The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-01-31
Ia w INTELLIGENCE,


Archibald Sterling, Jr., Esq, States Attorney
After the call of the Court, there being no cases
ready for trial, the petit jury were discharged un
til this morning, when number of larceny cases
will be taken up.--In the matter of the habeas
corpus on petition of elijah alias Bony Lee, asking
to be discharged from the custody of the Warden
of Baltimore city Jail. The Court, after a review
OF the written argument submitted by William Fl.
Cowan, Esq, counsel for petitioner, and after hav
ing consultation with the States Attorney for
Baltimore county, during which that officer con-
ceded the point raised by the petitioner to be cor
rect, viz that the Jail commitments were incor-
rectly dated. and also having received letter from
the Judge of Baltimore County Court, in which it
was stated that the errors were committed in that
Conrt; ordered the dlscnarge or the petltivuer
The Grand Jury presented James Crowley
and Thomas IL. Dutton for selling libellous sheet
published in Philadelwhia called the United States
Police Ga sette. The parties were brought in and
directed to give bail in the sum of 81 900 each.--
The Court adjourned at II o'clock until this morn
ing at 10 O'Clock.
CITY CIRCUIT COURT-JuDGE KREBg
oshua Horner Us. Robert Turner. Application
OF Robert Turner to make Mr.. Horner a party to
this suit: Application granted, prayed for
VIM. Ii. Cowan for complainant; Benjamin C. Bar
roll for defendant.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAs-JUDGE MARSHALL.
George Weiss rs. Michael Murder Appeal
from Shipley. Judgment reversed.-Emmanuel
Irons Iron re: William Witt, Appeal, from Evans
Ballard and Frederick Kemp. Plaintiff 3 appeal
Henry KneIi Appeal from Mclaughlin. Uf Judg.
ment reversed'-Trego, Heird, &c. as John
Scott. Appeal from Reid. Judgment affirmed.
SUPERIOR COURT-JuDGE MARTIN
John Finch and Lewis Kluuk Us. John H. Ham
bleton and 7. Ed. Hambleton, Jr., claimants OF
property of John Maloney. Sci. ia. on lien. Yer
dict for plaintiffs for S2G7.46 Duffy for plaintiffs
Fisher and Hamilton for defendants --Georgiana
Miller as. Samuel Blades and Elizabeth Blades, his
wife Action for slander; on trial Boyd and
Pitts for plaintiffs; ID. s. Sweaney and r. J. Boul-
din for etendants.--Assignment 595 to $50.
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY COURT-JUpsE BREWER.
ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 30.-James Reveil, ESQ.,, At
torney Tor the State, prosecuting, assisted by VIM.
Ii. u. Dorsey, Esq.--The argument of counsel in
the of the State as. John b. Davidson Tor the
murder Of a. Barklie Kyle, was concluded at 10
o'clock last night, and the jury came into Court at
III O'Clock to day with verdict or "not guilty"
Davidson was then held to bail in the sum of $500
Tor has appearance to answer the charge riotinp
at the 18th ward polls, in Baltimore, on the ID of
November, 1859, where Mr.. Kyle was murdered-
| Thomas Franklin and the father of Davidson be-
coming s,n.ag his "nnh bondsmen;|Ihe case Of the
/ gether with James Logar, joseph H. Ed
wards, Augustus Ford, John B. Davidson
! and others, for the witu murder of Adam Barklie
| Kyle, alleged to have been committed in the CITY
of Baltimore on the I'd of November, 1859, on the
occasion of the election held at the fifteenth ward
/ polls, by shooting, between the hours of 8 and 9
| o'clock 4. NJ, was taken up, and the following
gentlemen sworn as jurors to try the cause, viz
| Richard H. Cadle, John Il. Jacobs, Geo. r. White
Charles W. Owings, Joseph Ford, Samuel Jones
! VIM. B. Linthicum, VIM. Taylor Of James, Dr.
VIM. E.. Hodges, Gasaway Laughlin, Thos H
| Ditty and John N. Gault.-The jury was charged
in this the fifth trial for the murder of A. Barke
Kyle, and the States officer, Mr.. .Revell in his open
ing statement before the jury, said they would be
! able to show that at the time of the killing the
prisoner was present aiding and abettng, and read
the law bearing on such cases, which
holds the prisoner guilty of murder, &c
The defence reserved their opening statement
until the evidence for the prosecution was in.-
The State then called George H. Kyle, who testi
fled to the same facts the former trials in re
! gard to going to the fifteenth ward polls, in com
! pany with his brother with tickets, being beaten
knocked down, shot, driven away, &C., by gang
OF ruifians who were partially disfgured by masking
their faces with paint, coats turned inside out
| drawn over ther eyes, &c; be recognized the pris
oner as one OF the assailants; there TWEEN
! ty or thirty in the party and the reason witnes.
| recognizes him, was that he heard him cry ont
xiii the rascas, kill the of b-h's;" and wit
ness remembers his countenance because be was SC
violent in the attack he has not seen him since un
til this morning, but when witness sees person
| with remarkable countenance he remembers il
for long time; thinks be had a pistol in bis hant
| when be pursued witness witness and fortv-thret
others made an agreement to go to the polls at S3(
o'clock, to keep the polls clear in order that every
voter might exercise his franchise priyiiepes-
! the prisoners counsel, and said that they
were prepared to prove the witness, his brother
A. b. Kyle, and others purchased pistols and dis
! trlbuted them among some of the most notorious
characters in Baltimore and that it was the inten
tion Of those forty-three men to go to the poll
armed to the teeth The State waived their OBJ
jections and Mr.. Kyle testified that all the forty
three men were not armed, but witness was; wit
ness also purchased eighteen revolvers and hac
them distributed among certain men with the dis
tnct understanding that they were to be used il
self-defence only; witness and another member O
the Reformers received anonymous letters stating
they were to be killed on the day ofelection wit
ness or his brother did not make their wills before
going to the polls, but another member, he under
stands did, witness did the forty-hree at the
polls.- The Court took recess until q 80 O'Clock
and we close for the mail.
COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND
DECEMBER TERM, 1S60.-ANNAPoLIs, Jan. 80, 1861
No. l47. James Phelps and others u.s. John Stew
art. Appeal from the equity side of the Circuit
| Court for Anna Arundal pountv This coro ra.