The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-09-24
Ia W INTELLIGENCE.

CRIMINAL CoURr-Hon Henry Stump. Judoo
Milton whitney, Esq, States Attorney, prosecu-
ting.
| The following occupied yesterday:
State Us. Mary Sheckles indicted together with
James Snyder, VIM. Sykes, Little Jack Charles
Jump Josiah alias Bud Eccleston, and Daniel X.
Allen, d4Gs 1ank for rioting on the Causeway
during which the French sailor Jean Carbaret was
| killed. McAllister for defence
Inc state produced the following evidence
Mary Stroup sworn.-Live at Mary Whiting
ton on the Causeway; know the accused; was
standing before the door when the fight took place
the sailors came to the house and had dance and
! then the girls and sailors went to take n walk
there were four couple; went to a house above our
mousse IN the same street, kept by Mrs. Manly; had
dance there; then went home; all went in except
one he staid outside and got struck in the mouth:
he came to our house bleeding; then all the sailors
went out and fight began the fight took place at
the house where Mary Sheckles lives; saw Jim Sny-
der take up chair and strike sailor, who died
afterwards; Mary Sheckles but did not see her
doing anything during the fight; did not notice
much; was intoxicated.
The FRENCH sailors, Michael Tiralli, Francis Cha
lat, - Vantier, Saligni and Cintom were then
examined by the State. D. D. Gill; ESQ acting as
Interpreter 49,
| Their testimony was to the effect that upon the
41gnt @ IN question, company of six left the ship
gWe de Dieppe, and proceeded to the house of MaTy
Wilmington, on Eastern avenue that after tai king
glass OF beer, they in company with some girls
went to the house Of Mrs Manly on the same st aet
ana nad dance; after this they returned to Whit
tngton's, all entering but one; he going into the
house OF Daniel X Allen BY mistake when he was
struck in the mouth; that he then came to Mary
Whittington's and complained to his companions
ABOUT the treatment he had received; that some of
them then went into Aliens to ask the cause of the
| blow; that as thev entered the bar-room
Mary Sheckles, who was behind the bar, com
menced screaming and making loud cries; that then
an attack was made upon them with chairs tables
and bottles, during which attack the sailor Cabaret
was struck upon the head and fatally injured
None of the States witnesses testified to any
thing to criminate the accused After the testim0-
ny tor the State was concluded the case was sub
mitted to the jury, without argument, who render
ed verdict of not guilty.
After the verdict was rendered, Mr. Whitney
stated to the Court that all the evidence in possess
sion ot the State, as it applied to the other parties
indicted, had been adduced, and he did not think
there was anv thing in the testimony (only one of
the party, Charles Jump, being recognized as being
in the house) by which the State could ask for a
conviction, except in the case of Snyder, who
was indicted for murder. He suggested that stetg
be entered in all the cases except Snyder's The
Court ordered the cases stetted. (Snvder has not
yet been arrested.
State Us. William RUSSELL and Susan his wife in
dicted for cruelty treating their child Jane Rus
SELL six years of age, by beating him and deprivng
him OF necessary food.
The child is the son of William Russell and the
step-son of Susan Russell.
j. Douglas HambletOn; ESQ., ASSISTING for the
State. HoblitzelI and Roach for the defence.
This case was investigated some weeks since by
acting Mayor Ford, the evidence before whom
was fully published in the Erchnnqe The facts
brought out by the State, before the Jury were
substantially the same as were testified to at the
examination before the Mayor.
Mrs. Sarah j. Gosnell, Mrs E. White, and Mrs.
Mary White, were examined by the State. They
testified to seeing the child frequently: that IFS an
pearance was very emaciated the bones almost
protruding from the skim that they often heard the
chld crying for food; tnat the child heard
crying in the dead of night for bread that Mr. and
Mrs. Russel were heard quarrelling, and Mrs Rus
sci was beard to that the child was the cause of
all her trouble. and she would get it out ofthe way
and her troubles would cease
Mrs. Gosnel in whose care the child was placed
by order of the Mayor, also stated that when she
took the boy his condition was such that she sent
for a physician, who, after examining him. said
that he was much wasted, and that all he wansed
was some proper nourishment; that the doctor re-
commended some light food for two or three days
which was given to him; that from that time TO
the present the child had continued to improve,
and has since been very healthy, and gave no
trouble.
1.-THE child was produced in Court and shown to
the jury. At this time he is very fat and plump,
and shows good keeping.
Without hearing all the States testimony, the
Court adjourned at O'Clock until this morning at
10 o'clock
The Grand Jury presented three parties-Cos-
grove, Deford, and Howard-for riOting on the
steamer Express.
SUPERIOR CoURT.-Hon. Z. Collins Lee Judge.
The following occupied yesterday:
Somerville Us. Union Mutual Life Insurance
Company. Non pros.
Carson as. Cook Judgment for Plaintiff. Fen
ley US. Miller. Non pros
Assignment for Monday 72 to 80.
I CouRT OF COMMON PLEAs.-Hon. William l.. Mar
shall, Judge. The following occupied Yesterday
Thomas Leonard Us. Dennis Kavanagh An ap-
peal from Justice Myers. Judgment reversed
Christian Sayer Us. John Voneiff An appeal
from Justice Spies. Appeal abated.
Charles Gehrman and J. Alonzo Gehrman Us.
Isaac Fuld. An appeal from Justice Mckinley
Judgment reversed and judgment for appellant for
S50.2l and costs.
Assignment for to-day from to 60 on the post
poned docket.
CIRCUIT COURT FOR BALTIMORE CITY.-Hon. VIM.
George Krebs, Judge.-TEe following occupied
yesterday:
Edmund Gibson and others Us. Nathan T. Dush-
ane, executor of John Patterson, diseased.
Bill for an account. Exceptions to special audi
tors report. Argued by Cochran for exceptant
and Scott for respondent. Unde- euria.
TowsoNTowN, Sept. 90, 1859.
CIRCUIT COURT FOR BALTIMORE CoUNTY.--Before
Hon. Judge Price.
The attention of the Court WAS occunied the on