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Portland Gazette, And Maine Advertiser
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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Judge Poindexter arrested in Mississippi for assaulting the editor of the Republican newspaper; refused recognizance, attempted to withdraw, was recaptured, issued habeas corpus, and departed under bond to appear before Judge Leake in Claiborne County.
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A democratic Judge! Judge Poindexter was arrested on Saturday last, on a writ of retorno habendo warrant, for an assault on the Editor of the Republican, in the door of his office; and being brought before the justice who issued the warrant, refused to enter into recognizance to his appearance at Court (the Justice not requiring security); while a mittimus was making out, to commit him to prison, he withdrew from the court house and was followed and taken into custody by the deputy sheriff. He then issued a habeas corpus for himself, returnable before the hon. Judge Leake, and left town on Sunday morning in custody of an officer for the residence of that Judge, in Claiborne county, after giving bond and security to the sheriff that he would not escape. Since which we have no account of him.
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judge poindexter refused to enter recognizance, withdrew from the courthouse, was taken into custody, issued a habeas corpus for himself, gave bond and security to the sheriff that he would not escape, and left town on sunday morning in custody of an officer for the residence of judge leake in claiborne county; no further account since.
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Judge Poindexter was arrested on Saturday last on a writ of retorno habendo warrant for an assault on the Editor of the Republican in the door of his office; brought before the justice who issued the warrant, he refused to enter into recognizance to his appearance at Court (the Justice not requiring security); while a mittimus was making out to commit him to prison, he withdrew from the courthouse and was followed and taken into custody by the deputy sheriff; he then issued a habeas corpus for himself, returnable before the hon. Judge Leake.