Clrcuit Court.
Bafore Iudvp Edmonda.
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MARCH 24-Tsial of Polly Bodine for Murder.-As
early as O'Clock the avenue leading to this Court con.
females who seated themselves either side the passage
in order to obtain view Of the prisoner on her way 10
noisy bosterous crowd who kept shouting loudly until
the hour for opening the court had arrived and rendered
i difficult for the Judge jurors and eicers Of the court
bosterous shouting kept up by them obliged the officers
to clear the passage work which caused considerable
wise and the officers stationed themselves at the inner
side with their long staff which were kept in constant
REG used their stats with rsowSen 1' regular
shouting and Kissing was kept up Tor some time The
vanguard Of the mobocracy pitched some Of their forces
laid them and after nfctDg castigaion upon
them, pitched them back egain the lines 1t
gular skirmsh whilst il asted-a sort oil sege-and had


ludicrous effect the cool locker IN. Several ladies'
spectators up to 10 O'Clock, and took their
places within the bar There considerable shont
ing kept up by the noisy crowd, who could not oh
tain admission when the court was opened. There
was immense rush fer places when the doors were
thrown open and the prisoner after some delay was led
the place assigned her. accompanied by her mother and
daughter The gre ltes anye.y was manifested as she
proceeded place When the court organised,
the following Jury already sworn, took their places


william Lintz, grocer, foreman; Saml. L. Danheld ma
son; James sajgbury, brewer; Abraham B. skman,
hardware; Hubbard q. Stone matchmaker; William
PyIe; Myron II. Graft, grocer; Peter Coon, baker;
wm southerlsnd, Jr.; John Wilcox, matchmaker; John
icColgan James M Jice, halter.


Mr. CLARK here applied to the court to direct the jury
TO view the premises, which allowed at the
last trial. when was arranged that in the event Of such


being necessary they could do so after the trial


Mr. CLARK hereupon opened tho case The prisoner
stood indicted for wu MURDER and her had alrea
dy been tried before tho court Of Richmond county and
the jury upon the first occasion could not agree, when
second jury could not be found and therefore the venue
changed to this county. The crime OF which the
prisoner stands charged, OF the most revolving
that was found in the black catalogue and the circum
stances connected with IL are such as have scarcely
parallel in the annals Of crime and when they con
siered that the prisoner a relative Of the de.
ceased, it would be received as deep aggravs.on.
The various circumstanees connected with the murder
Of Mira Housemsn end child, on the night o the q5h De-