American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-04-14
Reported for the American Republican,
BALTIMORE CITY COURT.

assauting Jacob Welslager The evidence
showed that the traverser having become i'm.
mersed in a securityship, was accosted nv the
complainant, who is an officer, r...,ncr abrIptIy,
and payment demanded; mat they proceeded
to the office OF the tlayerser, at his request,
! Wheh cou iialn0nt was handed a seat in the
mont apartment; that travcrser told complain
/ ant he would give him his note, to which he
! dcnurrcd; that Iravcrscr then handed to a
! third person sum of money, over and above
what was due, requested him to get it changed,
and directed him to retain the amount OF the
account; that traverser then ordered complain
ant TO leave the office, and upon his declining
took hold of him, and threatened to chastise
him. Traverscr was acquitted and complain
ant ordered to pay costs.
State VS. VIM. Mveis, Samuel Norris, John
Beaver, and Joseph Joseph, charged with VIC.
lating an act of Assembly, in running with
| fire apparatus The portion of the act all sded
to, under which these youths were arrested, is
in the words following: "And be it enacted by
the General Assembly Of Maryland, That from
and after the passage Of this act, it shall not be
lawful for any minor who is not now a MEM
Der Of fire company to attach himself TO the
ropes of any engine or other apparatus for the
eKtlngnshment othres, or to run with the same
or in any manner or way connect himself about
the same, and any minor offending against the
provisions ofthis section, upon conviction there
OF, before Baltimore City Court, or any other
Court OF competent jurisdiction, shall forfeit
| and pay sum not less than ten and not eX-
cGedng fifty dollars, one half for the use of the
beneficial fund of the Baltimore United Fire
Department, and the other half for the use of
the informer, except the informer be member
of said Fire Department, when the entire
amount ofthe forfeit shall be for the use of the
beneficial fund of that Department" The tcs-
timony of the officers who made the arrests
simply proved the fact that the youths were
running with the apparatus, having hold ofthe
! ropes, and that by their own confessions they
were not members of any company. This full
! ly meeting the requirements of the law, the
court, iii passing sentence, regretted that the
/ fine had not been left discretionary with the
| court, and remarked that as this was their first
offence, the lowest amount OF fine would be i'm
posed. They were ordered TO pay, each $40
and costs.
State vs.. John Elliott and Joseph Elliott,
charged with assaultng and beating Barney
| Toner The assault was proven to have been
OF most violent and unprovoked character.
Guilty. Sentenced to pay fine of $50 each,
and costs, and to be imprisoned one month, and
to stand committed till the fine and costs are
paid. State vs.. Thos. Stubbins, charged with
State VS.. George Pearce, charged with assault
ing Daniel Hartman. Guilty-fned 81 and
costs. State VS.. Mark Sylvester, charged with
assaulting Jacob Herefield. Not guilty-pro-
secutor to pay costs. State vs. James Stevens,
charged with assaulting Peter Stokes. Not
gullty-prosecutor TO pay costs. State VS..
! Richard Jones, charged with assaultng Peter
Dayer. Guilty-fined S. and costs. State VS..
John Loan alias Sloan, charged with assaulting
a Waterman and rioting. Guilty--fined s.
and costs. State VS.. John Ross, (col'd) charg-
ed with assaulting Thomas Smith, (colored,)
The offence consisted of traverser's having fired
pistol, charged with powder, in the face Of
complainant. Gulty-fined So and costs.
Sentenced. William Tnges, found guilty of
bigamy, at the last term Of the Court, was sem
fenced to the pententiary till April -, 1871.
i The Court adjourned till Saturday next.
CASE OF SoMNAMBuLIsM - An Incredible
Story. correspondent of the Boston Even
ing Traveller states that the people Of Hing
ham have been considerably excited within the
last week by an occurrence of an extraordin-
airy character, connected with the subject of
Mesmerism. A young woman was put into a
mesmerc sleep from which it was, for the space
of Strty-seren and half hours, utterly impossi-
BILE to arouse her. and during her sleep she ex-
hbted all the signs and wonders of the Won
derful science of animal magnetism She had,
it appears, previously been thrown into the
magnetic state by celebrated magnetism, and
, three days afterwards attempted herself to mag
netise another person, in which she succeeded,
but on trying a second one, she herself fell a.
sleep, in which she remained from Sunday 10
r Wednesday, without taking the least nourish-
ment. During this time she was in commune
cation with all who approached her; could ex-
anime diseased people, telling them correctly
> their diseases; and tell what time it was to
minute, without being near tme-pece. She
would also distinguish people at half mile dis
lance, and tell what they we're dome What
Is stiA "...cIIe singular, says the correspondent,
she became much attached to people who were
entire strangers to her before her sleep, and to-
ward those who were her friends previously she
was at times very rude. At one time she was
able to read tuently from the Bible, with her
eyes closely bandaged. For two or three days
she was kept in constant state of excitement
, which doubtless was great injury to her
l Various reasons are assigned as the cause of her
waking. Some suppose she was frightened out
of the strange state in which she had remained
e.! hours; others that harshness and firmness
aroused her; but neither of these do believe
to be the cause. When she awoke, there was
but one person in the room with her, and that
person had just succeeded in calming her excit-
ed feelings, (Which the frmness of others had
aroused) when the question was asked, "Will