The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-10-11
la W INTELLIGENCE.

CRIMINAL CoURT-IIOn. Henry Stump, Judge
Milton Whitney, Esq. States Attorney prosecuting
Henry Burns, charged with the murder of Ser
geant William Jordan, with an assault with an in
tent to kill and for rioting, was brought into Court
and released on S4,4 400 BAIL The eases were then
removed to Baltimore County Court.
State Us. Frank johnson (negro) charged with
assaulting his wife, Catharne Johnson, de
clared guilty. Ordered to be imprisoned one week
and pay fine of 80 cents and costs. Total S7.44.
State Robert Wilson, charged with assauting
Joseph and Caroline Wilson. The traverser and
prosecutor are brothers. From the evidence it ap-
peared that Joseph, the day of assault, was
drunk, and his brother took him to his own house.
where he was seized with fits, Joseph's wife then
came to the house and found Robert maltreating
her husband who was then in fit; she made some
remarks and took charge of her husband after
which Robert abused and struck Joseph and Caro-
line. Declared guilty and ordered to be impri
soned 10 days, and pay fine of 81 and costs.-
Total S9.15.
State as. Franklin johnson, (negro,) charged with
assaultng Julia Stevens, lnegress, and attempting
to cut her with razor. (The traverser is the same
assault upon Catharine Johnson.) He declared
guilty and ordered to be imprisoned AZ days and
pay fine of 81 and costs-total 1915.
In the cases of George Mcguire and Henry
Thompson. charged with the larceny of sundry
ticles of clothing and also of trunk containing
clothing bail was fixed in one at 500, and in
the other at $500.
The recognizances of the following parties were
forfeited James C. Grace William Clifford, Ann
Clifford, Georgiana Cornish and William Lewis.
MIR. Sweeney presented the petition of Napoleon
Gashav praying the Court to take from the custody
of Sylvester Evertt the person of his step daughter
Emma Moore, and asked the Court to fix some day
for the hearing of the evidence in the case. The
Court was not able to set day at this particular
time, and suggested that the petition be presented
to some other Court.
The Grand Jury found bill againt Julius Stine,
for setting fire to his premises on South Charles
street, near Pratt. Application made to the
tO fiyt no hoi in .Indun StumO
replied he would demand security in the sum of
$4,000, but possibly he might reduce the amount
hereafter.
Jacob j. Raup, who had been confined in Jail to ap-
pear as witness in the above case, admitted
to bail in the of $780, his brother Henry Raup,
becoming his bondsman.
The Court then adjourned until this morning at
IL o'clock.
Messrs. Cowan and Hack, counsel for Wm G.
Ford, convicted of murder, on Friday filed the fol-
lowing reasons why the motion heretofore liled)
for an arrest of judgment should be granted:
''lst. That the jury who were empaneled to try
the said case, and who did find verdict therein,
did not find of what degree of murder they found
the prisoner guilty, but their verdict as announced
in the Court, and recorded by the clerk, was in
these words-'Guilty of murder And this hndlng
of the jury is insufficient to enable the Court to
pass sentence, and therefore insufficient and void.
''2d. Because the jury who tried the said case,
and who found verdict therein, did not unani-
mously pronounce verdict, in the said case, Of
murder and at the finding of the said verdict say
further of what degree they found the said muir
der. of which they had convicted said prisoner,
to be, which they required to do by the
act of Assembly of this State, in such case made
and provided, and the said verdict is therefore
void.
"3d. Because it is the duty and sole right of the
jury who try a case of murder to find the degree
if they convict the accused of the crime of mur-
der, and to find the degree of which they do con-
Wet part of their verdict, and to announce it
as such, which was not done by the jury, in this
case and therefore the verdict of the jury is void.
''4th The jury rendered their verdict in this case
on Monday evening the 4th instant, and the YER
diet recorded by the clerk on that evening was
simply and only in the words: entity OF mur-
der and no more. These were the only words
on the docket on the morning of the 5th inst, the
day after the rendition and recording of the said
amined the docket of this court and saw the man
ner and form of the verdict they desired the
clerk to make no change of the said verdict as
corded in any way, and he said that he would not,
and they, the counsel for the prisoner, came into
this court and made motion in arrest of judgment,
basng their motion on the said verdict Since they
made the said motion in arrest they have discovered
that the said clerk has added to the verdict afore
sad-'Jury polled, guilty of murder in the first de
gree, which is no part of the verdict and the said
clerk had no right to make such addition, and the
defective verdict recorded by the said clerk is not,
and cannot be amended by the improper and unau-
thorized addition of the said clerk made afore
sad."
Messrs Cowan and Hack also filed the following
reasons why the motion heretofore fed) for
new trial should be granted:
'1st. Because the verdict is contrary to the evil
dence.
"2d. Because the verdictis contrary to the weight
of evidence.
"3d. Because of the discovery of testimony ma