The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-11-18

A CURIOUS TRIAL.-A correspondent of the Mobile
Tribune reports some "queer legal donps in Ala
bama,' at the Circuit Court for Wilcox county, be
fore Judge Nat. Cook. We take renort I'll the
case of the State Us. John Kersev for grand Iarca
ny, the act charged being the felonious taking of
hundred dollar bill of the Commercial Bank Of the
State of Alabama.
The case ably argued on both sides. His
Honor delivered his charge. No executions nv de-
tendants counsel The jury retired short time
and returned with the following verdict, indorsed
on the Indictment OF which the above is a literal
copy owe, the jury, find the defendant guilty"
Gen. Baine, defendants counsel made haste TO
say, that as the jury had not fixed any value upon
the bill stolen, he should insist that he was guilty of
Pe'Y torcehy. w Whereupon there was some private
chat between counsel on both Sides and then il was
announced to the Court that both parties had
agreed 1t should be a verdict for petty larceny
III seems tnat the private understanding between
them was, that defendant should paw back to II. G.
Campbell his one hundred dollars with interest
thereon. But Campbell, the prosecutor is at least
one hundred and fifty dollars clear money out of
pelng lees paid to the lawyers for prosecut
ing the case. The jury dispersed. Court adjourned
for the day. After supper His Honor was Induced
TO take his seat in the Court House again. An eff
iort was made to collect all the Jury. They sue
Rue IN getting n'ne of the jury back General
baInc, atter lew words to the jury asked them if
any one OF them objected to His Honor imposing
merely nominal tne and imprisonment against the
M uelenqant hersey. Two or three of them replied
;n"e .neE ulu not. The rest of the nine sat mute
dant S. and Imprisoned hin. one hour in Ie county
jail! 0'' " S
Section S,l73 of the Code defines grand larceny
TO De stealing personal property exceeding the value
OF twenty dollars and Furnishes the offender bv i'm
paisohnent IN the penitentiary not less than two
nor more than five years. Section 3,l74 defines
pet'y larceny, and Furnishes the convict by fine
not exceeding one hundred dollars. and imprison-
ment IN the county jail not exceeding six months.
section 3,l75 reads thus: "Whenever the jury
mus the defendant guilty of larceny, the jury must
the value of each article stolen, and the
%couIt % must render Judgment against the defendant
or the assessed value, unless such stolen property
mas been returned to the owner"
FoREIGN.-The National Bank of Austria has re-
sumed specie payments according to the curren-
cy-l05 ifs. for 100 fls old. The Vienna CORES
pondent of the London Times saws there was great
terment among the lower classes caused by the dis
eovery that the change in the currency would cause
great rise in the Prices of the necessaries of life
Another local improvement contemplated in Rus
sla is the establishment of two new omnibus comma
MES, each with capital of $50 900 roubles and n
tram road to connect St. Petersburgh with the ISL
ana OF w asltl. In winter the omnibusses will be
placea on sledges. The Imperial concessions have
peen issued Tor the execution of these works.
VI, FREDERIoK CouNTY.-0n Saturday last, Mr.. H.
MepD, auctioneer, sold on account of David Gam
BILE, Esq, trustee of Hopkins Skles, farm of 22s
acres, near Emmttsburg, for S7,49S, to Mr.. Jos.
| Byers, of Carroll county.
On Monday snow fell in Frederick county until
| en. when IL ihlo
rain. Ice formed during the night, and though
| the morning rapidly thawed it, it became
| freezing cold again in the afternoon of Tuesday.
David Barclay, an old and much esteemed citizen
of Richmond, died in that city on Tuesday morn
ing. He was one of the pioneers OF the Richmond
i tobacco trade.
On Tuesday last two hundred head of mules were
sold at Danville KY, by Hon. A. G. Talbot to
Messrs. DR.. Jones and JOS Bentler, for $50, 900
! an average of $l50per head.