New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-06
CITY ITEMS.

SUPREME Court Special Term. be
fore Judge Edmonis.-The Judge stated that he his
no, vet had time to make cut IN abstract Of dec
IONS. bu, vii hand j, 70 ne Clerk on MONDAY
~ The matter ~ the Nsu Prk-The JUICE stated
that he has not yes been enabled 10 satisfy n owa
mind apd he has looked closely INTO the sub ect) q
20 whether II you'd De proper 70 % oehlnithe GER
iG,a;e OF the Secretary Of state 10 laquTe ~heIheg
a aw was lu reaif'y passed as certlnel. or nOt-oIt
rte more has looked al tne matter the more per
rcxed be- has been. l. was formerly the practice oi
The English Co ~. from which We derive our pro-
reeaIugs ln such respects. 10 tax" 0ihef evidence
Than the statutes. local prnclple existed a. -
the establishment OF roads, @c-m4nY oi these oid
road, would get DESTROYED by commissions and then
me Courts admitted further evidence than the GER
tfcate of the statutes concerning them olt "he-G'
az that practice J. 20 be continued. or VIII answer
now. J. uncerfar-aDd whether statute can De lih-
peached or not. have ny doubts
The CORPORATION Counsel and ex-Jutge Jones
wished 20 make statements, 0ui the Jucge lOu5ht u
unnecessary. Mr.. D. by permission, quoted me case
Of Hunt asalUs. Van Alstyne. 2JtA Wendell, o.
which was a demurrer, and setting up that the Ia +"
authorizing the establishment, OF the Lochpor BANK
had not been passed By a t"o-thTds vote ana the
Court nec that the certificate OF me "a" having oeeh
passed was conclusive. 49,
The Judge said there i a case IN an Hill where
question was raised rs 10 whether the law passed Oy
two-thIrd vote. and the Court held ina they might
go back 10 the original record Out j i ploposeU III
f.
70 best evidence how far the Court may go sup
pose instance that the State Printer snoud prln
something the Legislature never thought oi-oI sup
pose you find IN the Secretary OF states once sltI-
ute that never passed. would You say The act Oh the
Secretary or his Clerk must De conclusive. Inc
Judge gave one or two other ILLUSTRATIVE points Of
the kind and said ne threw them out that the coun-
sci might consider them. ,
The Judge sud he had concluded 10 direct the
whole case 70 be argued before the General Term,
which meets next week. 30 that ne could have tue
AID OF MS brethren on the bench Mr Dawes re-
marked 70 the Judge that the law requires tae ap-
phcaiion for the appointment Of Commissioner
(which this Isl 70 De made before the Special Term
The whole case was then ordered after few re-
marks from ex-Judge Bronson, counsel for owners,
to be heard before The special Term on SATURDAY
hext
Before Judge Mitchell
In the sase of Matthew Lowenstein. On + stll~eil
warrant already referred 10, the defendant entered
into his personal recOgLlZance and was discharged
In the habeaS corpus claiming the discharge OF
William Stewart, on tie ground OF minority, IRON
enlistment the Judge after directing HIN 10 cnange
his military for other clothing ordered ms Glscnarge
lie was then res;ed on application OF Col brown
by warran. from the L. ; Court for false preIehses
IN obtaining clothing and Subsistence, sweating ~
enlistment, that be vas 81. &c.