Sargent seventeen; A. C. Niles eight; C. Wilson
Hill, Mr. Hixon, C. F. Wood, and R. Shoemaker also mad contributions of standard works, &c. to the
Association. On motion of T. B. McFarland the fee of initiation for the Association shall be five dollars.
Rev. J. H. Warren was unanimously made an honorary member of this Association. On motion of Mr.
McFarland, Mr. Shoemaker was authorized to collect the books contributed and to receive initiation fees
of those who wish to join the Association. . . .
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.—At last we are in a fair way of having a Library. At an adjourned
meeting of the Association whose incipiency we chronicled in [our] last, held on Monday evening last at
the Court House, a permanent organization was effected and contributions to the number of about 120
volumes received. The foundations of a library are thus laid, Rev. Mr. Warren presenting the corner stone
in a nice little donation of sixty volumes of valuable works. The terms of entrance into the Association are