The Fairfield Herald

The Redding Case.

The recent fusco in the Legislature, that called Judge Graham from his official duties in Charleston before the Legislative Judiciary Committee, has involved only the instigator, Solicitor Seabrook, of Charleston, and Judge Graham stands fully vindicated.

The history of the whole matter is briefly as follows: Some time last year a woman named Julia Redding was put out of the first class coach on the South Carolina Road by parties in no wise connected with the road. Suit was brought against the company by herself and husband, and the case was argued before Judge Graham, who had a non-suit entered. The plaintiffs appealed, and the Supreme Court referred it back for a new trial, and the jury brought in a verdict for the company. Seabrook, who was one of the counsel for the Reddings, felt so much mortified at the results of the suit, that he lost his temper, hurried up to Columbia, and soon had reports in circulation that improper influence had been exerted over the Judge and jury. The Judiciary Committee of the House were ordered to investigate it, and made quite an elaborate report, which has already appeared in print. Our readers know the rest.