American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-06-09

consisting Of notes on the Banks of Virginia
the property Of Mr. 4. Crawford, commenced
the day Previous was resumed on Saturday
last. c. II, Pitts, Esq, on the part of the de.
Il fence read various authorities and cases from
the books, to establish The position that a Sec
onG person was not competent to identify the
| Signature OF another; nor could its validity be
proven by comparisons: and that the notes
themselves could only be declared such proper
tyas to make their taking elonious by the pro-
duction of the charter OF the bank, or such le-
gal evidence as might be produced bvthe State
in winch the banks were located Wm. II.
/ Watson Esq, prosecuting for the State, argued
that if the indictment had set out the stealing
of note of any particular bank, it might de-
volCc upon the State to show the legality of
the issue; but the indictment simply charged
the taking of the money, as required by law.
and it was only necessary to prove, by experts
in banking, that the notes were current So.
also, with regard to the signature. The State
has no power to command the presence of the
officers OF a bank of another State. or to COM
pei the authorities of that State to establish the
fact OF the bank having been chartered, or not.
, The face Of the notes were prima tdCia evidence
OF their legality. To admit the position of the
defence, and the law would be powcrless in
reference to the taking Of bank notes issued
lnanother state The COult--Judge Brice. de-
livering the opinion--SuStaincd the opinion of
the Prosecuting Attorney: that the presence of
the president and cashier or the charter of the
bank, were not necessary TO prove the genuine
ness OF the signatures, or the legality of the is
sue, And, in reference to the confession, on
the part Of the prisoner, as argued in his favor
the day previous, by J. Mason, Esq, the Court
held the opinion. and so instructed the Jury,
that, the confession having led to the recovery
of the money, no matter under what crcum-
stances it was made it was legal evidence of
guilt. The case was then given TO the Jury,
who retired to their room, and were in confne-
mcnt when the Court adjourned, giving them
instruction to return a sealed verdict to-day.
John Hillen, (coored, } indicted for stealing
coat Of Chas. Werring. Guilty
Dennis Hopkins, indicted for stealing some
carpenters tools, the property Of John Romo-
shicr The testimony showed that Dennis had
been drinking so freely of the potent destroyer
OF intellect as to render him non coulpus meniiS
and consequently incapable ofcommitting
felony when in prison, under the influence of
mania poru, he cut various fantastic tricks
Not guilty, said the jury, and Dennis, in fit of
maniac laughter, leapcd from the box but, I'M
der an admonition from the Court, retired, pro-
missing to abstain from touching the ''root of
evil"
The following cases were tried before the
Court Robert French, for assaulting George
Cobb, at fire, was fined SIS and costs James
o. Jones, charged with beating youth in his
employ, named 5. II. WarIngton-not guilty, |
but required to give security to do him no in |
jury. Joseph Abel and his wife, for assautlng
Mary Mccormick. was fined 81 and costs. /
Tho IF Eronoie i r
lumber wagon, charged with whipping a white /
boy, named Henry Ahrens, was commenced /
The court ad ourned till this morning.
Baltimore County Court. The case of Ann
Briggs Us. Israel Griffith and others, for an al .
legged trespass in the illegal and irregular levy
ing of Il distress, whereby the goods of the .
plaintiff were taken and sold for rent alleged
TO have been due by another, was closed OH
Friday afternoon, and given to the Jury, who. |
after retiring to their room for some time. re-
turned sealed verdict on Saturday morning
OF $500 damages for the plaintiff
U. s. District Court The petit Jury will be
in attendance this morning, and the regular bu-
siness of the term commenced
The Paul Jones. The wreck of this unfortu-
nate steamer was brought to the CITY on Satur-
day morning, in tow of the steamer Relief, cap
tain Sanner She is lying short distance
from the wharf, opposite the ship yard of MIR.
c. Goodwin, on the Point. The upper deck
is completely shattered and the hull entirely
under water. In raising the wreck it was dis
covered that large quantity of fre-bed bricks
had been blown entirely out of their place, and
lodged on the upper deck On searching Oh
Saturday morning about 10 O'Clock, the BODY
of the boy named Nlillck, from Bloomsbury,
Pa, who belonged to the canal boat, was found
in the torecastle. One of his arms was broken,
his body much lacerated and so badly scad
ed that the skin had formed into a complete
crisp, The corpse was taken ashore and all
inquest was held over it. The body of Mr..
Gill, the fireman, has not yet been recovered.
The supposition is that it foated overheard
about the time the boat was being towed away
from the place where she sunk. Something
was seen for moment float off and sink, hav-
ing the resemblance of n human body. Fur
Their search is still being made for it in the
wreck. Capt. Motlit, who was so badly scald-
ed, is rapidly recovering, though suffering
severe pain.
IN Jail. Susan Stirling, (coloIed,) charged
with abusing her mother and disturbing the
peace Of the neighborhood, was arrested on Sa-
turday by officer Duvall and in default of secu-
rity committed to Jail by Justice Miller.
Threatening Life. Mary Warner, charged
with threatening the life of Sarah Cook was
arrested by officer Pamphillon on Saturday,
and released OH security to keep the peace by
John Wright, Esq.
Centre Market. This market was well sup
piled on Saturday with all kinds of meats, fruits,
sc. Beef was selling at to cts,
and some choice cuts at l0al2 10 cts per h.:
veal to cts; mutton ) to cts; lambs per
quarter, 81 i-2 to 81 l-e cts; pork cts per ID.
Best print butter is Sd to % cts; lump do s
to l6 cts per ID; eggs Il - cts. per dozen;
strawberries were rather scarce and not of so
good quality. They sold at to is S-4 and
% cts per qt and basket gooseberries IL l-2