New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-05-17
LAW COURTS.

Court CALESDAR-Ths day-Common Pleas
Part Nos IS, l0J, lO5, 4O7, lO9 $780, III, lib,
III, 10, l2l. Part II.-Nos. 100, 200, PA, 276,
27s. 2s2, 2s4, ESQ, 2ss 800, 292, 294 29s 295 300
Circuit Court.-Nos. 30, 36s, 65s, 654, 6j4I, &C
&c., OILS, $50. GG9. CO. GIL 81 500, l56. Reserved
causes-Nos. 235 $50, 429
Supreme C0aTf-General Term.-Non-enumera
ted motions today. Saturday Court will not sit
Monday Nos. g, 10, 10, l6 H. l5, % TO 80, 80 81
u. g. CoMnIssoSER's OFFIcE.-Before Com.
missioner X. l.. Stilwell-Ck0rge of taking Let.
fers from the Post Ofice.-A respectable appear
ing young man. named Joseph Newman, about 30
years of age, was examined on a charge of calling
at the Post Office and asking for letters from box
No l,2lsl for Graifenberg < Co. and Hobroek
Co. Mr. Strong Clerk at the Post Office, testified
that Newman came there on Friday afternoon,
10th, called for the letters and got them He also
called on Saturday morning, but seeing an officer
ran away. a stranger had called few times pre-
vious and got the letters-suppose it may have
been prisoner. Ii is not the custom 10 deliver box
letters 10 strangers
twas shown that the above firms had lost let
tiers every day through the week-that is, they did
not receive any, which was uncommon. Their Dor.
ter was specially deputed by them to get the let
tiers. On inquring Friday be was told that some
person had got the letters, when an officer was EN-.
plOyed TO watch, and Newman came again next
day, as stated, and ran on seeing the officer. Mr.
gave the letters. He was committed.
COURT OF CoNMos PLEAs-H Ch01nJers-Be-
fore Judge Daly.-Ike Stare Case-In relation
to the young man alluded to on Tuesday as having
been brought up on hG6eds corpus, and claimed by
a citizen OF Maryland to be his slave bat sent back
to the City Prison TO answer an Indictment for
grand larceny which existed against him, and SEN
fenced by the Court of Sessions to the State Prison
TO two years, the matter came again yesterday
before Judge DAILY, the application being on the
part of Mr. Jay for the slave that the hdbedS CORPUS
be dismissed, while Mr.. Graham, for the alleged
owner of the young man, insisted upon his right
to an order that the slave be given up TO his own
err by which means be may secure his possession
on the termination Of the sentence.
Mr.. Jay takes the ground that the Legislature
had no constitutional authority TO psss law by
which person from another State can claim pro-
pery and right Of possession TO another person in
ths-thst the matter in relation to master and ser
want is connected with the General Constitution Of
the United States, the carrying out Of whose provi
sions is solely the work OF Congress, and that Con-
gress not having made any law upon this subject
the States cannot il is matter belonging to the
General Government and not 10 the different States
IL is also commended that the pursued in rea
ton 10 the accused at the Sessions in reference TO
his civil rights, makes q distinction in this case
from ordinary ones.-The matter has been post
poned to Saturday at IL O'Clock. when the various
Questions viii be ugued-[The accused was
charged by Capt Rowland, Of the schr w ashing.
ton. with having taken purse containing 500 from
the locker othe vessel she lay above the Novelty
Works, and also a boat and oars worth eco He
was hand on board, had been engaged at s. a
month, and received his advance The accused,
on bis part in his examination at the Police a. to
the larceny, stated that his name Is James Snow.
den, born in Pennsylvania that he took the boat for
the purpose Of escaping from the vessel and tied
her to the wharf, IL 20 years of age, has lived in
Providence, does not know anything about the
money. He subsequent to the Habeas Corpus, il
viii be receaected, pleaded gail.y, preferring to