The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-06-07
la w NTELLIGENCE.
CRIMINAL CoURT-IuDar BoND

CRIMINAL CoURT-JUpeE BOND.
Otho W. Eichelberger was sworn in as Grand
Juror.-State George Kirby, indicted for
voting at two different wards, at the last charter
election Demurrer having been filed to the in
dictment that the Act of Assembly did not apply
to charter elections, argued before the Court
and demurrer overruled. A plea of "not guilty.
confessed by State.--Augustus Ford in
dicted for the same offence had pleaded guilty. A
demurrer was filed and argued and overruled by
the Court. Fined $40 and costs and imprisoned
thirty days-John Hoffman, convicted of steal
ing $3.50 from Mrs. Catharine Wykoff, was sem
fenced to two years in the Penitentiary ry-George
Myers, charged with assaultng with intent to kill
with pitch-fork man at the Three Tuns Stables
was admitted to bail in the sum of 81 ,000.-The
cases fixed for Friday will be taken up to-day
The Court adjourned at o'clock until this morn
ing at 10 o'clock
CITY CIRCUIT CoURT-JuDGE KREBs
State of Maryland The Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company. Yesterday in this Court John
W. Garrett, President of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company, filed answer to the petition
of the State of Maryland, praying an order to
show cause why attachment should not be
issued against him, for an alleged breach of an in
junction heretofore issued by the Court The re-
spondent denies that the said Company has lately
proposed and now offers to pay to the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, large sums of money
amounting to more than 100000, as part of the
interest that has already accrued upon the certi-
Gates OF indebtedness mentioned in the said petition
The respondent denies that he has addressed TO the
Mayor and City Council an offer in writing to pay
over the large sum of money aforesaid. The re-
spondent further says that the following are the
facts, upon which, it is probable that the petition
aforesaid has been founded. On the 25th of April
1860, the Chairman of the Committee of WAYS and
Means of the said Mayor and City Council ad-
dressed to the President and Directors of the Balt
more and Ohio Railroad Company, a communica-
tien on the subject of the extra dividends $50
called) mentioned in the proceedings in the cause
in which said injunction was issued On the 9th Nav
following, the President and Directors by an unani-
nous vote, including the of the representatives
of the stock of the State of Maryland in said COM
| pany, replied to such communication The re-
spondent further says that neither as President of
| said Company, nor individually, has he addressed
any other letter than that here mentioned TO the
said Committee ofWays and Means, or to any other
| Committee of the said Mayor and City Council
The correspondence here referred to is a note
| from John Lee Chapman, chairman of the Commit
tee OF w ays and Means of the City Council, dated
April 25 1850 addressed to the President and Direct
ors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company,
in which he says that Mr.. A. NJ. Price and him.
self are convinced that those of the committee
who advocated the reception of the interest or
the 30 per cent. dividend were advancing the true
interests of the city. He also asks an expression
of the views of the parties addressed, covering all
| the points in controversy, but more particularly
the probabilities to whether the stock and div
dend interest will be be regularly paid Anothe,
part of the correspondence replied to by the re-
| spondent is a communication from John W. Gar
rett, addressed to Mr.. Chapman, chairman dated
May g. 1860. Mr. Garrett says that he has presented
Mr.. Chapman's note to the Board of Directors
and is instructed to submit the subjoined reply:
After thorough investigation of the subject BY
special committee, the extra dividend to which yoI