The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-08-29
La w INTELLIGENCE.

CRIMINAL CouRr-Hon. Henry Stump, judge
Frederick Pinkney, Esq, Deputy States Attorney,
prosecuting The following occupied Saturday:
VIM. II. Cowan, Esq, asked the Court to fix the
bail for the appearance of Mary Brooks and Sarah
Mercer, two women who had been committed to
Jail as witnesses for the State in the case of Miller
and Hoffman, charged with the murder of Humphrey
Sullivan. He desired the Court to fix the bail in
such amount as would come within the means of
the friends of the party.
Mr.. Pinkney hoped the Court would be careful in
taken bail in this case His learned friend appear
ed here, he thought, in an anomalous position; he
is counsel for the parties charged with the murder,
and now asks for the discharge of two of the most
important of the States witnesses bail. He did
not wish to impute any improper motives to his
learned friend, but he hoped the Court would under
stand that they were State witnesses and their
testimony most important. These witnesses
said Mr.. Pinkney, two prostitutes from the
''Meadow," and their incarceration in Jail would
or could not injure their reputation in any way.
This murderwas most foul and unprovoked one, the
man was going along the street in the "Mead0w
singing, shot at and instantly killed.
The Court asked what bail had been required by
the Mayor
Mr.. Pinkney said the Coroner, in the presence of
the Mayor and bimseIf had fixed the bail at 81 O0O
The verdict of the Coroners inquest in this case
was that Miller and Hoffman maliciously and de-
liberately committed the murder, the only doubt
about the who had fired the fatal shot.
Mr. Cowan said he had been applied to repre-
sent the defendants in the case on the morning of
the occurrence, whether he would be retained as
their counsel he unable TO say, his action
| now was solely on the part of the women who
in Jail From what he knew of the their test-
mony was as material to the defence as it was for
the State.
Mr.. Pinkney reiterated what he had said before,
and hoped the Court would not reduce the bail.
The Court said that it considered the proceedings
in the entirely regular and it was not disposed
to interfere in the matter. The bail had been fixed
by proper tribunal, and this Court would leave
the case stand as it now is
State Nicholas Foster, charged with assault
ing Mary Magruder. The evidence was conflicting
One witness testified that Mary assaulted Nicholas
with a pair of tongs and pinched him. The Court
after hearing the testimony said it would discharge
Foster there not sufficient evidence against
him. Any how the Court thought an Irish woman
was a match for Dutchman any day.
State Us. John Williams, (negro,) charged with
| assaulting Margaret Williams, (negress). This
case was called and the States witnesses not ap-
pearing, Mr.. Mclean, for the defence, asked the
Court to dismiss the case, as this was the second
Saturday it had been called, and the Court had in
timated last Saturday that if the witness did not
appear it would discharge the traverser.
Mr.. Pinkney objected, and said that he could
prove that the counsel had contrived to get the
witness out of the way, that he had told the Sher
ifs officer not to summon her.
Mr.. Mclean said he had no recollection of doing
any such thing.
Deputy Sheriff Wooen said he would take an
oath that Mr.. Mclean came to him and told him
not to summon the witness; he, Mclean, had been
to see her a half dozen times about the witness
When the officer went to summon the woman, he
told that she had been sent away not to return
until next week
The Court was surprised to hear the statement of
the Sherfs officer; thought if that was the state
of the case, Mr. Mclean had acted improperly; it
would continue the case until the witness was
brought up.
Mr.. Mclean again denied having made the re-
quest imputed to him by Mr.. Wooen.
State Thomas Berry, charged with assault lting
Dennis Corkran. 1t appeared that Dennis had gone
into the water for the purpose of bathing, exposing
his person to some females who were on picnic,
Berry composing one of the party and that Berry
struck him on that account
The Court thought Dennis was rather served
right and dismissed the case
State Us. Lawrence Mcdonald, charged with as
saulting Lawrence White. Guilty. Imprisoned
two weeks and fined SIS and COSTS Total, $l3. 90.
State Us. Michael Russell, charged with an indie
cent exposure of his person. Guilty. Imprisoned
two months and fined SIS and COSTS Total, Sl3.37
State Rosanna Hemsby, (negress,) charged
with entering the yard of Caroline Benton, and also
with assaulting officer Bevans. Guilty. Imprisoned
ten days and fined so cents and costs Total, S789.
State Us. Michael Logue, charged with assaulting
Mary Taylor Guilty. Imprisoned two months
and fined So and costs. Total, $25.47.
The case of James Grace, for assaulting Thomas
j. Stowell, was continued until next Saturday.
n, The reeeognizances of Sophia Baughman, DR..
Thomas M. Busk, Andrew Miller, Mahlon Wright,
John Green, Patrick John Rooney, Daniel SuIli-
van, Anna Mcdonald, George w. Daniel and
Joseph Gould, were forfeited
The case of James Pryor, charged with assaulting
Blanch Devere, was stetted.
O'Clock.
Nothing done in the other Courts.
[Reported for the Daily Erehonge;l