American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-02-19

Baltimore County Court.-Writ Of Habea'
Corpus Uppermnn vs.. Upperman. This IS a.
case, ~ we stated yesterday, in which the mo-
Their of an infant boy, Mrs. Ann Rebecca l. p
pafman, wishes to recover the possession of her
child, which has been placed by the father, ia
cob Uppetman, ia the Gaze aud custody Of his
mother, Mrs. Ann Nj. Upperman. The ovr-
dcnce of the various witnesses in the case was
nearly similar, the one CorroboratiHg the tCstl-
mony of the other, for the plaintiff; aud the
witnesses On the part o the defendant agreeing
in all important parllculhrs-the testimony
however far the plaintiff aud defendant being
directly autagunsticdt. The facts Of the case
appeared to be az follows: jacob UpFeTman
and bis wife resided in Ju y last in JacksOn'a
court, a disagreement took place between them,
| Nhc evidence failing to show any just cause,)
and they separated; Uppcrnpn removed great
cr part Of the furniture away and disposed Of
! it., leaving his wife and child in the house with
some few articles If furniture, and with the
consong intmation that he vas going away
aud intended never to return; he was remon-
stra,ed with by his friends and neghboIs, who
urged him to remain with his family, but he
steadily refused, giving as his reason for leaving
his wife, that when persons came to the house,
| she treated them better than she did him, and
| that at one time, about the period of their Sc
! paration, he had given his wife 80 To pay the
rent with, but that she had misaPped it, by
/ paying necessary bills which they had contract
ed in The nelghborhoCd. Upperman also went
! to the landlord, aud told him that he must get
his wife out of the house that night, as he
/ would not pay any more rent for It, the land
| lord accordingly requested her to remove
/ Mrs. Uppcrman was kindly offered home in
/ the house of Mr.. May, in the vicinity, which
she accepted, and remained there about FIVE
weeks, until she obtained place; sho has since
been hiring out for a living, and IS now en-
| poyed by Mr.. Robinson, Light ST, who gave
her an excellent character for industry and at
tcntion to her duties At the time she was
| living at Mr., Mays, Upperman told May that
| he need not expect To get any board from hlm,
as he would not pay one cent on her account.
( He also lorewarned persons from creditug his
/ wife en- bis account. The child which is the
| subject OF controversy, was one year old in
! July last, aud vas given up without any appa-
rent reluctance on the part of the mother TO
! Upperman, a few weeks after the separation,
and has remained ever since in the possession
of his mother, Mrs. Ann Nj. Upperman, who
refuses to give it up to the mother at the pre-
sent time, which has caused the present suit.
| For the defence it was shown that the child
I Ildu Ubtl wen CdIGu lOl ny Jut ldIiICI duu Ills
! mothers family; that at the time they obtained
possession of the child it was sickly and not
weaned from its mother; that it was attended
! by a physician, and a. one time was so i'll that
its life was despaired of; and that its mother
had called but seldom to see it, thereby not
showing proper affection for it. 1t was also
proved that its father had appropriated means
for its support, and that during his absence in
1 Philadelphia, where he has been residing for
some time, ne frequently wrote letters home.
enclosing money for the support of his child.
! 1t was shown likewise that the mother had
| made no effort TO recover the child until few
days since, but had appeared to be reConciled
to its being in the possession Of its father.
The above appears to be about the whole
amount Of evidence Of any Importance, the
hearing Of which occupied the Court up TO the
time of adjournment on Tuesday.
In the Court ye terday morning, .. +. Hack,
Esq. opened the case in behalf of the mother
aud was followed by VIM. r Preston, Esq,
who appeared for the father, the argument be-
fore the Court being concluded by Charles II.
! Pitts, Esq, who appeared in connection with
Mr.. Hack for the mother The whole day
was occupied in hearing the arguments of the
learned counsel, which to say the least were
eloquent, and listened to with marked atten-
ton. At the conclusion of Mr.. Pitts address,
the Court, Judge Purvance on the bench, stat
cd that the case would be held under advise
ment until Saturday, when their decision would
be delivered, and to which time the Court ad-
Journed.
Assaults. Officers Ray and knghton, yes.
terday arrested Abraham Watmough on the
charge of assaulting and beating Mary Gould,
and breaking in the door of her house. in Lewis
street. Justice kennard held him to hail to
appear at court. The police also rested Mary
Greenwood and Catherine Kelly, on the charge
of assaultng and beating Sarah White. They
were held to bail to appear at court by Justice
McAlister'
Charge Of Theft. Officers Knighton and
Stockctt, yesterday arrested George Bantam,
William Thomas and Perry Tender, all color.
ed, on the charge of stealing three water buck
cts, a half bag of coffee, and one shawl Mr.
G.. Smithson, who keeps store at the corner
of Lombard and Lloyd streets, identified the
buckets as his property. They were ali three
committed for further examination, by JUS
tice Miller.
Pioneer Library association. The following
gentlemen have been elected officers for the en-
suing year: President II. Bascom Ridgaway:i
Vice President, Milton ID. Mettee; Treasurer,
Charles Fl. Hooper; Secretary, James II. Hall;
Librarian, VIM. Hamilton Beatty; Executive
Committee, Dewitt c. Shock, Benz. +. Banks
and Robert II. Allison.
INTERESTING LECTURES. II will be perceived by
advertisement in another column, that most bril-
liant and interesting course of lectures will be dellv
eIed in the Rev. Mr. Hammers Church, on Hanover
street, commencing on Tues day evening next, Sew.
eral of the most distinguished gentlemen in the coun-
try will deliver this course of lectures, and as the
proceeds will be appropriated to the laudable pur
pose of aiding the Sunday School attached TO that
Church, we have no doubt bat that large audiences