New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-12-26
CITY lHTELLIG ENCE.
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CITY lHTELLIG ENCE.
SATURDAY, December q.
LAWYERS DIARY-Th;s Day, December 26.-
The Circuit Court and Corr, Of Oyer and Termner COM
mence the December Terms.
SuPERIoR TouRT-EOs. 6S &c. &c. 81 81, 81 So 60, 6O
4o, 90. III, ~, q. i3 II. IS, 81 -, -.
Cosiaios PLs4s-No 6 S. 10, So, p "a, 70, 70, co.
U. S. DISTRICT CouRT.-In Bankruptcy-Be-
fore Judge Bets.
Elspard H. Ludoar-The assignee set apart for The
of the petitioner household furniture, also clcck,
desks, auction flag, and stand, his Office together with
iowiirg.rece, pistol, ishingacklc and paintings
the whole exceeding ia vane $500 He also permitted
him 10 keep bis watch ana breast b portion OF his
wearing apparel. His lady allowed aareesbly the
decision OF lie Court in the of Mason, TO retain the
jewflr owned by her previous marriage, vaned at $685.
also their wearing apparel permitted 10y the act Escep
tons taken by creditors AMI the subject referred 10
commissioned The reports OF tae assignee and conlnS-
sione are nov brought up Tor The epinoa Of the Court
Judge Bets accompanied 10y eloquent remarks said he
still; held The opon iha articles ornament possessed
aud worn by the wife which auie.nup;il gifts. also
mourning rlnS OF ctioD, &c. given 10 her by
parents and such after marriage, and also ornaments given
10 her BY her husband wbei IN good circumstances and
suitable 10 their condition IN life sscredy belonged 10 her,
This is coniomably The laws Of NewYork, and TO the
Bankrupt Act Mrs L. therefore permitted 10 retain The
jewclry apart for tcr also diamond ring and Chain,
valued at SCI given 10 her by her husband when in stua
ton warran,ing him TO do AS 10 The other matters, the
Bankrupt Act permits the General Assignee 10 set spar,
besides wearing apparel necessary furniture and other
articles, exceeding in value $500 The Court consd
the meaning OF the be that description pro-
perry which is paipably OF immediate necessity bank
rupt or his family. Thete other articles views
abiding TO provisions in the house ard the mpc
ments OF tools Of trade by which daily support is gained
Under Ibis 7iew the Court decides that the auction sta ID
and flag be retained By Tie petitioner but moi the clock
hShng.iacke and paintings be retained by him. they not
coming under the denomination OF necessary articles
The Court does consider the watch and breastpn OF
petitioner portion of wearing apparel. Ordered this
effect.
4nrory EeeG-The parties, after petitonng, and pre-
vous decree. assigned all their property the General
Assignee in trust TO their creditors. TIE creditors deny
the power ef the General Assignee to make report under
The Court decided that the petitioners have given up
all their property, which the General Assignee,
as sucl on being allowed Ordered, that the spe
cal report of the Assignee sufficient under rule 6l
Israel Kinsn,Dl.-Ohecon is made 10 his petitgnng in
this District he being citizen OF Philadelphia, residing
there for several years and having family there He
NewYork in the early part of March, put MP al
public house. aud pctoned sbou. fortnight afterwards
citizen OF NewYork, styling himself " agerto ma
cinst" The Ccurt held that he had no; Obtained resi-
dence here of character 10 permit his peiilioning IN This
District. Objection allowed.
(Deierred) ....... BRIDay, Dec. 25.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAs.-C0arad Abelman
VS.. r.. IT, Ducker-The plaintiff proprietor OF ceebra.
ted German public house in Pearlsree' Centre. The
defendant iaso GERMANY is wholesale grocer The pre-
action is fer damugesd at S. GCio creating diih-
Guilty. breaking iunbers plates &c. ball in nov. 1884,
at plaintiffs house and also coming there in April when
there ball. and committing excuses. Mr. Ducktr
of the managers Of the ball in November The
charge is that he would not permit the supper liable to be
cleared away that The company could proceed but sat
upon H. called for champagne Knocked of the necks OF the
bottles with knife, and bottles, champagne and all,
ssiag among the ladies' feet also thai be repeatedly called
for no, coffee which, with cups shared the fate.
The table fnsy upset, and plates umblers &c. bro
ken, ad the character OF lie house muck injured By these
ana also by other he committed il April The de-
fendnn, denies having done He somewhat eated
and La ppy, bu, did very le in comparison with ba; be
is charged having done Several Witnesses male asd
female gave testimony The summing up Of the case, as
also that Of Force S,e, Will take place on Tuesday next
SUPERIOR CoURr.-George Rothery VS.. The
North River hs. Co-The plaintiff had factory at The
corner Of Clay Spring Streets Newark the stock in
which was insured by the North River Company for 500
II was burned il February last. The Company refuses
PAYMENT ana action is btcughL witness named Bali,
testified to having been in plaintiff employment, and also
an ruo ser Tor hun the extent OF sou or SiGs In Janu
srv plaintiff made proposition 10 witness 10 re The build
ing ing hat he ruined man unless he could raise
fros and that witness also would be Injured on the en-
rors.meut. The plan lad down was ior p,intih ts be
king of Steel i!es) aud thai witness 10 thrust fedio
,o.rs or irons iatu the cua:c7a and leave them ere Oh
shutting p and shutters had been made Tight So
thai the FIRE could be foE the street.! Mtaes; re-
but The FIRE occurred under precisely similar circun
$ snces in February ind mac named Pierce, who had
also been in plaintiffs employment LEI, Newark next morn
ins. and never returned The counsel on the opposite
side urged in defence the improbabily o. the story The
jury found for plaintiff, 81 $50
Jas and Jet,. i EayTiots ALfred Col7ill VILLAIN M
CLARKE md George @. Th0ma-Ac.ion 5000
for the mason bui!yas three in annrceI
(asioinng The enga9hoase Wiaasrscti in Deem
Der l:Ss-rhc land operations Of MeSsrs. Clarke and
Thomas ruined heni and they have been compelled 10
petition in bankruptcy. r. Covill denies having been
Marty TO the contract and defends asregRds himself The
plaintiffs declare that Mr. Covli uiy party, hut be-
ng Cashier of Bank thc Lafayeel he did rot wish 10
appear as such but would cash Tire and that the
prce reed upon should be paid Dir. Thomas was Of
ered hT plaintiffs as witness, the ground that having
received discharge in Bankruptcy be competent.
The Cour, unnd perniit Finally written Contract
was shown (Which The plaintiffs say hey ignorant OF
having sien) which the sg:laui of the other Psfes,
but not OF SIR. Covlli appearA uoasnii was ordered
EEux-srz.nEa
u The Wing Almanac and United States Register for
lsls for sale al this oce Single copiss III cents 81 per
Dozen 81 per 100.
ET.Feusn.ore Cooper ~ Horace Greeley
amt. s,hen.as McEirRth.-The great demand Tor
Tie Report OF this celebrated Libel Suit has inouced NE ~
81,