New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-14
PHILADELPHIA.
Arrests - Starvation Harboring Fugitive
Slavcs-MOther and Aunt.

Arrests -Stary0tiOn-harO0rl tugttlv6
Slavcs-MOther and Aunt.
Correspondence of The N. Y. Tribune.
PHILADELPHIA Monday, April ~ 1852.
One hundred and fifty persons were ar
rested in the City and County of Philadelphia by the
police during the past fortyeight hours large por-
ton OF the prisoners charged with drunkenness,
disorderly conduct fighting, rioting, etc.
coored woman, aged IS years, named Mary Doug
lass was found dead, in Bedford-st, this morning.
Cause--storrdtion and want OF medical attendance.
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT CoURT-Before Judge Kane
Action for Harboring Fugitive SlavesCece Oftocy and
Catarine Otire Ellen b. Orer, bytheir next friend ~
Stake, Stephen Weakley Daniel Caafman and Ph,,p
Brechbiu-Ths is an action to recover damages under
the act of Congress known the Fugitive Slave Act or
harboring and secreng thirteen fugitive slaves belonging
to the plaintiffs whereby they were lost TO their owners
The affair occurred in October Of ls4 in the County OF
Cumberland in this State. The allegation L. that the
slaves in question harbored first in the house Oh
Cauinan, and subsequently at the houses OF Weakly
and Brechbl, and were finally removed 10 place Oh
safety in a wagon furnished by one or more OF the
defendants This tried about year ago. but III
consequence of the inability of the jury to render YER
dict, they were discharged.
jurors called to try the could be asked whether
they had any conscientious scrupes against rendering
verdict for the plaintiffs where the evidence IN the case
justified such verdict
The matter was argued by II. NJ Watts for the affirm
alive of the proposition and D. P. Brown contra
Judge Kane said, that the plaintiff was not entitled
ask the question but 1t was due 70 5ne urTfS dae
then said to the Jxry that il any juror had suc con
scientous scruples IN reference to iugltlves from oo
as would prevent him from giving verdict against le
defendants for harbOrng fugltlves Slaves, aitiouSn
the evidence warranted such verdict he would be
good enough before he was sworn to try the
case One of the jurors In the box arose and stated tna
be could not give verdict for the plaintiff, and being
put upon his dire he reiterated the statement de
was excused from serving. So,
Jury was empanneled to try the case, and it then
went over until Wednesday morning next H. NJ Watts
audi forp Il. u.
Brown for defendants.
The following are the names of the jurors empan
neled to try the Lot Rogers, Lancaster Co.. John
Hamilton, Lancaster City; John Hagey, Phil. Co.; Ho
stein Dehaven Phil City James Welsh, Phil Co Jno
A. Baker, Perry Co.; John Todd, Chester Co.; Orlando
Gray, Phil. City; Abraham 6. Smoker, Lancaster Co.;
Jacob Brett, Cumberland Co.; John H. Green, fhl-
Co.; Benz. F. Hcnges, Phil. Co.
The Jury in the of Williams rs. the York and
Maryland Line Railroad Company reported last week
returned verdict this morning, Tor the plalnnl, LOT
S5400 1t for using the patentrghted cars or car
riages of the plaintiff.
In the Court of Common Pleas this morning, Judge
Kelley delivered an opinion i'll a argued few
weeks since and reported, in which the mother OF
child now years of age desired to take the custody
of it from her sister, the aunt OF the child.
Judge Kelley held, that the aunt was entitled to the
chld's custody because, when the child infant,
he was delivered to the aunt By the mother on account
of her inability to support him. The aunt nursed HIM
at the same breast with her own child, and had ne
never known other mother than his aunt, and he
called her mother and her children his brothers and
sisters.
The mother of the child had lived in the neighborhood
where he resided and had kept up that intercourse
between parent and child that she should have DONE
if she intended future day to lay claim to him The
child did know her his mother, nor had she ever
given him so TO understand and now after the lapse Of
9 years. when she has become married again. and de-
sres to repossess the child he could not think OF sever
ing the ties which closely bound him TO his aunt and
the aunt to him. unless the law required it.
He quoted largely from legal authorities, to show that
the proper custodian the aunt who had stepped in
at the instance of the mother and taken her place to-
ward the child The Judge then asked the child, to
show that he was not under restraint, with whom he
would 90 He replied, with his mother the aunt y
couns) The Judge then gave the custody to the aunt