The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-01-17

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS-JuDGE MARSHALL.
The appeal docket was called in this Court yes
terday.
CRIMINAL C0URT-JUDGE BOND.
This Court was not in session yesterday. 1t meets
sns e. ph9 W
ney, for making false report to the House of
Delegates, and probably the opinion of the Court
will be delivered this morning.
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY COURT-JUDag BREWER
ANNAPoLIs January I6 ls6l-James ReyelI
Esq, Attorney for the State, Prosecutng--Stat tate
u.s. John Murray indicted for assaultng with iotent
to kill John Conn and Joseph Hall. Tried before
the Court. The affray occurred on Eastern avenue
in house Of -fame. Adjudged guilty of COM
mon assault, and sentenced to imprisonment in the
county Jail for six months in each case.--Wm.
Freeburger, witness in removed case from
Baltimore, committed to Jail and ordered to be
held-he failing to appear yesterday.--The case
of the State john Hinesley, indicted for abduct-
ing and selling out Of the State, John 0fey, Jacob
Turner, Lewis Deab and Julia Lewis, (colored,)
sold to him convicts for term of years to
main within the State, and he in violation of said
sale, sold the same out OF the State, was called for
trial, when Mr. Whyte asked for a postponement
and Hinesey swore to the following affidavit, viz:
In the Circuit Court for arundel Co,ty-Indict-
aaent for Kidnapping.
On this 10th day of January A. D. 1861 in open Court
appears John Hnesley the traverser and under oath
the Holy Evangey of Almighty God that hs cannot pro-
ceed the trial of his with safety and justice himself
without the evidence of John Murray and Edward J. Pc
for the defendant that he has used his endeavos
procure the samehat Edward j. Peters is gstrate
of the city and in bad heah-being paralyzed and it
could rot DE possible to get him here in such weather
the present That John Murray absent he is inform
ed, from the State visit to relative that he has
hereafter procured at the next term of the Court aso
account of the absence of John Hannegan who also alb
sent and in Washington and be here by next term of
court ana that he is material, copeen and important
witness, and the defendant believes he lave him here
at the next Court.
Sworn in open Court H GREEN, Clerk
The case was accordingly continued until the
next term. and Hinesey left for Baltimore.-
State Us. Lawrence Berrian, of Baltimore, indict-
ed for assaulting, with intent to kill, Joseph Scho-
house. Verdict, guilty of a common assault. Not
nced.-The Court again to-day was adjourn
ed at two o'clock.
BALTIMORE COUNTY cOURT-JUDeE PRICE
TowsoNrowN, Jan. lG.-The case of the State
vs Levi Kelly, was taken up, and after some DELAY
the regular panel being exhausted, tales were sum-
moned, jury obtained and the trial commenced
MIR. Cuttings opened on the part of the State.
The prisoner, slave of Philip Pearce, was indict-
ed for the murder of Richard Coy, free negro, on
the night of the 3lst of December. The evidence
on the part of the State fully rebuted by the
defence, and at the close of the testimony Mr. Git
tings admitted, in handing the indictment to jury,
tha the plea OF justifable homicide seemed to him
to be sustained, and that in in which self-de.
fence appeared to be the motive and the necessity
of the prisoner, he could not ask for verdict of
guilt against him, but left it to the jury to deter
mine according to their estimate of the merits of
the case. In the submission of the case without
argument, the counsel for the defence concurred
and the jury, without retiring from their box,
dered verdict of ''not guilty" Messrs. r. Stock
EFT Mathews, Richard Grason and J. F. Ensor for
the defence The civil docket will be taken up to-
morrow.
| COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND
DECEMBER TERM, ,ls60.-ANNAPoLIs, JAM l6, 1861.
| No. ls5. John F. S. Higdon, administrator,
| Joseph Stewart. Appeal from the Circuit Court
of Charles county. The argument in this case as
concluded by Alexander Randall for the appellee,
and by Thomas G. Pratt for the appellants.-No.
II. Special docket j. Z. Maddox, executor of
Eleanor W. Turner, US. negroes Josias Price and
others. Appeal from the Circuit Court for st.
Marys county. This case, motion ofThomas G.
Pratt as counsel for the appelles was affirmed nisi
No. 1Sl. James Owings Us. Charlotte H. D.
Pauls, lessee. Appeal from the Circuit Court for
! Howard county. This case continued under
! the rule of Court, counsel appearing either
| side-No. 1872. State, at the relation of Gilbert
| il. Thompson, IS. Charles W. Dorsey and others
| Appeal from the Circuit Court for Howard county.
| In this case motion was made by Oliver Miller as
| counsel for the appeees, to dismiss the appeal
| No. 134. John Ridgely, of John Us. Joshua b. Bond
and wife. Appeal from the equity side of Circuit
| Court for Howard county. The argument in this
| case was commenced by Thomas Donaldson for the
appellant, and by A. H. Hobbs for the appellee.
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Is, ls61.-No. 27. Christopher
G. Pearce ct al, Incorporated and acting under the
name of "The Niles Works. appellants, Us. Jesse
w. Page ct al, claimants of the steamboat DR.. Ro
|
| United States for the district of Kentucky. Mr..
Justice Mclean delivered the opinion of the Court,
reversing the decree of the said Circuit Court,
with costs, and remanding the cause for furthe
proceedings to be had therein in conformity to the
| opinion of this Court.-NO. As George II. yle
ct al, plaintiffs in error, John McRae ct al
| The argument of this cause was continued by Mr.
| Geo. VIM. Brown and Mr.. Gill for the defendants
| in error, and concluded by Mr. Wallis for the
plaintiffs in error.-Adjourned until tomorrow
| IL o'clock.
| DIPrHERlA.-That strange and in many cases
mortal disease, diptheria, is still raging in some
parts of Maine, well as other portions of the
| country. At Solon, Mass, there have been in all
| some thirty cases, and three deaths mechanic,
named Moore, residing in Solon, has discovered
what he believes to be remedy for the disorder,
and has successfully treated some twenty cases.
The disease also RACES at Pennington, and Phillips,
Me-, and it is said the cases have occurred of per-
sons losing their sight and speech in consequence
of the violent remedies applied by physicians to
save their lives.
Timothy Heenan, father of the pugist, John c.
| Heenan, died in West Troy on Thursday. He had
been i'll for some time. The deceased had good
share of the "musce" possessed by his son, but be
used it to better purpose, and an Industrious
and respected master blacksmith in the Waterviet
| arsenal.