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SUPERIOR COURT.

hAHEAs CoRPUs.-ALLEGED ILLEGAL DETENTION OF
seAP1r ~ cnARsEn WITH ATTEMPTING Ie Alp s TIE
corpus haylng been issued to Thomas Mclean,
ouhy y Jail9r, requiring him to produce In Court one
alleged without authority OF law the hearing Of The
s,o. ,oe came OIL yesterday afternoon before Judge
> Joifre appeared Attorney for the petitioner,
and Judge Matthews represented the 9th er side
writ %c PsSrs ssooreS peTsons m ohs
snp1rty after came in and took seats beside him
produced the body in Court together with the Cause
odp oI caption and detention. Tho commitment which
"s Of fSomas FaaeT abCS
in % tbs 0T she % thst he attempted to
session q Ezekiel 7. Cox, Deputy Marshall Of the
named Charles jackson, the properly Of j. NJ jack,
-. The first objection made by Mr.. Jollno was that
me instrument purporting a commitment by tho
phited states Commissioner COchraue, Zanesvllle,
1t had. " Wv P"P'' ''s"A"'u
Judge storer-It seems to be the seal Of the Com.
Mr. but the instrument purports to be under
the seal Of the United States.
Mr. I9lliS.i know Of none; but the Commissioner
was no proof that Mr.. CochTane was a Commissioner
Si Sio nhe Hnted states but suppcse he had commits
Sille where he might have given buil) to Hamilton
missioner had no right to st IN hS eas snSt s ss9 he eV
Sapaoe o. receiving the power attempted to be
Dy congress-; ana tnAt all the
fferring jurisdiction on Commissioners under this
6ugltlHe.slave law wero void. Mr.. j. urged that
own Interpretation of the Constitution, except In
isSrDsT ro Gases ~ snd that It was the duty Of the
from tho rubbish that bad or ignorant men had
thrown around It,
In relation to the oenss charged against this man
negro, stranger TO johnson, was arrested at
Sioncr had discharged Rim, and that the yTSinians
we're CARRYING him by force the cars to take
others, followed, determined to rescue-bnt the 9TH
ers fell back, johnson alone pressing forward, and
rrstreated. but was owe! powered: Did Napoleon at
the bridge Of Lodi exhibit greater brayery7 If the
bravery It would scat him his throne for the bal
SRSg Tor Ei hls e aIa make him renowned eyer tho
SG. was S brought down in chains to this city and de-
Judge Mstthows replied As tor to the appointment of
inc commissioner, that could be shown by a tran
ssmdi;Ssting that could also be gven ii II not
alr. JOIine I'll not admit It or hep those sreat
over the act who sent the man away from
The Court said that where:tho TAILOR says he holds
tne man under proper commitment, 1t was incum-
bent thy other party to show It not genuine
wished to hear fromy adgo Matthew'S '-O .''
Judge Matthews then proceeded TO say, that whom
that the party seeking the benefit Of Tho writ Is in
ne custody Of an officer Of another Court, aud
which that other Court has exclusive Jurisdiction
tnen Dy every principle OF common law, common
sense OF comfy anu 9fustice, Judge would decline
part OF the argument Of Mr. Jolliifu relating to the
want OF power on the part of the Comm mssiuner-the
attempt to show that the Constitution itself
the body OF that instrument
repealed BY one of Its amendments and that no man
could conscientiously take oath to support it, ex
cept In an absurd sense, all he (Judge had to say
was that he took issue with him entirely on the SUBJ
lect OF his law, his philosophy and his religion APP
Piled M to this case: After ampliiying, somewhat,
preme Conrt of the United States lad already dis
posed of all these questions.
The case was taken under advsement. It was
stated johnson was brought hore for trial before tho
q. y. Court.
J. N Stocke vs. Mailon M Wambaugh. Tried
before Judge Hoadley, and jury Verdict for plain
tiff for $500.
JAMES Reynolds vs. Hiram Clearwater and the City
An action heard by Judge Storer recover the cost
Of bowlder paving the Harrison Road from the |
Brighton House to Riddle street. The defendant al
leges that small sum would have served for all the
necessary repairs, and that in expending the amount
claimed, (S26S, the cost Immediately enhanced
and tho taxes were therefore unreasonable and ex-
cessive
The Court was of opinion from the testimony that
the taxes were unreasonable and excessive and rem
dered judgment against Clearwater, in the propor-
ton OF 20 TO O the assessed valuation and against
the City for the residue The costs of Court TO bo
taxed in the same proportion.
. Dodd and Huston fOripaintiff; Ferguson and Long
Tor Clearwater Hayes and Disney for the City.
Judge Spencer, in Room No 3, heard motions.
HAMILTON COUNTY COURT.
Arguments were heard in Chancery cases
. ADMITTED TO THE BAR.-A. Is. Regner, ESQ, of
armar, Ohio, one Of the class the late session of
the Law School, was admitted to practise. Mr.. r.
having passed through the examinations unscathed,
would haYe presented his credentials earlier from
the fact that he had attained his majority