, 1862-03-04
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ing last, and which has created go much ex-
catenent in the city, was resumed before JUS
tice Akin yesterday morning 1t nine O'Clock,
in the Recorders Cour: Room. There was
large and excited audience assembled to lis
ten to the expected details of perhaps the
most extraordinary occurrence Of the kind
ever publithed, hut they were all fated to dis
appointment. E. G. Asay, Esq, opened the
ball bJ stating that with the testimony ad-
duced last Friday he rested the case for tho
prosecution. This took the counsel for the
defense by surprise.
jonn Lyle King, Esq, on the part Of the de-
1esc, made statement setting forth that there
had been no faets shown Of an offence for which
the defendants. could be held before Court
OF Justice, as even ii the party conspired
against had committed the crime said to have
been the deeire Of the alleged conspirators, it,
| Of itsclf, would not be indictable. He asked
| to have the defendants discharged, yet did not
! press the point just then. The counsel had
t found it Impossible to prepare for II defense
In time, and made motion for continuance
until some testimony could be produced.
BIZ. Tuley, also for the defense, remarked
that he did not desire to press the matter Of
the discharge Of his clients at that time, but
the grounds upon whieh he should eventually
urge that point had been touched upon by
Mr. King. They were: lst- 4 conspiracy to
Induce man to commit adultery was not in-
dictable. I'd. It is necessary that The odcnse
be committed voluntarily.
The reasons for asking for continuance
could not be stated without injury to their
cause. But continuance they did ask for
They could not get along without at least one
week in which to procure important Witnesses.
They had anticipated that the prosecution had
some testimony to addace, and still believed
that Mr. Assay would eventually try to springa
/ powder magazine upon them.
| E. G. Asay, Tor the prosecution, said that he
would recommend his opponents 10 beware
! Of those powder explosions. He had been
| somewhat familiar with criminal law for sevc-
| raj years, and he must admit that this was in
deed most remarkable case-he had seen or
| heard OF none moro SO. He saw nothing re-
/ 1narkable in the fact that Harris prosecuted
They found the trap well baited, the cheese
well toasted. They left it so. The trappers
came back and nihb1ed, at the cheese and
found that Harris had placed al emctic in it
| that caused them suddenly to throw up their
| hand and drop it. He did intend to produce
more evidence, but upon consideration had
| concluded to stop where he YVES. As cheese-
| good cheese supposed to grow better the
longer it w;ts kept, he would neither offer nor
advocate 4 continuance of its discussion. He
| left that with the Court
The fact that Mrs Hills hada very sick child
! to whom she wished to 90, induced the coun-
selfor the prosecution to consent to her de-
partnre upon her own-- rccognizance. After
| hearing botl sides On the motion for q contIn-
uancc, Justice Akin remarked:
| Il Ehall not consider it my duty, under the
circumstances, to resist the motion for con-
tinuancc, the more that it has not been mega
| tiycd by the counsel for the prosecution. I
think Mrs. Hills should be here upon the cx-
animation, but I am unwilling to detain her
from 1cT husband and sick child She will
therefore be held in her own recoenizance to
appear, and be discharged. The bail Of the
other defendants, Vaughan and Vogcl, being
good from day to day, the case will be contin-
ued until Thursday, the 18th inst, at p. M
The lawyers gathered up their books and pa
pers, the reporters looking blank at each 9TH
er, and tlicn At the attorneys, and departed
The vast asscmblage also left the room, each
individual member Of it undoubtedly thinking
he had been sold, cheap for cash, and paid for.
Chicago on Ice.
| We have heard Of Chicago on bender-as
when the news of the capture Of F1ft Douel-
son arriyed-and Chicago in mourning-as