American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-02-17

Baltimore County Court. This Court met
Judges PgrvIance and Legrand on
the bench. The case of Nicholas Il. Leaman
was taken up aud heard, Which the following |
statement Will explain. 1t will be recoltocted
chat Lelmln was arrested in Cincinnati, aud |
brVught on here on the charge Of obtaining |
cnods under false pretences. During the pc
rod while he was confined in the jail Of Bttl-
more county, under the rcqmstlun of Gov.
Pratt upon the Governor Of OHIO, on the !
charge of obtaining goods under false pre-
fences. Messrs Saugs'on s Go. caused II civil
writ to be served up ~ the accused, for debt
of between 500 aud $500. Tho civil wrlt
was served upon Lcanan before an iuvestIga-
ton Of his case, which took place on hGbsaS
corpus, aud under which writ tie was dsCharg-
cd from Imprisonment. The civil writ was
made returnable to the January term OF Baltl-
more County Court, and at the regular call OF
the case the plaintiffs demanded special bail,
which the defendant refused to give, insisting
that he had been illegally brought wtthln the
jurisdiction Of the Court, and ought not TO he
held to bail. The Court then, at the reguIa,
call OF the docket, deferred the Argument OF
the case and pursuant to the Postponemant 1t
was taken up yesterday. The proposition be-
fore the Court, as commended Tor 10y the PLAIN
tiH's counsel, was, that tue defendant was
obliged to give bail as IN any ordinary case
On the contrary the defendants counsel con-
tended that he had been improperly brought
within the Courts jurisdciOn-that the plain
lifts we're DESTROYS to usG the police power Of
the State, to enable them to collect their debt
and that in effect it vas an attempt by indl-
rect means TO extend the civil power of Balt-
more County Court, over the citizens Of other
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appeared for the plaintiffs, and Messrs Wa,
+. Preston and &. +. Mayer, FOR the defend
ant. The case took up the greater part of the
day, and was ably discussed By The respective
counsel. The argument certainly involves
deeply interesting and important principles,
and presents for lie decision of the Court, the
question whether the citizens OF any part of
the Union, remote or near, may first be brought
into the State upon a criminal charge, aud
while in custody under the criminal process,
can be made auswerable through civil medium
to the party at whose instance he was brought
within the Courts jurisdiction, as criminal.
In this case, as our readers will remember, the
accused individual was by order of the Court
discharged from Imprisonment. The Court in
view Of the Importance of the question, defer
red rendering its opinion until to-day.
Another case somewhat novel and highly "a
teresting comes up i'll the County Court this
morning. 1t is a writ Of habeas corpus, by
which Mrs. A. M. Upperman desires to reco-
yer the possession of her child. The question
to be decided by the Court presents the ques-
ton under what circumstances the father OF an
niant boy may insist upon his having his child
in his keeping. The child in question, who is
the subject matter Of all the controversy, APP
pears to be from eighteen months to two years
old, and was in the Court room yesterday, an
object of no little solictude and interest to all
who saw him. He appeared to care very little
about the opinion or decision of the Court, his
attention being divided between whistle and
a rattle, which no doubt engrossed all his
thoughts. We could not help thinking Of the
pathetic expression Of old Lear,
"Fathers maze straws of your Children" SC,
The child in the mean time is in the custody
of its grandmother. WIN. ?. Preston Esq.
Appeals for the father, and O. F. Hack, Esq,
for the mother
Fined for fast driving, Officer Keller yes
terday arrested Joseph Kerr, and George w.
a. BIrney, Omnibus drivers, on the charge of
racing in the streets. The first was fned So
aud costs, and the other ruled trial until this
morning at 10 o'clock, before Justice Egerton.
Uproarious. The watch of the Middle Dis
trct, on Sunday night arrested Benjamin +.
Vckets, charged by Mary Smith with attempt
ing to break open her door. He was held to
bail by justice Brewer, to appear for further
examination.
Inhumanitu. Yesterday morning about six
o'clock, the Middle District watch found q new
born infant, snugly wrapped up, laying on the
steps ola house i'll Fayette street, opposite the
Assembly Rooms. 1t was taken to the watch
house and home provided for it, 1t is a pity
that its inhuman parent, who could thus expose
it at such an inclemeRt season of the wear,
could not be discovered and punished.
Disturbing the peace. The watch ofthe Wes-
tern District, and the police, on Saturday night
arrested James Butler, Daniel Stewart, John
jenkins, James Darnall, James Snowden and
Joseph Gooseberry, all colored, on the charge
of rioting and disturbing the peace. They
were locked up all night, and dismissed in the
morning with feeling reprmand,
Sudden Death. An inquest was held late OH
Saturday afternoon by James Hooper, Esq,
coroner, over the body of Jacob Schaffer, who
had died suddenly about o'clock at the tavern
of Laurence Brady, on Hartford avenue Yer
dict of the jury, "died from fit caused by in
temperance. The deceased was aged about
so years, and has left wife and three children
american Wan 1apers. We have received |
box Of American Wax Tapers from TAYLOR, |
Wilde s. Co., who are the agents for the ma
nufacturers
FROM STREET THEATRE We understand that in